Pink sand runs uninterrupted for miles along Barbuda’s southwest coast. The shoreline is flat and wide. Low vegetation stretches inland. There are no high-rise resorts and no dense hotel clusters. Now Nobu is moving deeper into that landscape, several years after opening the beachfront Nobu eatery and club on the island. Nobu Hospitality has announced […]
Above: the British Virgin Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands says it is in the final stages of preparation to seek “Tsunami Ready” certification from the United States-based National Weather Service. The programme is designed to help communities that are vulnerable to tsunamis reduce the potential for “disastrous tsunami-related consequences.” The […]
Above: the USVI By the Caribbean Journal staff As last week’s earthquake in Puerto Rico reminded, the Caribbean is a seismically active region — and particularly the northern Caribbean. That’s led the US Virgin Islands to debut its first-ever tsunami evacuation map, which covers St Croix, St john and St Thomas. The maps “delineate coastline […]
Above: Aruba By the Caribbean Journal staff A total of 32 countries in the wider Caribbean basin and beyond conducted a full-scale joint tsunami alert exercise Wednesday. According to the exercise, an 8.5-magnitude earthquake struck 90 kilometres off the coast of Aruba, generating a Tsunami. A fictitious alert message was then sent by both the […]
Above: Old Harbour Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management held an earthquake and tsunami evacuation drill yesterday in Old Harbour Bay. The drill tested local warning, mobilization and evacuation procedures. “I think we really got out of it what we wanted,” said Horace Glaze, senior director for […]
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