The Situation On Friday October 19, 2018, torrential rains resulted in widespread flooding mainly in Eastern & Central Trinidad. The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) issued an Adverse Weather... read more →
MAGNITUDE: 5.9 LOCATION: Latitude 20.04N, Longitude 72.98W DEPTH: 15.3km DATE: October 6, 2018, 8:32 AM (AST) TIME: 20:12 NEARBY CITIES: 20 km WNW of Port-de-Paix, Haiti Read the full CDEMA... read more →
The United Nations General Assembly has designated 13 October as the date to celebrate the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) to promote a global culture of disaster reduction, including... read more →
MAGNITUDE: 5.6 LOCATION: Latitude 15.11N, Longitude 60.43W DEPTH: 10km DATE & TIME: September 28, 2018, 8:32 AM (AST) NEARBY CITIES: 108 km ESE of Roseau, Dominica 134 km NE of... read more →
Summary of Damage and Shelter Occupancy in Dominica The following is a report from the CARICOM Operational Support Team (COST) that was deployed to Dominica in support of National Emergency... read more →
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (September 11, 2018) -- Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Deputy Premier of Nevis and Minister responsible for Disaster Management, is urging the public to be attentive to media alerts... read more →
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the International Federation for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently launched the re-designed Early... read more →
The Caribe Wave Tsunami Exercise 2018 is featured in the September 2018 issue of Earth magazine published by the American Geosciences Institute (AGI). Jump to page 20 and read the... read more →
The following is a report from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) Trinidad and Tobago on the ongoing damage assessments following the earthquake and aftershocks between August 21... read more →
An article, written after the August 5th Lombok, Indonesia event, discusses expert advice for earthquake safety tips and emphasizes that the Drop, Cover, Hold method is still seen as the... read more →