CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC—The Director Basic of the Organisation of Jap Caribbean States (OECS), Dr. Didacus Jules, mentioned Tuesday he’s “deeply saddened by the lack of life and vital devastation” brought on by Hurricane Beryl in two member states of the subregional grouping.
The hurricane, which had 140-mile-per-hour winds, tore into Grenada and its sister islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, in addition to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, together with Union Island.
The hurricane has been blamed for at the very least 4 deaths, and Jules, in an announcement, mentioned he wished to precise his “deepest condolences to the households and all those that this excessive climate occasion has impacted.
He mentioned Beryl, the earliest class 4 hurricane on file to type within the hurricane season, is a stark reminder of the realities of local weather change and its antagonistic impacts on Small Island Growing States (SIDS).
“We commend the respective OECS member states, CARICOM international locations, nationwide emergency administration companies, and the caribbean Catastrophe Emergency Administration Company (CDEMA), coordinating the catastrophe response and restoration efforts.
“Our ideas are additionally with Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, now making ready for a significant impression. As a area, we should stay vigilant and ready in opposition to these impacts at the start of an energetic hurricane season. Collective motion and solidarity at the moment are required to assist all these affected.”
Jules mentioned that the OECS Fee is working to assist member states and known as upon the worldwide neighborhood and improvement companions to assist the rebuilding and resilience efforts underway within the area.
“We commend the federal government of Saint Lucia for his or her assist in offering a helicopter to the Prime Minister of Grenada to take him across the affected areas. The helicopter was additionally used to move urgently wanted medical provides.”
Jules mentioned that as particular person islands, “we could also be small, however as one area, we are able to face up to and overcome all challenges collectively.
“We additionally commend the Republic of France for providing help to the governments of Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines with logistical and transportation help to entry Carriacou and Petite Martinique (Grenada) and the numerous Grenadine islands (St. Vincent) which were devastated and are at present inaccessible,” he added.
The OECS teams the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts-Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla, and the British Virgin Islands.
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