Rainfall in December-January-February might trend to above normal over Belize and eastern portions of the Guianas. Elsewhere, rainfall is hardly predictable at this time, leading to no marked shifts in rainfall probabilities in most of the region.
Creating a culture of rainfall monitoring to combat the negative impacts of climate extremes and future climate change.
The World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) is a milestone event to increase the profile of disaster risk reduction in development planning and practice. The Conference will provide a unique opportunity to promote a strategic and systematic approach at the national level to address vulnerabilities and to reduce risk to natural hazards.
Provides comprehensive information on tropical storms including National Hurricane Center bulletins, satellite images, tracking maps, reconnaissance reports and forecasts. Also available for downloading are evaluation versions of several hurricane tracking software packages.
This site contains extensive information on volcanoes throughout the world. It also contains information for teachers and students including an "Ask a Volcanologist" section.
The main purpose of this Website is to provide you with the scientific information, data sources, and references that may enable a better understanding of the Earth, with special reference to the Caribbean, its active processes, and how we people interact with our natural environment.
Serves as a clearinghouse for information on natural hazards. Information available includes reports on completed and ongoing research, upcoming conferences, workshops, training, disaster management organisations and much more. Also includes a wide variety of links to other sources of related information.
A rather unique site that provides reports from correspondents in Caribbean countries about weather-related developments in their state. It is useful method of accessing information from the country during a hurricane.
The SRU site provides information on the history and mandate of the Unit and its activities. It includes SRU's newsletter which provides updates on seismicity in the region.