Published 21st May, 6:49pm

All government primary and secondary schools in Grand Cayman will be closed tomorrow, 22 May, due to severe flooding, except for a small number of high schools students who will be sitting their CXC History examination.

Students sitting the CXC History exam from CHHS and John Gray are to report to the John Gray High School Hall tomorrow as planned.

Cayman Brac schools will remain open.

Message from the Deputy Governor and Chairman of the National Hazard Management Council, Mr. Donovan Ebanks

International Day for Disaster Reduction is celebrated each year on the 13th October. This year, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat has announced that the theme is: “Making Youth Partners for Disaster Risk Reduction”, with the slogan “Step up for Disaster Risk Reduction’. This is a basic call for action to all children and young people to step up to the challenge and get involved in the disaster risk reduction effort.

Hurricane Ivan was a "classical" long lived Cape Verde hurricane. It has been categorized as one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the Caribbean in recorded history. On September 2 Ivan developed into a tropical depression, it became a tropical storm on the following day and reached hurricane status on 5 September. On September 7 and 8 it damaged 90 percent of the homes in Grenada and killed 16 people. By Thursday morning on September 9, Ivan's sustained winds reached 160 mph making it a rare category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Medical Officer of Health Dr Kiran Kumar said the patient, a student at First Baptist School, is recovering well in home isolation and did not suffer severe illness. School officials are currently contacting parents, and health officials will soon be meeting with them.

The patient came to Health Services Authority's Accident and Emergency for testing on 29 May after falling sick upon returning from a trip to New York. Local testing was positive for Influenza A and

The donation was made in response to the appeal to assist Cayman Brac residents, who suffered damage to, or loss of, their homes during Hurricane Paloma.

Governor Jack, who personally has visited Cayman Brac and witnessed the devastation, said: "I am very pleased today to be able to contribute this significant donation to the CINRF efforts to help people on Cayman Brac affected by Hurricane Paloma."

Although the store at Village Square has plenty of canned goods and bottled water, reduced opening hours and limited banking (no electricity) makes it harder to obtain necessities, explained Nurse Cutts.

However, three ADRA personnel did arrive Tuesday bringing some 787 lbs of food and water for local distribution.

At times, different words associated with hazard management can be used interchangeably or perhaps be misunderstood, so two key post-disaster terms are clarified below. They are particularly important since both can overlap:

Relief: Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) Director Dr Barbara Carby notes that relief refers to initial efforts to take care of affected areas. "The emphasis is on restoring

This past weekend, our country was again visited by misfortune. While Grand Cayman escaped the full fury of Hurricane Paloma because of a last-minute shift to the east, our sister islands of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman were not so fortunate.

Both islands, especially Cayman Brac, suffered extensive property and other infrastructural damage. Several households were displaced. While some injuries were reported, fortunately there was

Sister Islands Update: 7:45 am Tuesday 11 November 2008

Distribution Centre

Starting today, there will be one distribution centre, located adjacent to Aston Rutty Centre.

Operating hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Supplies include toiletries; baby supplies; water and drinks; non-perishable food; batteries; and flashlights.

Tarps

No more tarps are needed in Cayman Brac or Little Cayman. The Brac Command Centre, which is coordinating the recovery