Attachments
Reporting period 04/July/2024 - 07/July/2024
Contact inform ation Patrice Quesada, IOM Coordinator for the Caribbean: pquesada@iom.int Jan-Willem WEGDAM, Emergency Coordinator: jwegdam@iom.int
Context situation
Onset and progression
According to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), on July 5, 2024, Hurricane Beryl weakened to a tropical storm and was no longer a threat to Caribbean states. The storm's intensity decreased significantly, prompting governments in affected areas like Jamaica and Belize to lift their respective Hurricane and Tropical Storm Warnings. At the time of writing, Tropical Storm Beryl has reached the United States. The focus in the Eastern Caribbean and Jamaica has now shifted to assessing and addressing the impact on the most affected areas, particularly in Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Jamaica. According to PAHO, 5 fatalities have been reported in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In Grenada, there have been 6 confirmed deaths, 27 injuries and 2 individuals are currently missing. In addition, significant damage to infrastructure has been reported, particularly in Carriacou and Petite Martinique, the northern dependencies of Grenada and the southern islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Union Island, Canouan and Mayreau. Consequently, people are responding to their circumstances in different ways, including reports of those who remain in their damaged dwellings and repair with makeshift techniques , evacuating to mainland (mostly medical and voulntary evacuations), seeking refuge in emergency shelters, and moving to other private homes in the vicinity where individuals are responsible for hosting persons, even when their dwellings are damaged.