Thirty-two countries* will participate in a full-scale tsunami alert exercise in the Caribbean on 20 March 2013. The goal is to test the reaction capacity in countries of the Caribbean and adjacent regions, including the East Coast of Canada and the United States, the Gulf of Mexico and Bermuda. The exercise was organized under the auspices of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).

La tormenta tropical Emily mantiene este martes en estado de alerta a las islas del Caribe, donde comienzan a sentirse las fuertes lluvias, las ráfagas y las inundaciones costeras.

El Centro Nacional de Huracanas de Estados Unidos (CNH) llamó a los países del área a mantenerse atentos, pues está previsto que el ciclón aumente su intensidad en las próximas 24 horas, reporta Prensa Latina.

De acuerdo con el meteorólogo Javier Serrano, Emily tiene vientos máximos sostenidos de 65 kilómetros por hora y se espera que aumente hasta los 97 entre este martes y el miércoles.

De son côté, Marie-Luce Penchard a aussi annoncé le déblocage d'un budget de 200.000 euros pour les agences environnementales de Martinique et de Guadeloupe afin qu'elles lancent un vaste plan d'élimination des déchets.

Dans un courrier adressé vendredi à Mme Bachelot, le député Victorin Lurel et le sénateur Jacques Gillot, respectivement

h PERU: New cases of pneumonia and bubonic plague reported.

h CUBA: Accumulated reservoir water resources are below 50 percent.

h LAC: Atlantic French territories are on alert due the increase in cases of dengue.

h COLOMBIA: Some 200,000 new affected by the rainy season.

"L'utilisation de répulsifs et de moustiquaires est actuellement fortement recommandée", souligne le Cire.

En Guadeloupe, 19.800 cas "cliniquement évocateurs de dengue" ont été enregistrés depuis le début de l'épidémie fin 2009, dont 2.815 cas "biologiquement confirmés". Deux décès

Weekly Summary

- Respiratory illness activity remained above what is expected for this time of year in Canada, Mexico, and the United States; in the United States, the proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza remained above the epidemic threshold

- The United States is investigating

I- Evolution of the pandemic

North America

Widespread influenza activity and increased trends in acute respiratory disease continued this week.

In Canada, the national influenza-like illness (ILI) consultation rate increased again relative to the last week and remained above average for the fifth consecutive week. There was another

I- Evolution of the pandemic

North America

In Canada and the United States, spread of influenza continues to be widespread and trends of acute respiratory disease continue to increase.

In the United States, in EW 41, outpatient influenza-like-illness (ILI) activity continued to increase, remaining