Bridgetown, Barbados, August 11, 2009 (CDERA): The first phase of a region-wide tsunami warning system is being finalised on Wednesday August 12, when technical experts meet at the offices of the...
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Projects Coordination Committee reviews progress on three projects being implemented by CDERA
Bridgetown, Barbados, July 22, 2009 (CDERA) - The Joint Project Coordination Committee (JPCC) of three projects being implemented by CDERA, met recently in Barbados to discuss progress to date and...
Jamaica + 4 more
CDERA Coordinator stresses preparedness for 2009 hurricane season
Bridgetown, Barbados, June 2, 2009 (CDERA) "The prediction for an average hurricane season is no reason to become complacent and not prepare," cautioned Jeremy Collymore, Coordinator of the Caribbean...
Caribbean: Earthquakes felt in three CDERA participating states
Bridgetown, Barbados, May 28, 2009 (CDERA) - Belize was struck by an earthquake this morning at 4.24 am (EDT) and an earthquake also occurred southeast of Dominica at 12.28 pm local time. A...
Mexico + 6 more
CDERA participating states monitor swine flu and review pandemic arrangements
Bridgetown, Barbados, April 28, 2009 (CDERA) - The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency has been monitoring closely the swine influenza outbreak and precautionary measures being undertaken by...
Flooding in Guyana: Situation Report - 06 Jan 2009
EVENT: Continuous and heavy rainfall commenced in Guyana on December 12, 2008. This resulted in flooding in several communities in Region 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, particularly, those communities located on...
CDERA Situation Report No 1 - Floodings in Guyana
EVENT: Continuous and heavy rainfall commenced in Guyana on December 12, 2008. This resulted in flooding in several communities in Region 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, particularly, those communities located on...
Information note: Flooding in Guyana
Bridgetown, Barbados, 4:00 pm Friday December 19, 2008 (CDERA) - Guyana has been experiencing excessive rainfall since the beginning of December 2008. Region 3 (West Demerara/Essequibo Islands) and...
Caribbean countries moving to real time emergency operations system
Bridgetown, Barbados, December 18, 2008 (CDERA) - Work is moving apace on the development and implementation of a web-based disaster response technology to enhance disaster preparedness and...
Guyana: CARICOM Secretariat urges closer links between disaster management agencies
By Caribbean Net News Georgetown, Guyana, December 3, 2008 (Caribbean Net News) - Dr Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General of the CARICOM Secretariat told the opening ceremony of the 48th...
CDERA hosts Third Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management
Bridgetown, Barbados, December 3, 2008 (CDERA) - Disaster management practitioners and experts from across the region and beyond will meet in Barbados from December 8 - 12 for the 3rd Caribbean...
Suriname will take part in regional disaster management project
By CDERA Paramaribo, Suriname; November 10, 2008 (CDERA) - Suriname will participate in a €3.4-million (US$5-million) project financed by the European Development Fund (EDF) and being undertaken by...
Cayman Islands + 1 more
2008 continues to be an active hurricane season
By Department of Disaster Management, BVI Tortola, BVI, November 13, 2008 (DDM) - Hurricane Paloma, the 16th named storm and the 8th hurricane for 2008, left the islands of Cayman Brac and Little...
Cayman Islands + 2 more
Hurricane Paloma Advisory #2
Message: The Government of the Bahamas has discontinued tropical storm warnings as Paloma weakens - Sunday Nov, 9, 2008 (2.00pm) Tropical Storm warnings have been discontinued for the Bahamas. The...
Hurricane Paloma Advisory #1
Message: Central Bahamas under Tropical Storm Warning - Saturday, November 8, 2008 (7.00pm) - The Government of the Bahamas has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Central Bahamas including Cat...
Ceremony to mark the strenghening of CDERA: European Commission supports disaster management agency's new direction
Bridgetown, Barbados, October 31, 2008 (CDERA) -- The European Commission (EC) is providing the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) with € 3.4 million to support the agency's new...
Update on flooding events in Belize associated with the passage of Tropical Depression #16 as of 28 Oct 2008
THE EVENT Rains associated with the passage of Tropical Depression 16 during the period October 15 -17, 2008 have resulted in widespread flooding across several districts in Belize. Flood waters have...
Dominica + 3 more
CDERA Situation Report No. 2 - Hurricane Omar
As of Thursday October 16, 2008 Message: Storm Surge associated with the passage of Hurricane Omar cause damage in Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines, The Event Storm...
Tropical Depression Sixteen Situation Report # 1: Impact on Belize
Event: Heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Depression 16 began affecting the southern areas of Belize from the evening of Wednesday October 15. The system is producing a lot of rainfall and this...
Anguilla + 4 more
Hurricane Omar impacts five CDERA participating states
By CDERA Bridgetown, Barbados October 16, 2008 (CDERA)- Late yesterday, October 15, into this morning Thursday, October 16, 2008, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands(BVI),...