NHC Meets, Watch Continues TS Ernesto, still potentially dangerous to Cayman, has commenced a track which is expected to take it north of our area.
Published 26th August 2006, 6:03pm
Road Closures/Cordons Wave action created by Hurricane Emily continues to cause flooding, impacting road conditions. Among initiatives, the RCIPS has announced some road closures and strictly enforced cordons to assure public safety.
Published 20th October 2005, 7:09pm
Road Closures and Warnings of Cordons
Due to the on-going issues of flooding and wave action it has been necessary to continue road cordons to protect public safety and the security of premises.
Published 20th October 2005, 6:30pm
Wilma Lumbers on,
But the Worst Marine Conditions Not Yet Over For Grand Cayman At 4:00 PM today (Thursday, 20 October) Wilma was some 286 miles west of Grand Cayman, increasing the distance between the island and the outer bands of tropical storm force winds, which now extend some 200 miles from the centre. But Wilma's large circulation means that strong, gusty conditions will continue to be felt well after its departure from our area.
Published 20th October 2005, 5:46pm
CUC Outages Continue in Eastern Districts Electrical service to the Eastern Districts (from the junction of Frank Sound) will not be restored until approximately 2:00 pm today as CUC discovered extreme cases of salt contamination on some of the power lines serving those areas. CUC Line crews have completed the repairs to the transmission line, which sustained damages during the passing of Hurricane Wilma.
Published 20th October 2005, 3:43pm
Cayman Outside the Tropical Storm-Force Band -
But the Worst Marine Conditions are Not Yet Over At 10:00 AM Thursday (20 October) Wilma was some 276 miles west south-west of Grand Cayman, just outside the band of tropical storm force winds which now extend some 260 miles from the centre. So while conditions will continue to improve, especially along the east and south coasts, Grand Cayman will continue to see very rough seas along the western coast line. Squally weather is also expected to continue, with two to three inches of rain expected over the next 24 to 48 hours.
Published 20th October 2005, 12:20pm
CUC Emergency Outages As a result of damages sustained to a transmission line at CUC's South Sound Substation during the passing of Hurricane Wilma, it became necessary to suspend service to the Eastern Districts this morning at 9:32 am and to parts of George Town at 10:45 am to facilitate repairs of the transmission line.
Published 20th October 2005, 12:01pm
Road Advisory – Extreme Weather In view of the continuing severe weather conditions, residents are advised to refrain from driving tonight unless absolutely necessary.
Published 19th October 2005, 6:22pm
Wilma Leaves Grand Cayman with Severe Weather At 4 pm (Wednesday, 19 October) Grand Cayman remains under a Severe Weather Advisory issued by the National Weather Service, with continued squally weather accompanied by gusts expected to continue through tonight and into tomorrow afternoon.
As a result of this continued severe weather, the Ministry of Education has announced that all government and private schools on Grand Cayman will remain closed tomorrow (Thursday, 20 October).
Published 19th October 2005, 6:06pm
Category 5 Wilma Spares Cayman At 4:00am, (Wednesday 19 October) Hurricane Wilma was located some 170 miles south-southwest of Grand Cayman. Overnight the system strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane but its current path continues to spare the Cayman Islands, where winds are now just below tropical storm force. Movement continues in a west-northwesterly direction near 8mph. The NHC continues to maintain its Tropical Storm Warning and Hurricane Watch.
Published 19th October 2005, 6:31am
Importers Should Collect Cargo Today The Port is not responsible for items stored in its cargo warehouse during a storm.
Published 15th September 2005, 2:00pm
Emily Retreats from Our Area
Residents are reminded that a curfew is in place until further notice.
Published 18th July 2005, 8:00am
NHC Declares All Clear Weather conditions are expected to remain wet and windy through this morning.
Published 17th July 2005, 9:00am
Curfew Lifted At 9am Sunday morning.
Published 17th July 2005, 7:00am
Emily Jogs Farther South
Good news: Forecasts now indicate the storm will have less impact.
Published 17th July 2005, 2:00am
Forecast Moves Emily Closer Local impact is still forecast to be the same.
Published 16th July 2005, 11:00pm
Make Decision to Move Now
Curfew begins at 11 p.m., around which time Grand Cayman should begin experiencing the first band of tropical storm force winds.
Published 16th July 2005, 10:00pm
Emily Major Threat to South Coast
Residents of the southern coasts and flood-prone areas of Grand Cayman are urged to secure their homes and move to a safer location.
Published 16th July 2005, 6:00pm
Notification of Curfew From 11:00pm on Saturday, 16 July, until 11:00am on Sunday, 17 July 2005.
Published 16th July 2005, 2:00pm
