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6.5 Magnitude Earthquake 52 km west of Guadeloupe Information provided by the UWI, SRC indicated that a Magnitude 6.5 earthquake...

End of 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season
End of 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season ended on November 30, 2022. Thankfully, Dominica was once...

East Coast Trough Impact-November 8, 2022
East Coast Trough Impact-November 8, 2022 A trough system affected Dominica on Saturday night into Sunday November 6 2022...

TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR DOMINICA AS OF 5:00 AM SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2022
SYNOPSIS At 5: 00 AM today, the center of Tropical Storm FIONA was located near latitude 16.4 North, longitude...

INFORMATION NOTE #1: TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DOMINICA FROM 6:00 AM
SYNOPSIS Location: 15.8 N 58.8 W, 162 miles, 261 km East of Dominica Moving: West at 15 mph Maximum...

OFFICE OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM FIONA ISSUED ON THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2022
A tropical depression in the Central Atlantic was upgraded to Tropical Storm FIONA last night. Today, Thursday 15 September...

Repair and upgrade works to the National Volcano Seismic Monitoring and early warning network in Dominica
The Office of Disaster Management (ODM), in collaboration with the UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI - SRC) and through...

USSouthcom Supports National Relief, Logistics and Warehousing Programme
On Friday January 8, 2021, the ODM received a donation of a forklift from the USSOUTHCOM Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP)...

ODM PARTICIPATES IN CARIBE WAVE 21
OFFICE OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT CONDUCTED EARTHQUAKE DRILL AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION TESTING FOR CARIBE WAVE 21 The Office of Disaster Management...

Dominica’s Disaster Response Strengthened by U.S. Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Programme
PRESS RELEASE May 27, 2021 United States Strengthens Dominica’s Disaster Response through Medical Field Hospital and Training The United States...

Emergency Communications Training for the Northern Disaster District
Emergency Communications Training for the Northern Disaster District EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION TRAINING FOR THE NORTHERN DISASTER DISTRICT The Office of Disaster...

ODM Conducts District Disaster Management Committees After-Action Review
ODM Conducts District Disaster Management Committees After-Action Review The Office of Disaster Management convened an after-action review (AAR) of the...