Review of Hazard Events in CDEMA Participating States During 2010 Jeremy Collymore Executive Director Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA

Review of Hazard Events in CDEMA Participating States

During 2010Jeremy CollymoreExecutive Director

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management

Agency (CDEMA)

Agenda• Introduction• Summary of Disaster Events in

2010• Emerging Issues• Looking Ahead

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Introduction• 2010 very busy with diversity of disaster

events.• Multiple States, multi-hazard simultaneous

events.• Earthquakes and Volcanoes remind us of

regional exposure

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Summary of Hazard Events in 2010

• Hurricanes (Tropical Cyclones) - 19 Named Storms• Earthquakes – Haiti, January 2010; • Floods & Severe Weather Systems – All 18 States• Droughts – Eastern Caribbean States & Guyana• Cholera – Haiti, October 2010 to present• Fires – St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Guyana, May 2010• Landslides – Dominica, May 2010• Tornado – Bahamas, March 2010• Volcanic Eruption – Montserrat, February 2010


Hurricanes

• 2010 Atlantic Basin 19 named storms formed – tied with 1887 and 1995 for third highest on record.

• 12 developed into hurricanes – tied with 1969 for second highest on record.

• Five major hurricane status .


HurricanesDetail Types Average

1950 - 2000Forecast for

2010Actual for 2010 Remarks

Named Storms 11 18 19

Hurricane Earl impacted Anguilla, Montserrat, Saint Kitts & Nevis and

Antigua & Barbuda

Hurricanes 6 10 12Hurricane Tomas impacted six (6)

CDEMA PS

Major Hurricanes 2 5 5 Danielle, Earl , Igor,

Julia & Karl


Hurricane Tomas – Saint Lucia


EarthquakesHaiti, January 12, 2010• 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck close to the Haitian

capital Port au Prince on January 12th, 2010, at 16:53 local time.

• The worst earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years – estimated 230,000 deaths and over 300,000 injured. Over 1.5 million people in need of shelter.

• A tsunami watch issued for surrounding Participating States.



Haiti

LandslidesDominica - Monday, May 25, 2010 • At approximately 8.45 am, a landslide occurred in San

Sauveur, Dominica following heavy rains overnight – 3 deaths.

Saint Lucia • Landslides following Hurricane Tomas in Saint Lucia

kills 7 • Bridges and portions of roadways completely washed

away (North/South).Suriname • Landslide in (Sipaliwini district) killed 7 on Saturday

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Landslides in Saint Lucia – November, 2010


Severe Weather Events• Heavy rains, flooding and high seas were

reported in a number of CDEMA PS throughout the year. Most notable was the September 25 to October 7, 2010 period: – Antigua & Barbuda, – Jamaica, – St Kitts & Nevis, – Saint Lucia and – Virgin Islands


Droughts• Critical stage between January and March 2010 - the

following countries were on Drought Alert and implemented measures to curtail its effects: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago..


CholeraHaiti• Almost 92,000 reported cases as of December 3• 2,071 deaths. • 43,243 of patients have been hospitalized due to

cholera. • The in-hospital case fatality rate for the whole

country is 3.3%.


FireGuyana• May 10, 2010 a fire destroyed the oldest wing of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Georgetown, Guyana.

The Bahamas• Monday, March 29th, 2010, a severe weather

system moved into the extreme northwestern Bahamas from the coast of Florida with strong thunderstorm and tornadic activities. 3 deaths.


Tornado

Volcanic Eruption

Montserrat• Activity increased significantly through the

period February 5-12, 2010 at the Soufriere Hills Volcano with two volcanic explosions and a partial dome collapse.


Volcanic Eruption - Montserrat


Emerging Issues • Determining when external inputs are

required• Connection between plans and operations• Unrealistic expectations about timing of

impact data• Revisit of existing regional and

international protocols• Timely access to emergency response

resources


Looking Ahead• Inter-agency coordination for successful

response to be intensified.• Accelerate understanding and

management of Drought, Pandemics etc• Review the competency sets and

operational templates• Intensify and sustain political awareness of

response and coordination mechanisms.• Retooling for multiple catastrophic events


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