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Kingstown – Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says his government expects that most evacuees from the volcano Orange Zone and people whose houses were damaged by the La Soufriere eruption are to leave emergency shelters by next Tuesday.
He said only those from Fitz Hughes and Chateaubelair – where there is still a lot of ash would not be allowed to go.
“But everywhere else in the Orange Zone, as I speak, persons should be leaving the shelters to go back home,” the prime minister said, speaking on NBC Radio from Cuba where he has gone to accompany his wife for therapy after spinal surgery in the United States earlier this year.
Director of the National Emergency Management Organisation, NEMO, Michelle Forbes said the Government will be seeking to ensure the safety of persons who
May 26, 2021
Ronald Gordon
Today, the National Emergency Management Organization hosted the press at the NEMO headquarters to talk about the hurricane season and preparedness in light of the Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Season opening in less than a week. Weather officials are predicting an above average season with eighteen named storms, of which the first on the list Ana has already formed off the coast of Bermuda. Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon breaks down what the season will look like and some of the factors influencing the prediction of high tropical cyclone activity.
Ronald Gordon, Chief Meteorologist
“All the indications are, the factors are there, for it to be an above normal season and when I refer to those factors I refer to the warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Basin especially the sub-tropical Atlantic and the other factor which is very important is whether you have an El Nino or La Nina situation. Without going into detail