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Event Briefing - TC Irma - Wind and Storm Surge - HTI-TCA - September 10, 2017 Event Briefing - TC Irma - Wind and Storm Surge - HTI-TCA - September 10, 2017

Irma, now recognized as the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history, formed as a tropical storm on 30 August at 15UTC, west of the Cape Verde Islands and it was upgraded to hurricane status on 31 August at 15UTC. Irma intensified moving across the Atlantic Ocean, reaching the Leeward Islands as a major hurricane (category 5) on 6 September at approximately 12UTC.

Event Briefing - TC Irma - Wind and Storm Surge - Leeward Islands - September 8, 2017 Event Briefing - TC Irma - Wind and Storm Surge - Leeward Islands - September 8, 2017

Irma is one of the most powerful tropical cyclones on record. It formed as a tropical storm on 30 August at 15UTC, west of the Cape Verde Islands and it was upgraded to hurricane status on 31 August at 15UTC. Irma intensified moving across the Atlantic Ocean and it reached the Leeward Islands as a major hurricane (category 5) on 6 September at approximately 12UTC. Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla and St. Kitts and Nevis experienced hurricane-force winds and storm surge up to 2.2 m. The present report regards Irma’s effects on these CCRIF countries.

Preliminary Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Harvey - Windward Islands - August 20, 2017 Preliminary Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Harvey - Windward Islands - August 20, 2017

Harvey is the eighth named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It formed as a tropical storm on 17 August at 21:00 UTC, east of the Windward Islands. Tropical Storm Harvey caused tropical-storm-force winds (greater than 39 mph or 62 km/h) over three CCRIF member countries; Barbados, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Also, heavy rain was experienced over these countries between 17 August at 20:15 UTC and 18 August at 12:15 UTC.

Event Briefing - TC Harvey - Wind and Storm Surge - August 20, 2017 Event Briefing - TC Harvey - Wind and Storm Surge - August 20, 2017

Harvey is the eighth named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It formed as a tropical storm on 17 August at 21:00 UTC, east of the Windward Islands. Tropical Storm Harvey caused tropical-storm-force winds (greater than 39 mph or 62 km/h) over three CCRIF member countries; Barbados, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Also, heavy rain was experienced over these countries between 17 August at 20:15 UTC and 18 August at 12:15 UTC.

Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Don - Wind and Storm Surge - July 20, 2017 Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Don - Wind and Storm Surge - July 20, 2017

Don is the fourth named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It formed as a tropical storm on 17 July at 21:00 UTC, east of the Windward Islands. Don moved quickly westward within the strong trade-wide flow, reaching the southern Windward Islands on 19 July at 00:00 UTC as a tropical storm.

Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Don - Wind and Storm Surge - July 20, 2017 Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Don - Wind and Storm Surge - July 20, 2017

Don is the fourth named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It formed as a tropical storm on 17 July at 21:00 UTC, east of the Windward Islands. Don moved quickly westward within the strong trade-wide flow, reaching the southern Windward Islands on 19 July at 00:00UTC as a tropical storm. In the hours following, the storm degenerated in an open wave,moving over the far south-eastern Caribbean Sea.

Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Trinidad & Tobago - June 20 - 21, 2017 Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Trinidad & Tobago - June 20 - 21, 2017

Tropical Cyclone Bret is the second named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season and was formed as a Tropical Storm on 19 June 2017 at 21UTC southwest of Trinidad and Tobago. Heavy rain was experienced over this country between 19 June at 21UTC and 20 June at 09UTC. Bret affected one CCRIF member country, Trinidad and Tobago, which has two excess rainfall policies: one for Trinidad and one for Tobago. This briefing describes the impact of Bret on the island of Trinidad.

Event Briefing - Tropical Storm Bret Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - June 20-21, 2017 Event Briefing - Tropical Storm Bret Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - June 20-21, 2017

Tropical Cyclone Bret is the second named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season and was formed as a Tropical Storm on 19 June 2017 at 21UTC southwest of Trinidad and Tobago. Heavy rain was experienced over this country between 19 June at 21UTC and 20 June at 09UTC.

Preliminary Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Bret - June 22, 2017 Preliminary Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Bret - June 22, 2017

Bret is the second named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season and was formed as a Tropical Storm on 19 June 2017 at 21UTC southwest of Trinidad and Tobago. Heavy rain was experienced over this country between 19 June at 21UTC and 20 June at 09UTC. It was associated with tropical-storm-force winds (greater than 39 mph or 62 km/h) and strong gusty winds particularly between 00UTC and 09UTC on 20 June

Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - May 15-19, 2017 Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - May 15-19, 2017
In mid-May 2017, the Meteorological Service of Jamaica indicated that a trough west of Jamaica would be influencing weather conditions across the island. Satellite imagery and