A new disaster risk reduction micro-insurance mechanism designed to protect the income of persons most vulnerable to weather related incidents is to be introduced in the Territory. The Livelihood Protection…
October 27TH 2018 – The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) has indicated that subtropical storm Oscar has formed. Oscar becomes the sixteenth name storm and second sub-tropical storm for the 2018…
The BVI Amateur Radio League has increased its membership with the introduction of three (3) newly licensed operators. The BVI Amateur Radio League has been in operations locally since 1961…
The designs for the new National Emergency Operations Center are said to be at the half way mark and consultants have submitted draft designs to the Project Support Services Unit…
October 17th 2018 – The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services states that moisture and instability in the atmosphere over the region in association with a tropical wave will maintain a…
October 16th 2018 – The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services has indicated that moisture ahead of a tropical wave will begin to affect the territory today, however an increase in…
October 15th 2018 – The National Weather Service has indicated that a tropical wave will increase the chance for rainfall activity especially across the surrounding waters. Local and diurnal effects…
14TH October 2018 The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services has cancelled the Flash Flood Watch for the BVI. The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services indicates that some available moisture and…
APA BULLETIN FLASH FLOOD WATCH ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 5:10 PM ECT SAT OCT 13 2018 …FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ANGUILLA AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS… THE…
October 13TH 2018 Due to the abundance of moisture experienced from a through system earlier in the morning, the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services has issued a Flash Flood Watch…
The Department of Disaster Management is a government department which operates under the legal authority of the Deputy Governor’s Office.
