Perils of a Slow Moving Storm
Experience the gripping story of Hurricane Melissa – a rare, slow-moving category 5 storm that tested Jamaica’s resilience like never before. From early warnings to the fierce landfall, this documentary provides the timelines of one of the most formidable hurricanes to affect the island of Jamaica. Let’s continue to prioritize....
CANA Reports – Global Platform in Disaster Risk Reduction
Natural hazards often rob the people affected of all their material possessions. These hazards also deprive their victim of something less tangible and harder to replace: their mental well-being. However, disaster managers in the Caribbean are responding. Kenton Chance brings us this report from the Global Platform in Disaster Risk...
Zoomed In with Rachelle Mayers S1-10
In Part 2 of this episode outgoing Executive Director of CDEMA Ronald Jackson talks about Mother Earth, our risks, his new career appointment and what the Caribbean can do to increase our readiness. This is the final episode in the first season of the series.
Zoomed In with Rachelle Mayers S1-09
On this episode of Zoomed In we speak with former Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Ronald Jackson. We discuss the climate change agenda, the readiness of the region for the upcoming Hurricane season and how COVID-19 would impact planning and response that may lie ahead....
CDEMA Legacy Project
The short film is based on the devastation caused by the 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Interviews were conducted with locals around the island to share their experiences during the events and...
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