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Clean up, fix up, this Labour Day, says Grange
MINISTER of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange is encouraging Jamaicans to use Labour Day to “clean up and fix up” their home environments and heighten preparations for the upcoming hurricane
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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First phase of drain, gully cleaning starts in two weeks
MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the island's municipal corporations will be rolling out the first phase of their disaster risk mitigation programme in two weeks, for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins on June
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaicans warned to brace for coming storm
Jamaicans have been warned to brace for wet weather this weekend as Tropical Storm Elsa is forecast to move across the Caribbean, threatening to produce up to six inches of rainfall, flash flooding, and mudslides. The National Hurricane Center...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
KSAMC to clean more than 100 Corporate Area drains
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will be embarking on a comprehensive drain-cleaning programme in several communities across the Corporate
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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St Catherine Disaster Preparedness Committee seeks funding
The St Catherine Parish Disaster Preparedness Committee is asking for a budget of $779,250 to prepare for the 2020 hurricane season, while highlighting that the shelters are 85 per cent ready for
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
BMS: Tropical wave weakens, rain showers expected in the coming days - Barbados Today
Tropical wave to our east continued to struggle overnight.  Convection with the tropical wave located near 300 miles or 480 km to our east has continued to weaken overnight. Any development of this system is now very unlikely at this time as environmental conditions around the system are becoming
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Byck Foundation Honors Mayor With Donation To The United Way COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund
United Way of the Coastal Empire received a $10,000 contribution from The Byck Foundation to honor the outstanding job Mayor Van Johnson and his team did to protect Savannah during Sunday’s peaceful
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Signs Continue to Point to Above-Average Hurricane Season
Signs continue to point to an above average 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, with the tropical meteorology team at Colorado State University, in a report update issued Thursday, increasing the number of storms it expects to develop this year.
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Trinidad on high alert over Tropical Waves - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) The Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Kazim Hosein has met with the Mayors, Chairmen, Chief Executive Officers, Disaster Management Coordinators and the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) in preparation for imminent adverse weather expected over
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Day one learning paralysed by floods at a Homa Bay school - The Kenya News
Walls destroyed by heavy rainfall at Simbi Primary School. (James Omoro, Standard) Pupils of Simbi Primary School in Rachuonyo North, Homa Bay County failed to attend classes after part of their school was flooded. The flooding was as a result of River Awach breaking its banks following the heavy
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Source: The Kenya News
Tropical Storm Eta making landfall in Cuba, heads toward southern Florida – National News – The Black Chronicle
ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) - Tropical Storm Eta made landfall early Sunday morning along the south central coast of Cuba with winds of 65 mph. The…
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Source: The Black Chronicle
Holness under tourism pressure
DAYS AFTER tourism advocates called for the Holness administration to declare a timeline for the resumption of incoming air and sea travel, Jamaica’s most powerful private-sctor lobby has added pressure for a clear road map towards a “date for a safe and sustainable
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
US forecasters predict 'above-normal' Atlantic hurricane season
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — US forecasters yesterday predicted an “above-normal” Atlantic hurricane season and emergency officials said they were factoring the novel coronavirus pandemic into potential relief
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PICS | 'Our houses look like a river': storms cause bad flooding in parts of Cape Town | News24
Dozens of informal settlement residents have been left with waterlogged homes, causing damage to furniture and other belongings.
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Cleaner seas in Kingston, MoBay
The polluted Kingston Harbour has appeared much clearer in recent weeks, with some marine scientists suggesting that the economic malaise brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is possibly a contributing
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Passing Showers Possible Overnight and Early Morning
A seasonable weather pattern should prevail across the local area through Friday, with overnight and early morning passing showers. Daytime highs Thursday will average in the middle to upper 80s with easterly winds of 10-15 miles per hour and higher gusts at times. Weather conditions may turn more
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Eugene H. McLin was city recreational director, football coach, baseball official, sports writer for the St. Petersburg Times, teacher and amateur actor and
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Tropical Storm Bertha forms, hits South Carolina coast
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall on South Carolina’s coast Wednesday morning shortly after it formed, becoming the second named storm before the official start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane
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Hurricane Forecasters Monitoring Two Tropical Disturbances
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two disturbances over the tropical Atlantic, including one that is expected to bring rain to the region late Wednesday afternoon, and another right behind it with a high chance of becoming a tropical storm over the next five days.
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Agriculture Gives Tips on Protecting Livestock, Horses From Hurricanes and Floods
Do not confine or tie animals during the storm because they can get trapped, injured or killed in the event of building collapse or flooding.
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BMS: Tropical Wave weakens, caution still advised - Barbados Today
The Barbados Meteorological Services is closely monitoring the progress of a tropical wave located approximately 500 miles east of Barbados at 02:00 pm LST Tuesday, 22nd June 2021. There are presently no watches or warnings in effect for Barbados. Satellite imagery this afternoon indicated that
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Hurricane Forecasters Monitoring Two Tropical Disturbances
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two disturbances over the tropical Atlantic, including one that is expected to bring rain to the region late Wednesday afternoon, and another right behind it with a high chance of becoming a tropical storm over the next five days.
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Rock River residents want poor drainage to be fixed
AS THE hurricane season gets into high gear, some residents of Rock River in northern Clarendon are apprehensive about the damage and loss of livelihood that can arise from a drain at the back of their
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
‘$10m war chest against Cyclone Chalane’
BY KENNETH NYANGANI GOVERNMENT had set aside $10 million towards the tropical storm Cyclone Chalane response operations. The cyclone did not hit the country last week as anticipated, but government said it was continuously monitoring the situation. There were only heavy rains accompanied by strong
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Hurricane Ida Continues to Wreak Havoc, Called Deadliest Storm in the History of New Jersey • EBONY
Hurricane Ida has continued to wreak havoc across the country. After it devastated New Orleans and its surrounding areas—which is still hurting from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, Ida slammed the Northeast on Wednesday with a combo of tornadoes, torrential rainfall, and massive
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Flooding threat continues in Florida, new winter storm moving through Central US  – National News
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) - After bringing a foot and a half of rain to southern Florida, Eta has now moved in the southern Gulf of…
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Confirmed: Elsa was a category one hurricane - Barbados Today
The Director of Barbados Meteorological Services has confirmed that Hurricane Elsa did indeed meet the international meteorological standards required to qualify as a hurricane in this part of the world. Sabu Best told journalists: “In our region, which is called Region 4 or the northwestern
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'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens historic floods - Black News Channel
By JAY REEVES and ANGIE WANG Associated Press NAVARRE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Heavy rain, pounding surf and flash floods hit parts of the Florida Panhandle and the Alabama coast on Tuesday as Hurricane Sally lumbered toward land at a painfully slow pace, threatening as much as 30 inches (76
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Tropical Storm Fay moves toward mid-Atlantic, New England - Black News Channel
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fay slightly picked up speed and strength as it moved closer to land Friday, and forecasters decreased projections for rain totals and flooding. Fay was expected to bring 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain, with the possibility of flash flooding in parts of the
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