Weather climate change/EPA loses emails
For the Caribbean, a united front is key to weathering climate change By Desmond Brown From IPS PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten, Jul 2 2014 (IPS) – As the costs of climate change continue to mount, officials with the Commonwealth grouping say…
Tiny Barbuda grapples with rising seas
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean360 CODRINGTON, Barbuda, Tuesday July 1, 2014, IPS – The 1,800 residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda are learning to adapt as climate change proves to be a force to reckon with, disrupting not…
Tsunami Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) training in the Caribbean
The International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC), in collaboration with the CaribbeanBG Elton Lewis, Director Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency [right] receiving his certificate of completion from Ms. Alison Brome (Interim CTIC Director) Tsunami Information Center (CTIC) and the Caribbean…
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes NW of Visokoi Island in the Atlantic
By Web Staff From khon2 Tsunami Statement Number 1 NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Ewa Beach HI 0801 UTC Sun Jun 29 2014 This statement applies to countries within and bordering the Caribbean Sea, except for Puerto Rico, the U.S….
D-Day was a success because allied meteorologists saw an opening that the Germans missed
By Gus Lubin From Business Insider German military leaders expected an Allied invasion on the Channel coast in late May, 1944, when there was high tide, a full moon, good visibility, and little wind. When it did not come, and…
Alaska earthquake: Tsunami warning issued as magnitude 8.0 earthquake Strikes Aleutian Islands
By Nick Wiltgen From Weather Channel A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands of Alaska Monday, prompting tsunami warnings for the immediate region. Experts are evaluating the possibility of a broader tsunami across the Pacific Ocean. The earthquake struck…
Dr. Jeff Masters: Bogus GFS Model forecasts of Atlantic tropical cyclone genesis
By Dr. Jeff Masters From Weather Underground There are no tropical cyclone threat areas in the Atlantic to discuss today, and none of the reliable models for forecasting tropical cyclone genesis is predicting development over the coming five days. However,…
Table Top Exercise Concludes Successfully
A brief yet intense table-top exercise took place this morning (Thursday, 5 June 2014) at the Government Administration Building. Organised by the British Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the exercise tested the emergency preparedness of FCO representatives in the…
Hurricanes with female names result in more fatalities
From EdOrbit When it comes to hurricanes, there are serious gender equality issues, according to new research which reveals that storms given feminine names tend to cause significantly more deaths than those with masculine ones. The reason, researchers from the…
Caribbean risk outlook: Hurricane season has arrived
From Global News Matters Hurricane season is here: What risks does the Caribbean face? A “near or below normal” hurricane season has been forecast by the US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Eight to thirteen tropical storms and three…
