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Caribbean Disaster Information Network

Welcome to CARDIN

Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria.

Welcome to CARDIN

Dominica After Hurricane Maria.

Guadeloupe

Guadgeloupe after Hurricane Maria.

Bahamas

Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.

Mission

Caribbean Youth Disaster Conference

"CARDIN, in collaboration with its partners, seeks to provide a new and dynamic approach to accessing and disseminating disaster related information in a manner that adequately prepares and minimizes the effect of disasters in the Caribbean Region…" Read more

Upcoming Events

Nov 01

VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean Building Resilient Economies

Venue: Virtual

Oct 05

Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States: Focus on the Caribbean

Venue: Virtual

Latest Around The Caribbean

MET Service to Commission New Doppler Weather Radar

(Source: Jamaica Information Service)

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service) is working to commission its new doppler weather radar by the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Trinidad rattled by earthquake

(Source: Jamaica Observer)

Trinidad rattled by the earthquake (Source: Caribbean Times NYC)

Ida threates landfall as a major hurricane over vulnerable Gulf Coast (Source: Yahoo News)

Aids flow a bit more quickly into Haiti; Challenges remain (Source: APNews)

Ida strengthens into a Hurricane as Louisiana orders evacuations (Source: New York Times)

Tropical Storm Ida strengthens in the Caribbean (Source: New)

At least 1297 dead in Haiti earthquake as death toll climbs (Source: The Guardian)

Tropical Storm Grace to move "near or over" Cayman (Source: Cayman Compass)

Storm moving over Jamaica's northern coastline (Source: The Jamaica Gleaner)

Strengthening storm Grace pummels Jamaica with heavy rain, wind (Source: Reuters)

Haiti: At least 227 dead after 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits off west coast (Source: itvnews)

Hazards and disaster in the Insular Caribbean: A systematic literature review

Submitted by 10013077 on February 12, 2020 - 12:25pm

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287399190_Hazards_and_disasters_in_the_Insular_Caribbean_A_systematic_literature_review

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Natural hazards

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Jamaica, Cuba rattled by powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake

Submitted by 10013077 on February 3, 2020 - 11:27am

https://time.com/5773246/jamaica-cuba-earthquake/

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Earthquake; Natural disaster; Jamaica; Cuba

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Nature's terrrorist hurricane Irma

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