Residents in Caribbean territories, including St. Kitts and Nevis, are being reminded of the possibility of storms, with a new 30-year “average” being introduced.
A fast-strengthening Hurricane Iota became a very dangerous Category 4 storm as it swept over the western Caribbean early Monday, approaching the same part of Central America battered by a similarly powerful Hurricane Eta just over a week…
Rescuers on the Gulf Coast used boats and high-water vehicles Thursday to reach people cut off by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as a second round of flooding took shape along rivers and creeks swollen by the storm’s…
Potential Tropical cyclone #9 drenched St. Kitts and Nevis with rain on late Tuesday and on Wednesday (July 28 and 29) causing waterways to flood, while winds gusting close to 50 miles per hour toppled electrical poles and trees.
Occasional rainy and windy conditions caused by Tropical Cyclone 9 prompted the partial activation of the National Emergency systems in St. Kitts and Nevis.
A high voltage pole that was blown down in the vicinity of John England's Village, St. Peter's is the cause of a major power outage that affected several communities early Wednesday morning.
The following is a statement by Mr. Brian Dyer, Director of the Nevis Disaster Management Department (NDMD), with regards to the approaching tropical weather system in the Atlantic.
In preparation for the peak of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season, the St. Kitts and Nevis Red Cross Society, in collaboration with stakeholders including the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is hosting a five-day disaster…
The St. Kitts Met Office is monitoring a system in the Atlantic Ocean which is forecast to pass close to or through the Leeward islands later this week.
The Nevis Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) met at the Emergency Operation Centre at Long Point on July 24, 2020, to discuss the island’s state of readiness ahead of the peak of the Atlantic…
The Hurricane Relief Programme which was set up in 2017 to assist homeowners whose residences would have been damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria will be replaced by a programme that will seek to assist homeowners who cannot afford…
Abdias Samuel, National Disaster Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reported that the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which runs from June 01 to November 30, is predicted to be above-normal as outlined by the St.…