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Prime Minister Roosevelt has urged residents and citizens of Dominica to take precautionary measures as Tropical Storm Tammy approaches the Lesser Antilles. On Wednesday, the Government of Dominica issued a tropical storm watch for Dominica.<\/p>\n
A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Skerrit who recently traveled to Canada to attend the first Canada-CARICOM Summit cut short his stay and is expected to be back in Dominica today.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to urge the residents and citizens of Dominica, our country to take all precautionary measures, every single precautionary measure,\u201d he said during a live interview on State-Owned Radio DBS earlier today. \u201cIt\u2019s better that we are over-prepared than under-prepared for this approaching weather.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued. \u201cThe mere fact that it has a name tells you that it is forming.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him,\u00a0 storms are more frequent and ferocious due to the advent of Climate Change.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know what a Tropical Storm can do, we witnessed that in 2015. Twenty years ago, if we heard about a Tropical Storm approaching Dominica we would not be concerned, but certainly with the advent of Climate Change and the impact of Climate Change one can appreciate that the entire weather pattern has changed dramatically,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd we are seeing more frequent and ferocious storms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Therefore, he advised the public to take absolutely nothing for granted.<\/p>\n
Mr. Skerrit further advised the general public to follow the advisory from the meteorologist’s office and the Office of Disaster Management (ODM).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have today to prepare. We have gutters and drains in our backyards or in communities,\u201d Mr. Skerrit stated. \u201cThis is an opportunity for all of us, the private sector, the village councils, to play their part in ensuring that every family is in a better situation and every community is in a better situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, he revealed that his government will host a meeting with the National Emergency Planning Organization (NEPO) at 3:30 p.m. today to discuss preparation plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue to put things in place and after that meeting, I will get a full report from every committee chair,\u201d Mr. Skerrit noted.<\/p>\n
An area of moisture ahead of Tropical Storm Tammy can be expected to result in an increase in cloudiness, scattered showers, and possible thunderstorms across the island later today.<\/p>\n
At 5 a.m., Tropical Storm Tammy was located about 455 miles east southeast of Dominica, and a Tropical Storm Watch remains in place. Tammy is moving west at about 17 mph with maximum sustained winds near 40mph with higher gusts. On this track, Tammy is expected to approach the area by Friday afternoon into Saturday.<\/p>\n
This system has the potential to bring gusty winds, heavy rainfall, and flooding to portions of the Lesser Antilles beginning Friday.<\/p>\n
A deterioration in sea conditions can also be expected by tonight and gradually become worse into the weekend and a small craft warning and high surf advisory is now in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Roosevelt has urged residents and citizens of Dominica to take precautionary measures as Tropical Storm Tammy approaches the Lesser Antilles. On Wednesday, the Government of Dominica issued a tropical storm watch for Dominica. A Tropical Storm Watch means…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":307000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[237,158,286,77,235,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change","category-disasters","category-governance","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-regional"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n