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It is with profound regret that the ODPM informs you of the passing of our dear colleague Peter Kalicharan, who served with distinction as the Manager of MPRU. A very energetic, passionate and persistent individual, Peter was...
An area of showers and thunderstorms (AL99) associated with an active Tropical Wave is now approximately 300 km east of the Windward Islands, moving westward near 37km/h. At 8:00 am today, Sunday 24th August, 2025, the broad center of the disturbance was located near...
An area of showers and thunderstorms (AL99) associated with an active Tropical Wave is now approximately 800 km east of the Windward Islands, moving westward near 37km/h. At 8:00 pm today, Saturday 23rd August, 2025, the broad centre of the disturbance was located...
There is an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with an active Tropical Wave, approximately 2100 km east of the Lesser Antilles, moving westward at 16 – 24 kph. At 11:00 am today, Friday 22nd August, 2025, the broad centre of the disturbance...
As at 5 a.m. this morning, the centre of Tropical Storm Erin was located near latitude 16.5 North, longitude 41.9 West, and moving westward at 31 km/h. This general motion is expected until Thursday, with a west-northwestward motion expected from Thursday night. ...
This International Youth Day, we celebrate the power of young people to turn global goals into local action. With creativity, passion, and deep community roots, youth are key to building resilient, sustainable futures. Let’s invest in their voices, ideas, and...
𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬: The axis of a low-level trough/wave (left in the wake of AL96) is now located near 59W and is moving at approximately 15kt. This, together with equatorial moisture, is likely to produce partly cloudy periods over Trinidad and...
On August 7th, 2025, the ODPM, in collaboration with the UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), officially launched the MHEWS Pilot Project at a stakeholder workshop held at the National Emergency Operations Centre in...
On August 6th, 2025, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM), in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development and with support from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, hosted a workshop titled...
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