Hurricanes are powerful forces of nature that can become extremely destructive events. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), hurricanes start by sucking heat from tropical waters. They form over the Atlantic ocean then move through tropical waters picking up more heat which creates low pressure underneath causing air to rush into it. The rising air cools resulting in clouds and thunderstorms. All of this movement creates wind that can reach calamitous speeds.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Tuesday said it will launch the Sargassum Innovation Quest aimed at harnessing the potential of the sargassum biomass and improve the resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

WASHINGTON, DC - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) say small island developing states (SIDS) are negligible contributors to global warming, yet are amongst the most affected by climate change.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has signed a US$45 million agreement with the World Bank as the authorities continue their efforts to strengthen the country’s flood adaptation and resilience.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has expressed gratitude to the President of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali for providing relief supplies to his country following Hurricane Beryl.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government says its tropical cyclone policy with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has triggered a payment following the passage of Hurricane Beryl last week.

KINGSTOWN, ST. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says electricity should be restored on certain sections of Canouan and Mayreau within the next two weeks, as efforts continue to deal with the aftermath of the damage caused by the powerful Hurricane Beryl on July 1.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Seismic Research Centre of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI-SRC) says Dominica’s Boiling Lake is “ slowly refilling and the water temperature have ranged between 70° and 80° Celsius”.

UNITED NATIONS – A senior United Nations official has said that the island of Carriacou that is part of the tri-island nation of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique has been virtually “flattened” by the devastating Hurricane Beryl. 

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Leaders of the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Tuesday toured the islands in the Grenadines devastated by Hurricane beryl when it made its way through the Caribbean on July 1.

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance facility (CCRIF) says it will pay US$44 million to Grenada as a result of the damage and destruction caused by the passage of Hurricane Beryl last Monday. It will be the single largest payout by CCRIF, a segregated portfolio company, owned, operated, and registered in the Caribbean.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada –  The government of Grenada has declared the northern parish of  St Patrick and the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique as disaster zones for three months covering the period July 01 to September 30.