EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTRE OPEN
The St Ann Municipal Corporation (SAMC) says its shelters are ready and being monitored and will be opened should they be required.
Coordinator of Disaster Preparedness in the SAMC Alvin Clarke told North Coast Times Wednesday morning that the shelters were all ready. Mr Clarke, participating in a press conference last month at the Council said there were 88 shelters and he was satisfied with the number of volunteers available.
(Alvin Clarke Disaster Preparedness Coordinator)
Speaking to the North Coast Times, on Wednesday morning, he said: “We are monitoring them. [The shelters] are not open. But we can open them as soon as we are notified that anyone wants to get in,” Mr Clarke said.
(Wednesday 5 a.m. The hard red line is the projected path of the eye)
If you need to be advised about available shelters or to get assistance during the passage of Hurricane Beryl, please call the Emergency Operating centre
876-972-2615
Or 876-794-9331 or 794-9332
(Mayor Michael Belnavis at St Ann Emergency Operation Centre Wednesday morning at 9)
Please remember there is a curfew in effect in Jamaica until 6 p.m. Wednesday.
