{"id":21221,"date":"2024-07-10T18:54:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21221"},"modified":"2024-07-10T18:55:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:55:07","slug":"preparedness-mitigates-impact-of-hurricane-beryl-in-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/preparedness-mitigates-impact-of-hurricane-beryl-in-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparedness Mitigates Impact of Hurricane Beryl in Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamaica&#8217;s proactive preparedness measures significantly minimized the impact of Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall on Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports from UN Resident Coordinator for Jamaica, Dennis Zulu, the rural areas were the most affected, resulting in one confirmed death thus far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aftermath has left 70% of the population without access to water and 40% without electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efforts are already underway to address these challenges, supported by a $2.5 million Emergency Response Fund secured for immediate relief efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zulu emphasized that the early arrival of the hurricane underscores the need for ongoing improvements in preparedness strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Jamaica, UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Simon Springett, provided updates on relief efforts in other affected islands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the coordinated response and robust systems in place to handle such emergencies across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in the Cayman Islands, low-lying areas experienced flooding and some structural damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the island managed to avoid a direct hit from Hurricane Beryl, as reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collaborative efforts and swift response underscore the importance of preparedness and coordinated response mechanisms in minimizing the impact of natural disasters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Jamaica&#8217;s proactive preparedness measures significantly minimized the impact of Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall on Wednesday. According to reports from UN Resident Coordinator for Jamaica, Dennis Zulu,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21223,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21221\/revisions\/21223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}