Barbados' Forecast for Friday 04th July, 2008
7/4/2008
A ridge of high pressure is the dominant feature
HURRICANE DEAN STRENGTHENS AS IT APPROACHES THE LESSER ANTILLES
8/16/2007
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16,2007
A trough system is affecting the island
8/7/2007
Generally cloudy to overcast with periods of light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms.
A tropical wave is approaching the island
10/10/2006
Barbados' Forecast for Tuesday 10th October, 2006
BARBADOS AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN FORECAST
10/21/2005
The tail-end of the tropical wave (now near 63°W) along with the upper trough will maintain showers over the Eastern Caribbean tonight and tomorrow.
North takes another swamping
11/24/2004
A rain-bearing system doubled back for an encore flooding of the north yesterday, washing over a bridge and leaving residents waterlogged for the third time in six days.
Flooding alert closes all schools
11/24/2004
For a few tense moments yesterday, students of Coleridge and Parry and Alexandra clung to each other for dear life in Gibbes, St Peter. Wading through knee-high floodwaters, one of them was almost swept away after he slipped. He was rescued by two residents who acted quickly to guide him to safety.
Holetown, Barbados cut off by raging waters
11/24/2004
Personnel from the Central Emergency Relief Organisation (CERO) had to be called in after more heavy rains turned some northern districts into virtual swamps yesterday.
Browne: Don’t take storms lightly
9/29/2004
By Philip Spooner, Nation Newspaper
$75 000 Fix
9/23/2004
THE Central Emergency Relief Organisation (CERO) has already spent $75 000 of the $100 000 allocated by Government on repairs to 29 of the 180 homes evaluated after being hit by Hurricane Ivan.
PAHO Aids Relief Efforts in Storm-Struck Caribbean
9/21/2004
PROCEDURE FOR SHIPPING TO GRENADA
9/21/2004
The Caribbean Disaster Relief Unit is providing relief supplies management and logistical management at both the Point Salines International Airport and the St Georges Harbour.
Millions for relief - Private sector pledges support for recovery efforts
9/15/2004
Updated Weather forecast calls for more stormy weather
9/15/2004
Impact of Hurricanes on Caribbean Toursim Organisation (CTO) Member States
9/11/2004
Hurricane Ivan
9/6/2004
Ivan, a tropical storm on Sunday morning, 5 September, developed rapidly into a powerful category 3 hurricane by Sunday afternoon. On Monday, 6 September, Hurricane Ivan, with winds of 125 mph, continues to gain strength. This morning, Ivan is east-south east of Barbados, moving steadily west. Hurricane warnings and watches are in place for Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and Martinique.
AN ACTIVE 2004 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON LIKELY
8/10/2004
Caribbean Local Weather Watch
9/30/2003
Two Dead as Hurricane Ravages Nova Scotia
9/29/2003
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - Two people were dead and 80,000 without power in Nova Scotia on Monday morning after Hurricane Juan barreled into the eastern Canadian province from the Atlantic Ocean overnight...
Disaster relief from space
9/29/2003
When a lake high in the Andes threatened to flood earlier this year, sending a river of debris on to the town below, there was little that could be to done to avert a humanitarian disaster...
Weakening Juan Hits Canada's East Coast
9/29/2003
Weakening Juan Hits Canada's Eastern Coast With Winds and Torrential Rains, Killing at Least One..........
Disaster Stress A Real Problem For Victims Of Isabel
9/25/2003
It almost goes without saying: Those North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia residents hit by Hurricane Isabel are feeling stressed.
New forecast from Prof Gray says the hurricane season will not be as active as originally forecast
8/7/2003
In his updated forecast of August 5, 2003 Prof William Gray maintains his original forecast for the number of storm but the season itself is expected to be not as active....
NOAA increases its forecast of hurricanes for 2003
8/7/2003
It a news release today, NOAA says despite the fact that a La Nina has not developed all other conditions are ripe for above average active hurricane season....
Earthquake felt in Saint Lucia and Martinique
7/28/2003
On Monday morning 28th July at 10:43 a.m., an earthquake occurred about 50 km west of Saint Lucia. The preliminary location for the event is 13.89°N 61.48°W. The event was rep...
Weathering climate change taking fore
7/23/2003
On the heels of a drought, which gripped the Caribbean in the first half of this year and forecasts for a very stormy second half of the year, experts from the region and Asia will meet here this week to examine the impact of severe weather on three critical economic engines of regional states...
Regional Workshop/Policy Dialogue On A Model National Hazard Mitigation Policy For The Caribbean
12/30/2002
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) co-hosted a Regional Workshop/Policy Dialogue on a Model National Hazard Mitigation Policy for the Caribbean on January 13 and 14, 2003, at the Coyaba Beach Resort, Grenada. This workshop reviewed a draft Model National Hazard Mitigation Policy commissioned by CDERA under the Caribbean Hazard Mitigation Capacity Building Programme (CHAMP) in collaboration with the CDB, through its Disaster Mitigation Facility for the Caribbean (DMFC). CHAMP is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), executed by the Organization of American States (OAS) and implemented by CDERA. The DMFC is financed by the United States Agency for International Development – Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and CDB.
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