Jamaica Updates

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Jamaica | 2024 | CERF In July 2024, Hurricane Beryl, a Category 5 storm with 140 mph winds, devastated Jamaica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, leaving entire communities in crisis. In...

Washington, D.C, March 3, 2025 - The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved a new project to support Jamaica in promoting private sector development and improving disaster...

In January 2025, in partnership with the New Zealand High Commission to the Caribbean, the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean hosted a 3-day workshop to strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience...

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This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Jamaica, including how climate change will potentially impact agricultural production, human health, water and sanitation, infrastructure,...

1 SUMMARY Tropical Cyclone Rafael is the eighteenth named cyclone and the eleventh hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. On 5 November, tropical storm Rafael passed about 70 mi (115 km) SW...

Written by Marcela Natalicchio This country profile analyzes gender gaps in the disaster risk management (DRM) agenda in Jamaica that influence the exposure and vulnerability, preparedness, and...

Tropical cyclone RAFAEL, passed between the western coast of Jamaica and the eastern coasts of the Cayman islands (UK) on 5 November and continued northwest toward western Cuba, strengthening. On 6...

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A new tropical cyclone named RAFAEL formed over the central Caribbean Sea in the evening (UTC) of 3 November and started moving north-northwest toward western Jamaica, the Cayman Islands (UK), and...

Risk Analysis As of 5:00pm November 3, 2024, a Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for Jamaica. At 4:00pm on November 3, 2024, the potential tropical cyclone 18 was located 600 kilometers...

Countries potentially affected: Cuba (CUB), Jamaica (JAM), Cayman Islands (CYM) Current Windspeed: 55.6 km/h Current Classification: Tropical depression Estimated Windspeed at Landfall: 55.6 km/h...

In recent years, Haiti has made headlines for unprecedented levels of gang violence, with gangs increasingly challenging state authorities and expanding their grip over the Port-au-Prince...

Kingston, Jamaica, 13 September 2024 (PAHO) - More than two months after Hurricane Beryl struck Jamaica, the southern parishes are still reeling from the devastation left by the powerful Category 4...

KINGSTON – El Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP, por sus siglas en inglés) de las Naciones Unidas, en colaboración con el Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Jamaica, está lanzando un...

Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica – In the rural farming community of Belmont, nestled in the southern parish of Saint Elizabeth, the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl is a stark reminder of nature’s unforgiving...

KINGSTON – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with Jamaica's Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), is launching a cash assistance programme to extend support to...

Kingston, Jamaica, 26 August 2024 - The recent passage of Hurricane Beryl not only put Jamaica's infrastructure to the test but also provided a critical examination of the island's Smart Health...

Situational overview showing communities affected by hurricane Beryl, as reported to the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and priority communities assessed by the...