From July 31 to August 06 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) along with Puerto Rico’s Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3) allocated $84 million to 105… Read More »FEMA Approves Additional Funds for Recovery Projects in Puerto Rico
Early in May 2020 I completed a course in Psychological First Aid in Disaster Management in the Caribbean. It was a virtual course offered through a partnership between the Pan… Read More »Psychological First Aid in Disaster Management in the Caribbean
Tracking tropical weather used to be reserved for trained meteorologists who provided the latest weather forecasts on television. But thanks to technology, we do not have to wait anymore. The… Read More »Best Sites to Track Tropical Weather
Creating an emergency financial plan is one of the most important activities you should complete at the beginning of the new year. This type of plan is a necessary tool… Read More »Why You Should Create an Emergency Financial Plan
Caribbean people realise that their culture and cultural heritage are valuable and significant and must be safeguarded. As a result, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in… Read More »How the Caribbean’s Culture Sector is Building Disaster Resilience
A recent emergency alert by the Barbados Department of Emergency Management warned about a severe Saharan dust outbreak in the island. The alert explained that the severe dust haze would… Read More »The Saharan Dust Outbreak and Tropical Storm Formation
The Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies (DDME) in the Turks and Caicos Islands will be hosting a Virtual Damage and Needs Assessment training. This training is for residents of… Read More »Virtual Damage and Needs Assessment Training
Each community, parish or state or country should have a Special Needs Registry that compiles information on residents with special needs. The Special Needs Registry is very useful in the… Read More »How to Create a Special Needs Registry
In a recent exclusive interview with Axios, FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor revealed that the organisation has had to adjust its hurricane preparedness measures as a result of the COVID-19 virus.… Read More »How FEMA Adjusted Its Hurricane Preparedness Measures
The 2020 Atlantic Tropical Storm Season is almost here, and we’ve already received updated forecasts about what we should expect. Tropical weather experts who include forecasters and researchers at the… Read More »2020 Atlantic Tropical Storm Season Update