Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director of CDEMA
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Elizabeth Riley
The Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says an evaluation is being done of the islands within the region which experienced the effects of Tropical Storm Bret.
Tropical Storm Bret continued its path through eastern Caribbean islands early Friday, striking the region with winds and heavy rain.
Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director of CDEMA, said the all-clear has been issued for both Barbados and Dominica.
"At this time assessment teams are in the field in St. Vincent and St. Lucia. The coordinating unit awaits the feedback from the National Emergency Operations Centre, and we will issue a situation report following receipt of that information," she said.
The storm reached St. Vincent and the Grenadines with storm-force winds which extended outward up to 185 kilometres from the centre, according to the country's meteorological service.
Bret had sent more than 120 people to shelters on Thursday, many of them evacuating from near the coastline amid what an official described as an "extremely volatile" environment.
The St. Lucia government was also under hurricane watch and the government asked residents to remain indoors until the all-clear is given.
A number of public facilities were closed as Bret approached, with St. Lucia and Martinique shutting down schools and nurseries ahead of the arrival of the storm.
Tropical Storm Bret is projected to continue moving westward away from the Windward Islands and across the eastern and central Caribbean Sea during the next couple of days.
It is expected to weaken over the next couple of days and dissipate over the central Caribbean Sea by Sunday.
Rainfall associated with Bret is expected to diminish across the Lesser Antilles later today as the storm continues to move westward across the Caribbean.
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