The Cayman Islands National Weather Service (CINWS) and Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) have closely monitored the development of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Hazard Services technology, which recently culminated in the creation of storm surge inundation maps
The Cayman Islands Government, through Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI), has completed its annual National Hurricane Exercise, held from June 16 to 20.
Our climate is changing fast, and this is threatening the survival and wellbeing of people and nature around the world.
One month ahead of the start of the 2025 hurricane season which starts on June 1st, Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) has launched Preparedness Month 2025, an annual initiative designed to encourage readiness ahead of the Atlantic Hurricane Season.
Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) announces the start of Preparedness Month 2025, an annual initiative designed to encourage readiness ahead of the Atlantic Hurricane Season.
In the dark hours of late night Tuesday November 5th and the early hours of Wednesday November 7th Little Cayman suffered one of its biggest disasters in recent memory as the eye of Category One Hurricane Rafael passed directly over the island.
As Tropical Storm Rafael continued on its projected path to the Cayman Islands on Tuesday November 5, 2024, Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) again demonstrated its strategic role as the country’s National Airline by working with national agencies and partners to ensure the air transportation from Grand
In preparation for the anticipated arrival of Tropical Storm Rafael, officers and reservists from the Cayman Islands Regiment were deployed to the Sister Islands, including Cayman Brac, to assist with critical preparations and emergency response operations.
As of 4pm, Tropical Storm Rafael moved north with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
As of 4:30pm the Cayman Islands have been placed under a hurricane watch, in relation to a developing weather system in the southwest Caribbean
