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Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne says he remains in touch with the High Commission of Kingston in Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl on the island.
And as for the other islands impacted by Beryl such as St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada, Browne said he had not received any distress calls from nationals there, but said they would continue to monitor the situation closely.
The Southern Grenadine islands, including Union Island, Canouan, and Mayreau, and in Grenada both Carriacou and Petite Martinique were impacted by Hurricane Beryl.
One Trinidadian living in Layou, St Vincent, Sapphira Ferris-Murray, told Guardian Media that they had been without electricity and internet connection for two days but the island was trying to get back into some form of normalcy.
“We are seeing some progress and we are waiting to see what is going to happen,” she said.
But Ferris-Murray explained that they were worried about the rest of the hurricane season because the devastation came early on.
“It’s difficult. We haven’t been adversely affected as the islands, but it’s a difficult one,” she shared.
Soca artiste Gamal Doyle, better known as Skinny Fabulous, said the immediate and ripple effects of the hurricane would be vast.
“For the others, the ones who wondering where or how they’re gonna sleep tonight, this is devastation and displacement,” he said.
He called on those outside the affected islands to check up on their loved ones.
Meanwhile, Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Education, Sports, and the Creative Industries, Daryll Matthew said in a release that the well-being and security of their citizens in the path of the hurricane heading to Jamaica was of utmost importance, particularly students at the University of Technology and the Mona and Edna Manley Campuses at the University of the West Indies.
“We wish to reassure the families of loved ones of the students that we are closely monitoring the situation,” the release said.