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  • Photo of Regional Climate Centre established in Barbados

    Regional Climate Centre established in Barbados

    Barbados is now home to the first Regional Climate Centre (RCC) in the western hemisphere. The centre, which is housed at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) in Husbands, St James, was financed to the tune of US$5 million by the United States Agency for International Development. United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Linda…

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  • CIMH launches new climate programme

    The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) on Thursday launched the ‘Weather and Climate Ready Nation’ programme for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, which aims to improve early warning and forecasting systems. The two-year project integrates aspects of the United States programme and will be piloted in Barbados before being implemented in other Eastern Caribbean countries. It is also…

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  • Photo of CIMH and Sutron Corporation partner to help Caribbean nations build climate resilience

    CIMH and Sutron Corporation partner to help Caribbean nations build climate resilience

    (Bridgetown, Barbados) — National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) from across the Caribbean are now better equipped and trained to monitor climate in the region, thanks to a series of training workshops co-hosted by the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and international environmental and hydrological monitoring company Sutron Corporation.   The training, which took place from July 25…

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  • Photo of Regional countries urged to brace for floods

    Regional countries urged to brace for floods

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 16, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) is warning regional countries that they should brace themselves for floods as the drought conditions which have affected the region since late 2014 are expected to subside by the start of the 2016 Hurricane Season. CIMH said this latest forecast comes after many months of…

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