Topic: Hazard Management

Local birds in Grand Cayman have tested positive for avian influenza, prompting a multi-agency response led by Hazard Management Cayman Islands.

Grand Cayman become one of only two islands in the region with capacity to collect storm surge data which can be crucial to issuing early warnings when dangerous sea conditions are fuelled by tropical cyclones.

Reactions in the wake of Tuesday’s earthquake have demonstrated the need for a massive national public education campaign on how to respond during such...

A Cayman Islands delegation of representatives from the Red Cross, Hazard Management and the government recently attended the ‘Collaborative Cash Programming’ disaster response workshop in the British Virgin Islands.

We can and must do so much better.

When the next emergency occurs, officials should use every tool at their disposal, via every medium to ensure vital information is being sent and received.

A strong tropical wave will pass by the Cayman Islands Monday night, and forecasters predict the system will likely turn into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours.

Training for hurricane shelter volunteers begins next month and community members are invited to sign up.

Hurricane season begins June 1, but Cayman Islands public officials are already preparing for it. Considering the first hurricane of 2016 was recorded two months ago, when a disturbance in the Atlantic turned into Hurricane Alex, early preparation for the season may be especially prudent this year, officials said.