The following is an address by Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Deputy Premier of Nevis and Minister responsible for Disaster Management in relation to the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
The Ministry of Health on Nevis will be better able to execute its outreach programmes, thanks to the gift of a medical vehicle from the Government and people of Japan. The gift is part of a multi-million dollar donation from Japan to assist in health care and disaster management.
The Nevis Disaster Management Department (NDMD) is expecting participation on Nevis in CaribWave 2019 to exceed that of 2018, when the annual tsunami readiness exercise is carried out throughout the region between 10:05 a.m. to midday on March 14, 2019.
Mrs. Stacey Edwards, Education and Outreach Manager at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre, says St. Kitts and Nevis has taken an important step and is ahead of other English-speaking Caribbean islands in tsunami awareness and preparedness.
The following is an address delivered by Ms. Rhosyll Jeffers, Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture with responsibility for Disaster Management on Nevis, on the occasion of International Day for Disaster Reduction observed on October 13, 2018.