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Caribbean: OECS official calls for early preparations ahead of hurricane season

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The Caribbean Net News reports that islands have been requested by an Organisation of East Caribbean States (OECS) official to start preparing for the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which forecasters have predicted will be above average.

“Every country has to take responsibility. Then again the disaster preparedness offices, the NEMOS or the equivalent in other countries need to advance the preparations and get the various disaster committees in place and working to reduce risk around our properties [and] our communities,” said the head of the OECS Secretariat’s Environmental and Sustainable Development Unit based in St Lucia, Keith Nichols.

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Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon
Themes Governance Disaster risk management Structural safety Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Grenada Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Anguilla British Virgin Islands Montserrat

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