Ministry of Rural Development And Local Government Advises On Approaching Weather Systems

The Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government is informing that it held meetings with its Disaster Management Units in all 14 Municipal Corporations as well as the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) and later with all Chief Executive Officers of Municipal Corporations. This meeting addressed weather conditions being experienced today and systems expected to affect us over the next several days. TTMS has advised that whilst there are currently no Alerts, Watches or Warnings in effect, it has noted in its Official Statement Number 4 issued today at 2:00pm that attention is focused on the development of an Area of Low Pressure (AL95): Located East of Trinidad, which has a near 100% chance of developing into a Tropical Depression over the next 24 hours. In this regard as first responders, the RDLG and the Municipal Corporations RDLG remain committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all citizens during this period of heightened weather activity.