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Air Quality Falls to Moderate Levels
Air Quality BulletinAntigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services12:15 pm Wednesday 21 June 2023 Air Quality Index Based on Particulate Matters 2.5 (PM2.5) and 10 (PM10) Concentration Air quality category: ModerateLocation: Antigua and BarbudaTiming: Until Friday. Synopsis: The air quality is down to moderate levels as a result of particulate matters 2.5 and 10, associated with a…
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Met Office Issues High Wind Advisory
Urgent – Weather MessageHigh Wind AdvisoryAntigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services12:40 pm Wednesday 21 June 2023 …High wind advisory goes into effect Thursday afternoon for Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands… Locations to be affected: Especially exposed coastal waters and elevated and open terrains, on the windward side of the…
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CBH Educates Ministry of Agriculture Staff on Rodent Control
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs – On Tuesday 20th June, 2023 the Central Board of Health (CBH) held an in-house presentation/discussion with several members of staff that represented different areas within the Ministry of Agriculture. The four-member group led by Miss Julinne Mannix, Mrs. Patricia Baptiste-Philip (presenter) Miss Kjoa Liverpoole and Miss Karen…
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NODS Releases List of 2023 Hurricane Shelters
The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) has released the names of the 2023 hurricane shelters. Forty-seven structures have been identified by the disaster organization for use should the need arise.
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NODS: Finalise Preparations for 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season
PRESS RELEASE: National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) – Residents are advised to ensure their hurricane preparedness plans are finalised as a tropical depression forms between Africa and the Lesser Antilles and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and move across the Lesser Antilles Thursday or Friday. The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS)…
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Tropical Storm Bret Forms Over the Central Atlantic
WHCA31 TAPATROPICAL STORM BRET ALERT STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES5:00 PM ECT MON, JUN 19, 2023 This is for the Leeward Islands and British virgin islands Interests in the Lesser Antilles should monitor this system. At 5 pm Bret was located near latitude 11.3n longitude 42.2w about 1191 miles east-southeast of Antigua and Barbuda and…
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UPDATE: Missing Bathlodge Teen Found
Tezean Morancie of Bathlodge who was reported missing is found. The 14-year-old returned home in the early hours of Monday 19 June. She is currently at the Office of the Criminal Investigations Department, where the police are conducting further investigations into the matter. Tezean reportedly left home around 10:30 am on Thursday, June 15 to…
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ABMS: Tropical Cyclone Information Statement
WOCA31 TAPATROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES3 PM ECT SUNDAY JUNE 18, 2023 …Developing Tropical Disturbance AL92 approaching the area… The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services (ABMS) is closely following the progress of Tropical Disturbance AL92, which is expected to strengthen into a Tropical cyclone (tropical depression or tropical storm) within the next…
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NODS Conducts Initial Damage Assessment Training for District Disaster Volunteers
NATIONAL OFFICE OF DISASTER SERVICES (NODS) – A two-day workshop on Initial Damage Assessment (IDA) commenced on Thursday, June 15th 2023, at the Multi-purpose Cultural Centre targeting volunteers from the disaster districts throughout the island. Thirty-three individuals participated in the interactive sessions sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (US AID). Some of…
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Community Responders Complete Shelters and Shelter Management Training
NATIONAL OFFICE OF DISASTER SERVICES (NODS) – A three-day workshop on Shelters and Shelter Management sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) came to a close on Wednesday, 14th June 2023 at the Multi-purpose Cultural Centre. The 25 participants were presented with certificates of participation. Topics covered included setting up a shelter,…
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Statement on Two-Seater Plane Search and Rescue Operation Off the Coast of Grenada
STATEMENT: GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA, June 16, 2023 – Earlier today, the Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) Air Traffic Control received a distress call alerting of engine failure of a Piper aircraft enroute from Margarita to Grenada and approved the pilot’s request for an emergency landing at the MBIA. Regrettably, the aircraft subsequently crashed approximately 14…
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Missing Bathlodge Teen
The family of 14-year-old Tezean Morancie of Bathlodge is asking the public for assistance in knowing her whereabouts. Tezean left her home around 10:30 am on Thursday 15 June to a supermarket on the Bathlodge main road. The police carried out several searches within the immediate areas, to include the two main bus terminals in…
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