ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.63 on the Richter scale was felt throughout Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands at approximately 4:25pm yesterday afternoon, a press release from the Department for Disaster Management (DDM) has stated.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) recently published its biennial Disaster Digest magazine, which includes a number of issues relevant to the area of Disaster Risk Reduction.
This week’s professional is as diverse as they come, and is instrumental in ensuring that the public is informed in a timely fashion to be on the alert for a hurricane, flood and even earthquakes!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Department for Disaster Management (DDM) has issued a Flash Flood Watch for the VI until 6pm today as it said it it is possible some of the outer rain bands of Tropical Storm Maria can draft south westward and affect the territory as the storm gradually makes it way North West away from the area.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Tropical Depression 14, according to a press release from the Department for Disaster Management, is very likely to become Tropical Storm Maria later today, however, how strong it gets before reaching the northeast Caribbean is uncertain.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Department for Disaster Management (DDM) has reported via press release that Tropical Disturbances 37 and 38 have formed in the Atlantic Ocean and that the latter is strengthening.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Climate change is defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as “a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties.” – During the month of September, the Public Information and Education (PIE) sub-committee of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC) will focus on climate change and its expected impacts to the Territory, a press release from the Government Information Service (GIS) stated.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Tropical storm Irene is likely to pass closer to the Virgin Islands that was previously predicted and the Department for Disaster Management (DDM) has since issued a Storm Warning.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some forty (40) building professionals including contractors, heavy equipment operators, architects, engineers and planners gathered at the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) for two days to discuss the recently completed maps that define recommended slope/cut ratios for safe development.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Department for Disaster Management (DDM) is reporting that a tropical wave will continue to cause unsettled weather conditions across the Virgin Islands during the next 24 hours.
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