Morning Edition: 01st July 2024

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00:00:00Well, a very good morning, Trinidad and Tobago. I'm Urvashi Tamari Rupnirain. Welcome to the

00:00:18Morning Edition. It's July 1st. Thank you so much for joining us as we brace for Hurricane

00:00:24Barrel. How have you spent your night? How have you spent your morning? We'd love to

00:00:29hear from you at some time during our show this morning. I honestly expected a little

00:00:35more rain and wind. I anticipated difficulties in getting to work this morning, and now here

00:00:41I am questioning if God really is a trinny. Well, I know we're not out of the woods just

00:00:48yet as the eye is progressing in a northwesterly direction between Tobago and Barbados. It

00:00:55is moving counterclockwise. So as you can see, though we may not get much cover at this

00:01:01point in time, the bands still can come right around and cause severe damage. So we are

00:01:07still not out of the woods just yet. Of course, I'm not an expert, but we will touch base

00:01:13with those experts and those on the ground during the course of our show to find out

00:01:20what is happening as Barrel progresses. Now we're heading straight to the front pages

00:01:24of the Express newspaper telling you what's happening in Trinidad and Tobago. No surprise

00:01:30there. Dangerous Barrel Farley says Tobago is operating under an S. O. E. As the category

00:01:37for Hurricane bears down on the island schools across TNT are closed team ahead. Entire homes

00:01:43may be destroyed and will be touching base with the team ahead as the first guest on

00:01:48our show Trinidad is also on alert. That back page there, Barrel, is an historic hurricane.

00:01:56We see lots of passengers lined up at the A. N. R. Robinson Airport trying to get out

00:02:04of Tobago before that hurricane hits. People are lined up to get their supplies, fuel and

00:02:12so on. What's happening in sport? Vacqueline makes it two French wins and in another story

00:02:22Murray to undergo further tests today. And of course, to get the details of all those

00:02:27stories and so much more, grab your copy of the Express newspaper now. And if you, if

00:02:33the rain is hampering you from getting to those newsstands, you can be sure to log on

00:02:39to www dot Trinidad Express dot com. So as I mentioned, we've got Alan Stewart on the

00:02:47phone line joining us this morning. He's director of the Tobago Emergency Management Agency.

00:02:54Mr. Stewart. Mr. Stewart, we're going to touch base with you.

00:03:14TV six keeps an eye on Barrel. We're touching base with director of the Tobago Emergency

00:03:21Management Agency, Alan Stewart. Mr. Stewart, thank you so much for joining us this morning.

00:03:27The pleasure is all mine. Well, of course, the question of the day,

00:03:32what, what, what are things like on the ground in Tobago at this point in time?

00:03:39We see it now just around six o'clock and we are seeing the greater amount of wind.

00:03:45The winds are picking up, the rains are falling very heavily.

00:03:49So we have seen an increase in the intensity of the rainfall and also winds at this time here

00:03:57in Tobago. We have recognized that the system is very much to the, just to the,

00:04:06um, the north of the island. Um, and therefore the center we recognize is passing to the north

00:04:14of Tobago, but those feeder bands are now coming in very stronger. And we, as I said before,

00:04:21the winds are picking up. So we are bunkering down at this time and we expect that, you know,

00:04:27there will be some level of damage. And later on in the morning, probably the next two hours,

00:04:33three hours or so, um, we will see how much it's sustained and what the type of damages

00:04:38that we can expect. But, um, it is very instructive that the, if it is passing to

00:04:46the north of us, it means that the weaker side of the storm we are now, uh, experiencing,

00:04:52and that's a very positive thing. But at the, at the same time, we know that later on those

00:04:58feeder bands will come back and affect us, uh, where we may get some strong gusts that may cause,

00:05:04uh, uh, damages to property. So we are asking the public, uh, don't be fooled, uh, to, uh,

00:05:10at this moment to bunker down and, um, the emergency services are all starting by the

00:05:16emergency operations center is in high alert and, uh, ready to respond. Uh, the EOC is,

00:05:24uh, well activated and therefore we are just standing by, uh, so we can do the necessary

00:05:31rapid damage assessments and respond to the needs of persons as it comes.

00:05:37Of course, Mr. Stewart, um, what about the storm surge? Has it, is it that high as yet as expected?

00:05:45Um, at this time, I'm not in a position to report on the storm surge. Uh, we definitely

00:05:51know that definitely the storm surge will be there. Um, I am more inland at this time. Um,

00:05:58and therefore it is expected that the storm surge will pick up as the system draw closer and closer

00:06:05to Tobago. Now we in Trinidad, we're anticipating that somewhere around midnight or even by 2 AM

00:06:12that we would have had, um, some effects from barrel. Is, is it, um, in your opinion,

00:06:18has barrel slowed down a bit? I saw some persons making that supposition on social media. Has it

00:06:24slowed down a bit? Is, is barrel, has she come a little later than expected?

00:06:31Well, certainly, certainly. I think it's, it's very fair to, um, work on the, uh, with a level

00:06:39of caution in the sense that, um, barrel, um, the center of the system, you have to have a look at

00:06:46the system and determine exactly, um, whether or not that the, the hurricane strength wind and,

00:06:56and tropical storm strength wind, how far south they extend to. And that is, that is a factor in

00:07:05all of this, uh, to determine exactly what are the strengths of wind. So I am saying to you that

00:07:12based on our monitoring of the system, we are observing that the center of barrel is passing

00:07:19to the north, uh, just to the north of Tobago at this time. So the areas of Charlottesville,

00:07:26uh, should be getting some very, uh, stronger gusts, um, further to the east of the island.

00:07:33So we are expecting that those conditions will be greater felt in areas further east of the

00:07:41island as the, so barrel is currently just, um, northeast of Charlottesville and the center that

00:07:51is, and those winds, we have to determine how far, how far out in terms of the radius to the island

00:07:59in terms of hurricane strength, force winds and tropical storm force winds. But we know

00:08:04definitely we are on the southern side of the eye. Mr. Stewart, um, when do you anticipate,

00:08:16uh, Tobago will be out of the woods when you anticipate the barrel would have passed?

00:08:20How long are we looking at? We are looking at several hours to do an assessment. We'll have

00:08:28to look at this thing that, uh, from here on in into, um, probably two, three hours or so.

00:08:37What we are observing as well is that the, the bulk of the rain is on the southern side of the

00:08:44system and that is another truth to it. So the heavy rainfall of burial is on the southern side

00:08:49of the system. Have you had any reports thus far, uh, fallen trees, uh, fallen poles, any, uh,

00:08:57injuries and so on? I, unfortunately there may be reports, but I was actually, this is my down

00:09:06time. So I am not up to speed as to, um, whether or not there are additional, uh, incidents. Um,

00:09:14so one can hazard a guess that these winds, uh, must have brought down trees and therefore it's

00:09:22just a matter for it to be reported in or for it to reach my attention. But no one would have

00:09:28called me and say, listen, I'm out of the ACOC at this time, uh, trying to, you know, get some,

00:09:34some sleep so I could, um, you know, get back into my shift later on this morning. But definitely I,

00:09:40I know these wind conditions and definitely they will bring with it, uh, fallen trees. And also

00:09:47if they are fallen trees, uh, it will impact, um, homes and other that are not properly built or in

00:09:55a good state of, or in, in a state of disrepair. Right. So, uh, Mr. Stewart, just last evening,

00:10:01um, we saw some videos, quite a number of videos on social media showing, um, Tobagoonians having

00:10:07a good time when many thought that, you know, persons would have been inside preparing final

00:10:12preparations for the storm. Any, any thoughts or any responses as someone who has to deal

00:10:18with emergency response, you know, when you see incidents like these?

00:10:23Yeah, it's, it's, it's hard rending. Um, but, um, given the information that is out there,

00:10:29I think, um, the, for example, what you're making reference to is what was taking place in, um,

00:10:38Charlottesville being today, um, yesterday being the fishermen fed. Um, so people went through with

00:10:45the fed, um, running into it, but I, I learned, um, you know, just, uh, closer to, um, late night

00:10:56that, that people off in that, um, the area became, uh, different in terms of participation,

00:11:03but throughout the early part where they were, it was so still, people enjoy themselves and,

00:11:09you know, they run the risk. It's, it's an ironic, uh, situation that, uh, persons can make that risk,

00:11:16but I think they made a calculated risk, uh, and therefore, um, now it is quite different,

00:11:23uh, where the winds have picked up and, uh, persons can be, can see the effects of a burial

00:11:30and come closer to, to be able at this time. So burial is probably about 20, the center is about

00:11:3720, uh, kilometers to the north, northeast of the island itself. So therefore, uh, as I said,

00:11:47measure exactly how far in a radius the storm strength and hurricane strength winds are to the

00:11:56south of the island. I know we like to deal with, with one problem at a time, but we're seeing

00:12:03another system EL 96 following in hot pursuit of barrel. Um, your thoughts on this.

00:12:12It is, it is what it is in the sense that we have to, we recognize that the, uh, the

00:12:20of hydro meteorological events indicated to us that, uh, both the med services and other

00:12:28interests in, in, in, in, in hydro meteorological events, they predict that this hurricane season

00:12:36will be an above average. And therefore it is what we are seeing is really expected,

00:12:42but unfortunately for us, we are recognizing that, um, within days, uh, we will be, um,

00:12:50impacted by another storm and therefore we need to, uh, pay attention quite, uh, closely.

00:12:58It means that the, from this morning or tomorrow morning, uh, our job of cleaning up will become

00:13:05one that will be a race against time in the sense that there'll be, uh, shaken,

00:13:12there will be a high degree of, uh, rubble, there'll be a high degree of debris in the space.

00:13:20And therefore the response to this, as I, we indicated that Tobago will be in a state of

00:13:26emergency and therefore, uh, the national and regional input will be quite, um, need to be

00:13:35quite aggressive in terms of that eight coming to Tobago because of the succession storms that

00:13:41are on their way. Uh, it means that cleanup effort must be very aggressive. Numbers will matter.

00:13:49And therefore we expect that kind of, uh, aggressive response.

00:13:53Mr. Stewart, as, as we close, um, is there anything you'd like to advise the Tobago

00:13:58and the Trinidad public?

00:14:01I, I want to advise caution at this time. Um, I want to advise patience, um, because, um,

00:14:10this storm, there's a defined eye and one can be fooled by it. And therefore as the storm move

00:14:18across to the north of us, it is important for us to understand that, um, there will be intervals

00:14:26of calm. Um, pay attention to the issuance of warning and also information given by the

00:14:36Tobago emergency management agency, the Trinidad and Tobago meteorological service in regards to

00:14:42this, to, um, this storm burial. And therefore follow these advice very carefully. It will be

00:14:51hazardous out there. And therefore we ask persons to exercise caution, um, examine your structures.

00:14:59Uh, there will be a possibility that later on in the day, it may be necessary to conduct,

00:15:05uh, rapid damage assessment to make an analysis, uh, to where we are, what were the type of

00:15:12damages. And therefore these caution must be taken into consideration as we go about our daily

00:15:19business. Mr. Stewart, of course, Alan Stewart, he is director of the Tobago emergency management

00:15:26agency. I know you have a very long day ahead of you. Let me thank you so much for, of course,

00:15:31joining us and of course, doing your service to the public, informing the Tobago and the

00:15:36Trinidad public. Thank you so much and all the best to you, Mr. Stewart. Thank you very much.

00:15:42All righty. Well, it's now time for a quick break, but first let's take a look at this

00:15:46image sent to us by Angeli Paris Ramsey.

00:15:52And of course, I'd also take the opportunity to remind our viewers that you can, uh, send us, uh,

00:16:00your pictures of what is happening in and around you, where you're at, if there's any flood,

00:16:05fallen trees, fallen, uh, electricity pools, that kind of thing. Um, high winds, gusty winds,

00:16:11be sure to send us your images. In the meantime, we're going to share with you some emergency

00:16:16contact information in case you are in the need. We head off to a quick break and we'll be back

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00:25:07Welcome back Trinidad and Tobago, we're of course heading up the islands now we just

00:25:28touched base with Tobago but joining us via telephone is Prime Minister of St. Vincent

00:25:33and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, of course to give us an update on preparations

00:25:38and what exactly is the situation on the ground across in SVG.

00:25:44I of course have to tell Mr. Prime Minister, thank you so much for joining us.

00:25:49You have to be one of the most accessible and media friendly Prime Ministers in CARICOM

00:25:56and the Caribbean.

00:25:57Thank you so much, Dr. Gonsalves.

00:25:58Thank you.

00:25:59We all have our important roles and thank you for having me.

00:26:05Of course.

00:26:06Good morning to the people of Trinidad and Tobago.

00:26:09Yes, Mr. Prime Minister.

00:26:10Could you give us just an update as to what the situation is like at this moment in SVG?

00:26:15Well, as you yourself would see from the satellite images of the movement of Hurricane Meryl,

00:26:24it is moving towards the southern Grenadines, the eye of St. Vincent, Grenadines, and the

00:26:41northern Grenada, including Caricom and Petit Martinique.

00:26:49It is moving at 20 miles per hour and it has sustained speeds of 120 miles per hour.

00:26:58Significantly, the eye is very well defined and it's a big eye, to use the word of our

00:27:05local meteorologist, massive eye.

00:27:09And it's coming towards us in St. Vincent and Grenadines and in Grenada.

00:27:17The southern Grenadines, for us, will be affecting us, Union Island, Kanawhan.

00:27:27But remember, the band for hurricane-force winds is 35 miles.

00:27:35That's the width.

00:27:38So it's going to hit us.

00:27:42And of course, there are certainly storm-force winds.

00:27:46We are as prepared as we can be.

00:27:49We have a reasonable system.

00:27:52We are fairly well tested.

00:27:55We have 1,174 persons in shelters across St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

00:28:03And we are waiting on Meryl.

00:28:08So at this point in time, have you all experienced any high-wind activity, gusty winds?

00:28:15And of course, storm-force winds at this point and heavy rainfall just yet?

00:28:20Yes, we have had rainfall intermittently.

00:28:28It will come.

00:28:30The meteorologist reported to me a short while ago that at our meteorological station out

00:28:38at Argyle, that's the area of the airport, the gusty winds were reported at 40 miles per hour.

00:28:49But not sustained yet.

00:28:52But if you look at the satellite image, you'll see how the eye is moving.

00:29:00I have it right in front of me on my desktop computer as we are talking.

00:29:09And this hurricane is going to blow off a lot of roofs.

00:29:16And we have to be very careful that we don't lose lives.

00:29:21And I continue to speak to all people.

00:29:25I spoke to them last evening at 10 past 6.

00:29:35They declared an impending natural disaster as required under our National Emergency Management Organization Act.

00:29:46Let's put all the systems in place, juridical and otherwise, and waiting.

00:29:54And of course, hoping for the best, praying for the best, but prepare, of course, for the worst.

00:30:01For the worst.

00:30:02That sounds exactly what fellow Prime Minister Mia Mottley would have said to her people.

00:30:07I did tune in to your media briefing to your citizens on Saturday.

00:30:13That is just when the warning was declared for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, of course.

00:30:19Mr. Prime Minister, you did warn your citizens, don't stay out at bars.

00:30:24Don't stay out at bars too late.

00:30:26You stress the importance of preparedness.

00:30:29Do you find that your citizens would have complied?

00:30:34I didn't feel that they were listening on Saturday as well as they should have been listening.

00:30:40But I found that by Sunday morning, they were listening more and more.

00:30:48And I spoke to them twice on Sunday, twice yesterday, and outlined to them the stakes.

00:31:01It's a life and death business, and we have to protect lives, limbs, and property.

00:31:07I mean, I myself, I am prepared to go downstairs in the Prime Minister's residence, just in case anything happens to the upstairs.

00:31:19So, nobody can take any chance.

00:31:23And of course, Mr. Prime Minister, having not, I mean, situations have changed,

00:31:30but you'll have, I'm sure, still recovering from that recent natural disaster, the volcanic explosion.

00:31:38Volcanic eruption.

00:31:39That is right.

00:31:40And to be hit now by Beryl.

00:31:42And you did mention to your people that they've got to be on their P's and Q's,

00:31:46because there's a system just behind Beryl, AL-96.

00:31:50What do you anticipate the repercussions of Beryl will be?

00:31:56And, you know, that window of getting back on track and being prepared again,

00:32:02let's say AL-96 does develop into, you know, a tropical storm or even a hurricane again.

00:32:08Yes.

00:32:10Well, it depends on the magnitude of the hit.

00:32:15But I was talking to some of my cabinet colleagues.

00:32:20In fact, even the Minister of Finance, who happens to be my son, dropped by me last night, well, early in the evening.

00:32:30And we were talking about having to reorder priorities.

00:32:36You know, it's a fact of life.

00:32:39But we have put aside some resources.

00:32:47You know, we had set up a contingency fund a few years ago.

00:32:51And one percentage point of our VAT goes into that.

00:32:56So I have a little nest egg there.

00:32:58The deal is the humanitarian relief, just in case the worst happens.

00:33:06Of course, it's not money for development, but just to keep body and soul together.

00:33:12And I also have at the World Bank a sum on the catastrophic deferred drawdown option.

00:33:30So, as best as we can, with our limited resources and given all our vulnerabilities, we have put some things in place.

00:33:42And we have a good machinery under the National Emergency Management Organization.

00:33:47Not perfect, but good.

00:33:50And all the shelters are open.

00:33:53And our people have shown themselves to be disciplined.

00:34:01Of course, here and there you'll have one or two who are wayward, not by nature.

00:34:08But circumstances may lead them so to do.

00:34:13And we are as ready as we possibly can be.

00:34:19And we just make our systems better as we go along.

00:34:24But this is going to be a difficult one.

00:34:27And it's going to set us back.

00:34:31We had come out of COVID, come out of the volcanic eruptions quite well.

00:34:36And we were growing.

00:34:39Our economy was growing on an average better than any of the others in the Caribbean, save and except Guyana, which has the newfound oil wealth and doing quite well.

00:34:50My colleagues across the region have been in touch with me, not all of them.

00:34:56And I've been in touch with other agencies.

00:34:59I got a call from my ambassador this morning at the United Nations.

00:35:06The Secretary General of the United Nations has sent a message to me that he'll make a call.

00:35:16He's my good friend.

00:35:18And the United Nations agencies would be involved, the usual ones.

00:35:25The World Food Programme is already on the ground.

00:35:29Prior to this, in fact, at our National Emergency Management Council meeting on Saturday morning at 8 o'clock, I had a regional representative of the World Food Programme who happened to have been in St. Vincent.

00:35:45In fact, he still is in St. Vincent.

00:35:48We invited him and his colleague to come to the meeting so that he can see how we do our business.

00:35:54And, you know, we have been at this many, many times.

00:36:01And I personally, so it's and we just have to keep our patience on a calm.

00:36:07Yes, that is important for leaders.

00:36:10Of course, Mr. Prime Minister, we know that Caribbean people are very resilient people.

00:36:14And we know that even within the region, we have very generous partners at this point in time.

00:36:19I know it's it's a bit premature, but are you able to anticipate the type of assistance St. Vincent and its dependencies may need in recovery from Beryl?

00:36:30Well, I will I will I will I will say this to you. Objectively speaking, you tend to get assistance for.

00:36:41Humanitarian relief. You know, but when it comes to develop mental monies and monies for recovery and rehabilitation.

00:36:56It it comes pretty slowly and you have to borrow the money.

00:37:03Yes. COVID causes still increase our debt. Volcanic eruption causes to increase our debt.

00:37:12Fortunately, you know, 90 odd percent of the debt, 98 percent of the debt is on highly concessional terms.

00:37:23And we are grateful for that, but still have to pay back the money.

00:37:28There's not a free lunch about, you know. Yeah.

00:37:31Even though even though we're not we're not even though we're not causing the global warming.

00:37:38It is the nature of life and living.

00:37:45And I I take it as I find it and try to find the species in the global political economy to do things within the interests of our people.

00:37:58While at the same time, we at home. Like, for example, the establishment of the contingency fund.

00:38:05I think, Mr. Prime Minister, this is one of the things that you, of course, and your regional counterparts would have advocated for at the international scale.

00:38:15When we do have those international is that it is, in fact, small island development states that we bear the brunt of global issues.

00:38:24And as you rightly mentioned, recovery is not just humanitarian aid.

00:38:28Even, you know, we look at people and we don't realize that natural disasters are, in fact, life changing events and they have great psychological impacts on citizens.

00:38:39You know, how do you recover from things like that? Well.

00:38:46You have all the time to be listening to the roots. You know, one of the things to use a metaphor.

00:38:55A lot of people listen to the leaves and very often they think that the leaves are answering questions which are properly posed.

00:39:10But you can only get the answers properly if you have the questions, the right questions coming from the roots.

00:39:22Because the answers are creatures of the questions and they have to always be grounded.

00:39:32It's a simple proposition I'm advancing, but it's fundamental.

00:39:40Very profound thoughts there, shared by you, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves.

00:39:45I know at this point in time, the priority of yours and so many across the region will be to protect life and limb.

00:39:52As we close off this interview, let me take the opportunity to wish you, all the citizens, residents, even visitors of St. Vincent and its dependencies, all the best as you brace for the full impact of Beryl.

00:40:05Is there anything you would like to say in closing?

00:40:08Well, I'm very grateful that you've given the opportunity to speak to the people of Trinidad and Tobago.

00:40:16I just say that we are as prepared as we can be and we are at a place where we wait with a patience and with a calm.

00:40:30Even though the seas are rough and the winds, as I look out to the window, are exciting the leaves more than usual.

00:40:45Within a couple of hours, we're going to get hit. Union Island and Canaan will get hit before us and then Bequia and St. Vincent.

00:41:01We're in for a rough ride today. A lot of roofs are going to come off and we have to rebuild very quickly.

00:41:11But most of all, I'm hoping and praying that no one gets injured, no one dies.

00:41:20In 2021, we evacuated one fifth of the population with the 21 volcanic eruptions in April 2021 and nobody died and nobody got injured.

00:41:34People often get injured and killed, not only during the hurricane, but because they come out a little too soon and a little too anxious to get back to normalcy.

00:41:57We have to do this properly. We have to do this orderly and that's what I'm trying to do.

00:42:05Waiting with patience and calm, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves. Thank you so much for joining us this morning and as I mentioned before, all the best to you and your citizens.

00:42:18Thank you. I appreciate it.

00:42:20Thank you again. Well, it's now time for a quick break, but let's take the opportunity to mention some of those emergency shelters which are set up in the different regional corporations and we will share these with you along the course of the show.

00:42:37So if you are in need of evacuation, you can look out for the shelters and if you need any further information, please do log on to the Ministry of Rural Development and local governments, of course, their website, their Facebook pages, their social media handles.

00:42:52We're now going to take a quick break.

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00:45:31We're continuing to look at the passage of Hurricane Beryl

00:45:34And we're continuing to look across the islands to our regional counterparts

00:45:39We're now touching base with Mr. Ricardo Roberts

00:45:45He's a multimedia journalist with Stockholm Network

00:45:49He's joining us via Zoom

00:45:51Mr. Roberts, good morning to you again and thank you so much for joining us

00:45:55Good morning to you and good morning to the people of Trinidad and Tobago

00:46:01So Mr. Roberts, what can you tell us about the situation across Barbados?

00:46:05I know preparations were underway from as far back as Saturday

00:46:09While the ICC T20 men's final was ongoing

00:46:13People were out there preparing

00:46:15What is the situation now on the ground?

00:46:17Have those preparations borne any fruit?

00:46:21Well indeed, indeed Avashi

00:46:23What I can tell you today, this morning

00:46:26Is that Barbados has dodged a bullet

00:46:32This is according to the Minister of Information, Wilfred Abrams

00:46:36Who issued a statement this morning

00:46:38He spoke to the media this morning

00:46:40That because the system had passed south

00:46:43We actually missed the full brunt of Hurricane Beryl

00:46:48Thankfully, as the night passed

00:46:52We got some heavy winds

00:46:57Just about 8 o'clock

00:46:59And there were reports of downed power lines

00:47:04In some parishes

00:47:06Power outages as well as the Barbados Light and Power would have expected

00:47:11There were some power outages in several parishes

00:47:14And they were able to restore electricity quickly

00:47:18But with regards to the storm

00:47:22We really, really missed a big bullet

00:47:26We have not experienced any hurricane force winds

00:47:31It was very calm overnight

00:47:33I actually was able to sleep some

00:47:36To get up early for this interview

00:47:39I can tell the country that we are safe

00:47:44The Eau Claire has not been given us yet

00:47:47Because we are still expecting the tail end of Hurricane Beryl

00:47:54To pass and affect us

00:47:56So right now, there are some rains

00:47:58It's overcast

00:48:00It is not windy where I live

00:48:02In the northern parish of St. James

00:48:06This is close to the Platinum coastline of Barbados

00:48:11There is a sea surf warning in effect for Barbados as well

00:48:22So no one is allowed to go in the beaches

00:48:25Because as you know, it is still choppy

00:48:27But for now, what I can tell you is that

00:48:31The worst has passed

00:48:34But the Eau Claire has not been given

00:48:39And we are just waiting for the tail end of the system to pass

00:48:44Which should be around 7 or 8 o'clock there

00:48:48And then we should be able to go back to normal life

00:48:52So Mr. Roberts, what about shelters?

00:48:56Have persons gone into shelters in preparation?

00:49:01Well, from the reports I've heard, there are 33 shelters on the island

00:49:06All of them have been activated

00:49:09There are some residents who would have gone into the shelters

00:49:13I don't have the exact figures

00:49:15But we know for sure a number of people would have occupied these shelters

00:49:21Which is a regular thing for every system that passes

00:49:26People would occupy these shelters that have been activated since 6 o'clock yesterday

00:49:34And of course, you would appreciate that these are the Category 1 shelters

00:49:39The Category 2 are not open until after the storm passes

00:49:46And I don't think there would be any need to

00:49:49Because as I said, the system here really passed to the south of the island

00:49:55And we really missed the brunt of the system

00:49:59Of course, as we talked about Saturday's cricket final

00:50:05You had a lot of visitors across Barbados

00:50:09And of course, I think if I'm not mistaken

00:50:12Your airport would have closed at 7 o'clock yesterday

00:50:17Was everybody able to get out as they anticipated and as scheduled?

00:50:24Well, you would appreciate that when plans were in place for this World Cup

00:50:33All stakeholders would have already known that they are going to host a World Cup

00:50:40At the beginning of a hurricane season

00:50:43So contingencies would have been put in place to ensure that should a weather event occur

00:50:52Hotels and so on would have accommodated a lot of the tourists and so on

00:51:00I can tell you that the South Africa team had already left the island

00:51:07They left early Sunday morning

00:51:11But the India team, the champions, the 20 champions

00:51:16They are still here in Barbados, they are at the Hilton Hotel

00:51:19They were scheduled to leave

00:51:21As a matter of fact, I believe they were supposed to have a chartered flight out of Maghreb

00:51:32It seems as though, Mr. Roberts, if you're hearing me

00:51:35It seems as though Zoom freezed a little bit on us

00:51:38If you could take off the video, we may still be able to get some audio there

00:51:47We're trying to see if Mr. Roberts is still with us

00:51:50Giving us an update as to the situation in Barbados

00:51:54Of course, he would have mentioned that they feel as though they dodged a bullet

00:51:58Because from all indications, at least when Beryl formed into that hurricane

00:52:04The impression was given that Barbados was going to take a direct hit

00:52:09It was within the direct path of Hurricane Beryl

00:52:13But of course, as Mr. Ricardo Roberts from Stockholm Network just told us

00:52:19They feel as though they've dodged a bullet

00:52:21They've had some level of storm activity

00:52:25But not as drastic or dangerous as anticipated

00:52:30So I'm going to take the opportunity to thank Ricardo Roberts

00:52:34Who's a multimedia journalist with the Stockholm Network

00:52:37For joining us and giving us that very valuable and quick update

00:52:41I really apologize that it would have been cut that short, unanticipated

00:52:47Of course, let's go to a quick break

00:52:50And in the meantime, we're going to remind you of some of those emergency contacts

00:52:56This is another shelter that has been opened in the San Juan Laventille Regional Corporation

00:53:01Now, we're hearing from our reporters on the ground that rain is pouring

00:53:07It has come down in the east

00:53:10When I say east, it would be probably from Sandy Grande straight up to Piarco, Arima, and so on

00:53:18So we're going to try to touch base with some chairmen of those regional corporations

00:53:23To find out what the situation is like there

00:53:25We're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back

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00:57:33Welcome back Trinidad and Tobago

00:57:35While joining us via Zoom

00:57:37Is one of those very important ministers

00:57:40And one of our favorites and regulars here at TV6

00:57:43That is of course Minister of Health Terence D. Alsing

00:57:46Thank you so much for joining us

00:57:48Thank you very much for having me

00:57:50And good morning under these circumstances

00:57:52Under these circumstances

00:57:54Of course, on my way down to work

00:57:56Minister, it did seem a little better

00:58:00Well, I should say much better than I anticipated

00:58:03I thought I would have been coming to work

00:58:05You know, pockets are dropped

00:58:07A lot of wind and so on

00:58:08How is the weather by you?

00:58:10The weather by me has started to change

00:58:12Within the past 45 minutes

00:58:14It's gotten grayer, darker, light rain

00:58:17So, we hope and pray for the best

00:58:21And I just urge everyone just to stay calm

00:58:23And follow all the advisories

00:58:25That the government sources and ministers have given out

00:58:28And we'll come through this

00:58:30Of course

00:58:31So, Minister, we wanted to touch base with you this morning

00:58:33Specifically to find out the state of readiness

00:58:36Of our health facilities

00:58:38Of course, have there been any incidents so far?

00:58:41I'm not sure what the situation is like

00:58:43Across the entire country

00:58:44Any power outages?

00:58:46We do know a few years ago

00:58:48There was a fallen tree, if I'm not mistaken

00:58:51It may have been St. Anne's or St. James

00:58:53In one of our health facilities

00:58:55Any reports thus far?

00:58:57And the state of readiness?

00:58:59Yeah, so thanks

00:59:00So, our state of readiness

00:59:02For the hurricane season and wet season

00:59:04Starting around April, May of every year

00:59:07Where we go through our disaster plans

00:59:09Under our disaster coordinator, Patty Ann Williams

00:59:13And all the RHAs with their disaster committees

00:59:16We do checks on our generators

00:59:18We make sure we have diesel

00:59:20We make sure that we have our staffing arrangements

00:59:23In case of emergencies

00:59:25Our redundancies and so on

00:59:27I'm going to give you the update now

00:59:29And the update may change throughout the course of the day

00:59:33As I'll explain

00:59:35So, as of 5.32 this morning

00:59:38Everything was up and running

00:59:40There were no cases of electricity outages

00:59:46The RHA that we are most concerned about

00:59:48Would be the ERHA

00:59:50Because, as you know, the bands were passing closer to Bagel

00:59:53And over North Coast, Toco, McLeod and so on

00:59:56Are the ones we are always most concerned about

00:59:59As of 5.32 this morning

01:00:02The 5am update, Mayaro no rain

01:00:06Sandy Brandy no rain

01:00:08Toco light rain

01:00:10The Toco A&E had a total of 10 patients last night

01:00:14But none of them were storm-related

01:00:16And all facilities were functional

01:00:18So that's 5am

01:00:20However, just before coming on here

01:00:23The Emergency Operating Centre sent me the following

01:00:27Rain and wind started in the Toco area

01:00:30Power is out

01:00:32So power is now out at the Toco Health Facility

01:00:35Which is a 24-hour health facility

01:00:38However, the redundancy and the contingency

01:00:41With standby generators have kicked in

01:00:44And those generators facilitate continuous operations for 5 days

01:00:50So that's my main area of focus

01:00:52ERHA, especially Toco, McLeod and so on

01:00:56All the other RHAs have reported to me in the past hour or so

01:01:00That business continues as normal

01:01:03However, my message to the public is that

01:01:08If the weather deteriorates during the course of the day

01:01:11We don't want to have our ambulance staff out there unnecessarily

01:01:16So you can call our ambulance service

01:01:18They are still working

01:01:20All our A&Es are up

01:01:21But make sure it's a real genuine emergency

01:01:24Let's try to conceal resources

01:01:27And put people at as least risk as possible at this time

01:01:31So that's the update as of 10 minutes ago

01:01:35Minister, are all facilities equipped with backups

01:01:39In case of power outages?

01:01:41Yes, they are

01:01:44Especially critical areas, that is hospitals

01:01:48For our ICUs and so on

01:01:50Where you can't have a power outage

01:01:53Regular health centres, they have generators

01:01:57And the district health facilities

01:02:00Which operate on a 24-hour basis

01:02:03Like Princess Town, Shogunas and so on

01:02:06They have their redundancies

01:02:08Because we must have what we call business continuity

01:02:11To serve our clients

01:02:13Minister, I tuned in at the beginning of the hurricane season

01:02:16To the National Hurricane Centre

01:02:18They had a media briefing

01:02:21And one of the things I found was very interesting

01:02:23That they mentioned was that a lot of the deaths

01:02:25During an event, a natural disaster, a hurricane

01:02:29Was not directly or specifically related to high winds or rain

01:02:34But it happened before and after the actual passage of these events

01:02:39And some of them may be medical emergencies

01:02:42Like heart attacks and so on

01:02:44What sort of advice would you give to persons

01:02:47Who may be, as we say in Trinidad, heart patients and so on

01:02:51What advice would you give to them?

01:02:54And I know you did speak about the ambulance

01:02:57What is the emergency response like in a situation like that?

01:03:02In the height of a storm?

01:03:05Yeah, that's an excellent point to raise

01:03:09And thank you for that

01:03:10So let's take the basics first

01:03:13We always advise patients with chronic diseases

01:03:16Especially life-threatening chronic diseases

01:03:19Like hypertension, cardiovascular disease

01:03:23Always keep a 5-7 day supply of medication on hand

01:03:28So you can maintain yourself in case of a real disaster

01:03:34Keep it in a plastic bag

01:03:36However, our ambulance service will never go down

01:03:40But it will take something cataclysmic

01:03:43To bring down the whole ambulance system

01:03:45And to bring down our A&E

01:03:47Something really cataclysmic, which we have never had

01:03:50So we are there for you

01:03:51But we ask patients to work with us

01:03:54By keeping your medication dry, safe, accessible

01:03:59And at least for about 5-7 days

01:04:02Just in case there is something cataclysmic

01:04:04And that way we can minimize some of these fallout deaths

01:04:08We see after a natural emergency, a natural disaster

01:04:13Thank you for that, Minister

01:04:14And as we close, is there anything you'd like to leave

01:04:17With citizens at this point in time?

01:04:19As we are still braced for what could be the worst effects

01:04:23Of this storm, we could still be hit by some bands

01:04:25A little later on

01:04:27Yes, so our thoughts and prayers

01:04:29Should go to our Caricom neighbors

01:04:31Who are going to be hit much worse than us

01:04:33Because of our geographical location

01:04:36These things tend to vary north

01:04:39So we are relatively lucky

01:04:42However, God is not a trinity

01:04:45We must be always prepared

01:04:48We must not fall into a deep sense of complacency

01:04:51That this could not happen to us

01:04:53Our Caribbean neighbors up north

01:04:55Are well-versed and practiced

01:04:57Let us take a leap from their page

01:05:00And be well-versed and practiced

01:05:02On another note, I arranged with

01:05:05The Tunapuna-Piako Regional Corporation

01:05:08Yesterday evening

01:05:09To open the Kaiman Community Center

01:05:12As a shelter for people living in Kaiman

01:05:15Elizabeth Gardens, St. Joseph, and so on

01:05:18So my work is both as a Minister of Health

01:05:22And as an MP

01:05:24My staff will be on the ground this morning

01:05:27Evaluating any damage throughout the constituency

01:05:30If there is, and to get the first responders out

01:05:33But my parting words

01:05:36Are these

01:05:38Let us just stay calm

01:05:40Pay attention to the official bulletins

01:05:43And as I told my constituents in a message last night

01:05:46Don't take unnecessary risks

01:05:49Don't go out in heavy winds

01:05:51And heavy rain

01:05:53I can tell you this

01:05:54My own father

01:05:55When we were living in Karani

01:05:56During Hurricane Flora

01:05:57I was young

01:05:58He decided to go and fix galvanized

01:06:01In the middle of that

01:06:03And got the biggest gash on his foot

01:06:06I saw that up front

01:06:09It is better you lose a galvanized sheet

01:06:12Than go and lose your life

01:06:15So that is the main message

01:06:17Don't take unnecessary risks

01:06:19During an event like this

01:06:21And we'll get through this

01:06:22Let's just stay calm

01:06:23Minister, before I let you go

01:06:25There's a 10am media briefing

01:06:27Scheduled by the Health Ministry

01:06:29I believe it's on PAHO's NICU report

01:06:31Is that still on?

01:06:33And are you able to give us a little prelude on that?

01:06:35Yes

01:06:36So I will be making a decision in half an hour

01:06:39I want to speak to the Minister of Local Government first

01:06:41If he is having a press conference

01:06:44I think that would take precedence over mine

01:06:47I may pull back mine until tomorrow

01:06:49But I will make that determination

01:06:51Within a half an hour or so

01:06:53Alright, excellent Minister

01:06:54All the best to you

01:06:55I know as you mentioned

01:06:56You'll be with your constituents

01:06:57Just monitoring the passage of Beryl

01:07:00And prayers up

01:07:01Let's all hope and pray

01:07:02That God is a journey

01:07:04All the best to you Minister

01:07:06Thank you so much

01:07:07Thank you

01:07:09It's now time for a quick break

01:07:11We'll be right back with much more

01:07:13But as has become customary for this show

01:07:15As we leave you

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01:07:20This shelter is in the Arima Borough Corporation

01:07:24There's just one open

01:07:26So if you feel the need

01:07:27If the weather is worsening

01:07:29And you need to go

01:07:30You'll have to head on down

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01:07:33We'll be right back

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01:09:03What you can see from this image is a man lying in a pool of blood

01:09:06In his living room

01:09:09He was shot dead a short while ago

01:09:11As two bandits tried to rob him and his family

01:09:14What you can't hear is his wife crying inconsolably

01:09:19What you don't know is that his four-year-old daughter is standing looking at her father

01:09:24Confused, begging him to wake up

01:09:26Can you imagine what this wife and child are going through?

01:09:29And what they will have to go through?

01:09:31They try to process what has happened

01:09:33How can we begin to help?

01:09:35We can start right here at the Victim and Witness Support Unit

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01:10:21Welcome back Trinidad and Tobago

01:10:23As we continue to keep an eye on Burrell

01:10:26We touch base with the TNT Meteorological Service

01:10:29Of course, they are those who are responsible

01:10:33For bringing us all that valuable information

01:10:35And all the warnings and everything that we need to know

01:10:38About this system and those to come as well

01:10:41So joining us this morning

01:10:43We have meteorologist Gary Benjamin

01:10:46Mr. Benjamin, thank you once again for joining us

01:10:50Good morning to you, to all your viewers and listeners

01:10:53Good morning

01:10:54So, I mean, just talk in our studio

01:10:57Staff that were supposed to make their way in

01:11:01Everyone seems to think that we have gotten away

01:11:05Just a little bit from the brunt of Burrell

01:11:07But of course, you are the expert

01:11:09Has it passed?

01:11:11What can we expect?

01:11:12When will we know we'll be out of the woods?

01:11:17We're not out of the woods, not just yet

01:11:19Our major concern at this time is the red level hurricane warning for Tobago

01:11:26The eye of Burrell, the center and the area of strongest winds

01:11:29Is just close to the northeast of Charlottesville

01:11:33And it is moving basically westward across

01:11:37And we still expect some weather out of it

01:11:40So we are holding those warnings for red level for Tobago

01:11:45As far as the hurricane force is concerned

01:11:50And orange level for Trinidad as far as storm force is concerned

01:11:54We still are holding that

01:11:56We have an update at 8 o'clock this morning

01:11:59As to see how far or how the developments go

01:12:02But we are holding it and right now we are looking

01:12:05Until midday or beyond as the case may be

01:12:08So we are looking to see how it is progressing

01:12:12We are not yet out of the woods

01:12:14Not yet out of the woods

01:12:15Of course, we touched base with Chairman of the Sandy Grande Regional Corporation

01:12:20Kenman Phillip, who told us it's a little bit quiet on that end

01:12:24And then we are hearing there is a little bit of rain

01:12:27In Arima, Aruka, Tunapuna, that particular area

01:12:31Is this what we would expect?

01:12:34A kind of stop and go, you'll get rain sometimes, then not?

01:12:40Yes, we could expect that in certain systems

01:12:43Each system for want of a better word

01:12:46They have their own personalities and effects

01:12:48As far as Trinidad is concerned

01:12:50We are looking at Peterbanks in this first instance

01:12:53Because the system is to the east of us and Tobago

01:12:57Of Tobago and Trinidad

01:12:59And we are looking at a Peterbank coming right now

01:13:02Coming down from the north towards Trinidad

01:13:05And we could get some weather out of that

01:13:08We are also looking at the closeness of the eye

01:13:11As it passes just to the very close northeast of Tobago

01:13:16So you could have this happening

01:13:18Of course, we are dealing with probabilities

01:13:20There is a high probability for hurricane force events over Tobago

01:13:26During the coming hours

01:13:28A high probability of that

01:13:29So we have to be very alert for Tobago

01:13:32Trinidad, we have a moderate probability for tropical storm events

01:13:37And we are alert for Trinidad

01:13:39So we are not out of the woods, I repeat

01:13:41So we are keeping abreast and alert

01:13:44And keeping safe until it eventually passes

01:13:47And just a little bit of knowledge sharing

01:13:50Here Mr. Benjamin

01:13:52As it relates to the actual system

01:13:55Hurricanes and so on

01:13:56We hear about the different parts of it

01:13:59The eye, the eye wall and the Peterbanks

01:14:02Now, we have been told in school that the eye is calm

01:14:06But from what I understand

01:14:07The eye wall appears to be very dangerous

01:14:10Along with the Peterbanks

01:14:11So could you explain to us

01:14:14What are the dangerous parts of a system such as this?

01:14:20The eye wall is in fact the most dangerous part

01:14:23As far as the wind is concerned

01:14:25And the most severe tornado storm activity

01:14:28But in the eye wall there

01:14:30If it is a hurricane

01:14:31You will have hurricane strength

01:14:33In the core of the strongest winds in the system

01:14:36If there is a hurricane or storm there

01:14:38That's where you go

01:14:39And then as you go outward from the core

01:14:41It begins to reduce somewhat depending on the strength

01:14:44And the width of the system

01:14:46Now the Peterbanks is what brings the moisture

01:14:49Into the system

01:14:50As this is Peterbanks

01:14:51It feeds on those bands to replace the eye wall

01:14:55And to replace different structures in the hurricane

01:14:58And the Peterbanks could have very strongly weighted forces

01:15:01It has been known in Peterbanks

01:15:03Because some sort of destruction

01:15:06In different types of systems

01:15:08So we have to also look out for those Peterbanks

01:15:11Just from my tidbit of reading

01:15:13I understand that there are different suspicions

01:15:16As to the causes of a hyperactive hurricane season

01:15:20What do you suspect causes this?

01:15:23In your opinion

01:15:24Some people see Saharan dust

01:15:26A lot of Saharan dust causes a lot of hurricanes

01:15:29While in the Atlantic

01:15:31Your thoughts?

01:15:34Well we have to rule out the Saharan dust

01:15:38What we have looked at

01:15:40Mostly is the temperature of the waters

01:15:42Because these systems feed on the warm water

01:15:45The warm moist water

01:15:47The warmer the water is

01:15:48The stronger the system could develop

01:15:50Because it is being fed

01:15:52Constantly fed with heat and water

01:15:56And this is what the systems like

01:15:58And we have looked at three major factors

01:16:02For this year's predictions

01:16:04And that is the warmth of the water itself

01:16:06That is the surface in the Atlantic

01:16:08It has always been warm because of the tropics

01:16:12But it is very warm in the north in years

01:16:14We also look at what is called the Atlantic meridional load

01:16:18That is the difference in temperature

01:16:20Between the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic

01:16:22And of course the North Atlantic is much warmer

01:16:25So everything tends to gravitate towards there

01:16:28And then not forgetting

01:16:29We are transitioning in a neutral period

01:16:32In the ENSO

01:16:33We are in no sudden isolation

01:16:35We are transitioning into the La Niña

01:16:38And La Niña times facilitate the development

01:16:41Of deep convective activity

01:16:43As you will find in hurricane and storms

01:16:46Mr. Benjamin, we have a lot of online meteorologists

01:16:50I don't know if you noticed

01:16:51But nowadays everybody is a meteorologist

01:16:54Some people have been suggesting

01:16:55That there may be some reason

01:16:57Or there is a trend now

01:16:59For storms or systems formed

01:17:04In the Atlantic to come a little more south

01:17:07Is that really a theory?

01:17:11I am not looking at it as a theory

01:17:13It comes south because of the guidance

01:17:16From the high pressure cell

01:17:18As it moves on the equatorial side of the high pressure cell

01:17:21All of these systems naturally want to go north

01:17:24That is the natural behavior of them

01:17:26So they go around the high pressure cell

01:17:29And because of the strength of the high pressure cell

01:17:31And its guidance

01:17:32If it is stronger it will keep it more south

01:17:34And more straight

01:17:36And if any time it gets the opportunity

01:17:39To go north in any break in that cell

01:17:41It will zoom off to the north

01:17:43And as far as the armchair meteorologists are concerned

01:17:46I am encouraging everybody to be aware

01:17:49Of the weather systems around them

01:17:51I am encouraging everyone to learn

01:17:53As much as possible as far as weather is concerned

01:17:56But when it comes to delivering focussion information

01:17:59They must be very careful in what they are saying

01:18:02And what they are putting out

01:18:03Because they are very experienced meteorologists in the region

01:18:06Who know what they are talking about

01:18:08And sometimes false information can get into the relay

01:18:11And confuse people so much

01:18:13Noted Mr. Benjamin

01:18:15Of course you all would have mentioned

01:18:17The Met Services would have mentioned

01:18:19Another system EL96 in the Atlantic

01:18:22Following in pursuit of Beryl

01:18:25Is there any update you can give us on this system?

01:18:30We have been following this system

01:18:32As long as we have been following Beryl

01:18:34Because of the danger involved with Beryl

01:18:37And the immediacy of it

01:18:39We have been taking up all this while with Beryl

01:18:42And we are still dealing with Beryl

01:18:44But this system is now

01:18:46The EL96 is now in the mid equatorial Atlantic

01:18:50And it is expected to reach us

01:18:52By Wednesday at least

01:18:54I think it is Wednesday

01:18:55So that there is some prognosis for development

01:18:58Within the next 48 hours to 7 days

01:19:01There is some moderate probability for development

01:19:04So we will look at it and see how it goes

01:19:06Within the next day

01:19:08And whether it develops or not

01:19:10It is going to bring some weather

01:19:12Across the Antilles at least

01:19:14The Great White Islands by Wednesday

01:19:17Wednesday, so that means we of course

01:19:19Have a short window to recover from Beryl

01:19:22And get prepared for EL96

01:19:26As far as preparation is concerned

01:19:28Remember we have predicted an active hurricane season

01:19:32So we should have been preparing since May

01:19:34Because there was a whole month of preparations in May

01:19:37So the thing is if you are not prepared right now

01:19:40I am rushing to finalize your preparations

01:19:42For the rainy and hurricane season

01:19:44Because we are not going to want to wait

01:19:46Until you have a red level, orange level

01:19:48Or whatever warning

01:19:49Because if you are prepared

01:19:50At least when things begin to happen

01:19:53You can move as fast as possible

01:19:55To keep yourself, your family

01:19:57And your property safe

01:20:16First of all you can get us at

01:20:18www.netoffice.gov.tt

01:20:22Or on all our other social media platforms

01:20:26For example, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

01:20:29So we have been putting out these messages

01:20:32Since over the last 48 hours

01:20:35Numerous amount of messages has gone out

01:20:38And so the whole nation as a whole

01:20:40Should be abreast of what is happening

01:20:42And we should be looking for another update

01:20:45About 8 o'clock this morning

01:20:47As far as what one should do

01:20:50If you don't have to be outside

01:20:52Stay inside

01:20:53That's the basic thing

01:20:54If you don't have to be

01:20:55Stay secure, stay safe

01:20:57If you are anywhere outside

01:20:58Encountering landslips or landslides

01:21:01Stay clear of them

01:21:02Very clear of them

01:21:03Because they can be dangerous

01:21:04And also in the floodwaters

01:21:06Please, please do not drive through floodwaters

01:21:09Please do not wade in floodwaters

01:21:11They can be very strong

01:21:12And deceptive and dangerous

01:21:14So the tip is

01:21:16Everybody stay safe

01:21:18And keep secure

01:21:20And let's just ride this out

01:21:22Until it passes soon

01:21:25Gary Benjamin, meteorologist

01:21:27Attached to the TNT Met Services

01:21:29Let me thank you so much again for joining us

01:21:31And doing this public service

01:21:33For educating our public

01:21:35And keeping us well informed

01:21:37Thank you so much for sharing with us this morning

01:21:39And agreeing to join us

01:21:41Okay, thank you

01:21:43I know you have a long day ahead

01:21:45So I won't keep you any longer

01:21:46All the best to you again, Mr. Benjamin

01:21:50Thank you

01:21:51Well, to our viewers

01:21:52Before we head off to the break

01:21:53We want to share with you this video

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01:21:57It gives you an idea

01:21:59Of what the situation was like

01:22:01This was at just about 6.15 this morning

01:22:07It's in Charlottesville

01:22:08You're seeing some fishermen there

01:22:10Tending to their boats

01:22:13A little bit of rain

01:22:15And of course we can see

01:22:17Yeah, it's a bit gusty

01:22:19And the waves seem to be

01:22:21Coming in a little hard

01:22:22From what I remember

01:22:23Charlottesville isn't ever that active

01:22:27So we're going to head off to our break

01:22:29We'll be right back

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01:25:29Welcome back to Trinidad and Tobago

01:25:31As we continue to keep an eye on Barrel

01:25:34If you are hearing any background noise in the studio

01:25:37That would be the rains

01:25:38It appears to have started raining in Port of Spain

01:25:42But we're not sticking to Port of Spain

01:25:44We're heading up the islands

01:25:45We're going to Grenada

01:25:47And that is where journalist Rina Per

01:25:50With the Grenada Broadcasting Network

01:25:52She is joining us via Zoom to give us a live update

01:25:57And just to let you know

01:25:59Rina is at a shelter where she is volunteering

01:26:03So kudos to you Rina

01:26:04And thank you so much for taking some of that time off

01:26:07To speak with us

01:26:08What is the situation like in Grenada?

01:26:13The situation like presently

01:26:14Well thank you first of all

01:26:15The situation like presently in Grenada

01:26:17I am presently in Sinanju Southeast

01:26:20Most of the night

01:26:22As we discussed with the different district

01:26:24It was a bit quiet

01:26:25We had some rain, a bit of thunder

01:26:27But presently we are seeing a lot of heavy rain

01:26:30We are seeing some thunder

01:26:32But not much of the wind

01:26:34It's still a bit early

01:26:35Because based on the information we're getting from NADMA

01:26:38Most of the effects of the hurricane

01:26:40Would be between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

01:26:44So we're expecting that things would get a little bit intense

01:26:47As the hours go by

01:26:49What I can say though is that the shelters

01:26:53Most of the residents across the island and the districts

01:26:55Have been taking advantage of the shelters

01:26:58In some shelters there are over 200 persons

01:27:01The shelter I am in presently

01:27:03The Sinanju-Andekin Secondary School

01:27:05We have over 140 residents here

01:27:08Including children

01:27:09So a lot of the people in the area

01:27:11Are taking advantage of the shelters

01:27:13The other district coordinators

01:27:17Have been working with persons with disabilities

01:27:19We have a couple of persons here with disabilities

01:27:21And vulnerable families

01:27:24So earlier on yesterday

01:27:26We would have seen a lot of vehicles

01:27:29Speaking of persons who are not that mobile

01:27:32Bringing them into various shelters

01:27:34Checking in

01:27:35So what we're doing right now is to ensure that

01:27:37Everybody within the different shelters are safe

01:27:39We expect if something happens

01:27:41We expect more persons to come in

01:27:43And we're just trying to ensure that everybody is safe

01:27:46A bit of persons were battling down

01:27:48And preparing their home earlier on in the week

01:27:51I can say that it's an early hurricane

01:27:54It wasn't something that we were expecting

01:27:56But we are somewhat prepared

01:28:00So Rina, I know you're talking about shelters

01:28:04And the number of people who are in shelters

01:28:07At this point in time

01:28:08And that is good

01:28:10People are erring on the side of caution

01:28:12But do you feel that persons are going to the shelters

01:28:16As I said, as a precautionary measure

01:28:19Is it because of the structural safety of their homes

01:28:23And they just know it can't withstand a hurricane?

01:28:28I think it's both

01:28:30The impact of Hurricane Ivan is still with us

01:28:32And a lot of people are mindful

01:28:34Prior you would see

01:28:36Before Ivan, a person would say

01:28:38My home is safe, you know

01:28:39Are we going to be okay? I'm staying home

01:28:41But because of the experience

01:28:43I believe that caution was one of the biggest things

01:28:46For some of them

01:28:47Despite they may think that their home is okay structurally

01:28:50Based on the experience they had before

01:28:52They don't want to take that chance

01:28:53So they decide to come to the shelter

01:28:55As well as some people

01:28:57Their home are just not

01:28:58You know, there are some homes

01:29:00That are still affected by Ivan

01:29:01That's not completed

01:29:02You know, because of the vulnerability

01:29:04So they just don't think that the structure is okay

01:29:06And safe for their family

01:29:08So they decide the best place to be is at the shelter

01:29:10Now we did see that the government issued

01:29:13A state of emergency, emergency powers

01:29:16In preparation for Barrel

01:29:18What did that mean for people?

01:29:21Did that mean no liming, no drinking at bars

01:29:24No work, no school

01:29:26What does that state of emergency

01:29:28Basically mean for you all?

01:29:31Yeah, so it's basically that

01:29:33We don't expect any revelers

01:29:35Anybody liming, no shops open

01:29:37Anything like that

01:29:39Schools are closed for the moment

01:29:41Until further notice

01:29:42But it's expected that

01:29:45Nobody is not supposed to be out

01:29:47Unless you are essential workers

01:29:49Nobody is not supposed to be out

01:29:52You're supposed to be at your home

01:29:53A safe area or in shelters

01:29:55So the only person that's supposed to be out

01:29:57Are NADMA, personnel

01:29:59Security officers

01:30:01We're talking about police officers

01:30:05And all our essential health

01:30:07Media workers

01:30:09These are the people that are out

01:30:10And they are required to have passes

01:30:12So that is what is happening now

01:30:15No one else is expected to be out

01:30:17Unless you are essential workers

01:30:19Or you have a pass

01:30:20And the state of emergency

01:30:21That remains in place for seven days?

01:30:25The state of emergency

01:30:26Remains in place for seven days, yes

01:30:28It started at 7pm last night

01:30:31So from 7pm that was it

01:30:33I can tell you that I met a lot of barriers

01:30:35In different parts of the island last night

01:30:37Because I had to move a few districts last night

01:30:42So I can tell you that there are blockages

01:30:45And there were officers on site

01:30:47I can also tell you that we've been having

01:30:49Visits from officers to check up

01:30:51To ensure that the area is okay

01:30:54The area is safe

01:30:55To see if there's any trouble within the shelters

01:30:57I had two visits last night

01:30:59From the police

01:31:00Royal Grenada Police Force

01:31:01Just to check in and ensure that

01:31:03Everybody is cooperating

01:31:04And that everything is happening

01:31:06And everybody is safe in the area

01:31:08Do you all have a lot of tourists

01:31:09A lot of yachties

01:31:11In Grenada at this point in time

01:31:13And what is the situation

01:31:14And special arrangements for them

01:31:17For your visitors?

01:31:21As it relates to a lot of yachties and tourists

01:31:24Generally Grenada has a lot of yachties

01:31:26We do have a lot of people coming in

01:31:30But I think that they are aware

01:31:32Of what is happening right now

01:31:35They would have to put their boats in safe places

01:31:37So I believe that these arrangements

01:31:39Were already made

01:31:40Because there are safe havens

01:31:42For them to dock their various vessels

01:31:45And they would be in the various shelters

01:31:48If needed be

01:31:49Or in safe areas

01:31:50They do have to follow all protocols

01:31:52Like everybody else

01:31:54All shelters have been posted

01:31:56On all social media platforms

01:31:58As well as available in other places

01:32:00So I believe that all our tourists

01:32:02And yachties are safe

01:32:03I mean you just have to follow the protocol

01:32:05And again government has been doing

01:32:08Their every three hour briefing

01:32:11To ensure that everybody is updated

01:32:13So I can say that they are on the ball

01:32:15When it comes to ensuring

01:32:16That everybody is informed

01:32:18On our social media platform

01:32:19Radio and all different media outlets

01:32:22So Reena, 8am is fast approaching

01:32:26I'm not going to keep you any longer

01:32:28I'm sure there's a few rounds

01:32:30And preparations that you'd like to make

01:32:31Before you all face the brunt of it

01:32:33But let me take the opportunity

01:32:34To wish you and all the citizens

01:32:37And visitors all the best

01:32:38As we brace for peril

01:32:44Thank you so much

01:32:45And Trinidad and Tobago

01:32:47Stay safe as well

01:32:49All the best to you Reena

01:32:52Well to our viewers

01:32:53We just have one announcement

01:32:55From Tobago

01:32:56A tree fell

01:32:58It fell in Providence

01:33:00So if you are in and around that area

01:33:02You may want to make other arrangements

01:33:04We'll try to get the details

01:33:06On that as we continue along the show

01:33:08We're going to touch base

01:33:09With our very own Elizabeth Williams

01:33:11Who is across in Tobago

01:33:13And as we head off to the break

01:33:15As has become customary for the show

01:33:17We're going to share with you

01:33:18Emergency shelters

01:33:20The Port of Spain City Corporation

01:33:21Has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 shelters open

01:33:24So if you do need to get the details

01:33:26On these

01:33:27If you feel that your homes

01:33:28And your structures are not safe

01:33:30Please head down to our shelter

01:33:32It is open

01:33:33And you can of course log on

01:33:34To the Ministry of Rural Development

01:33:36And local governments

01:33:38Facebook pages

01:33:39To get details on that

01:33:41We're going to a quick break

01:33:42We'll be right back

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01:35:23What you can see from this image

01:35:25Is a man lying in a pool of blood

01:35:27In his living room

01:35:29He was shot dead

01:35:30A short while ago

01:35:31As two bandits

01:35:32Tried to rob him

01:35:33And his family

01:35:35What you can't hear

01:35:36Is his wife crying inconsolably

01:35:39What you don't know

01:35:40Is that his four year old daughter

01:35:42Is standing looking

01:35:43At her father

01:35:44Confused

01:35:45Begging him to wake up

01:35:46Can you imagine

01:35:47What this wife and child are going through

01:35:49And what they will have to go through

01:35:51They try to process

01:35:52What has happened

01:35:53How can we begin to help

01:35:56We can start right here

01:35:57Here at the Victim and Witness Support Unit

01:35:59From investigation to counselling

01:36:02To helping families find justice

01:36:05To helping families find peace

01:36:08This unit gives victims and witnesses

01:36:11Hope to cope

01:36:13We are the Victim and Witness Support Unit

01:36:15Bridging the service gap between the victims

01:36:17Witnesses

01:36:18And the police

01:36:27Welcome back Trinidad and Tobago

01:36:29As we continue to keep an eye on Burrell

01:36:32This is a quick update

01:36:34It comes in from TMAW

01:36:36This is the Fallen Tree

01:36:38Project

01:36:39It's a project that's been going on

01:36:41For a long time

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01:45:09to the break remind you of the opened emergency shelter. There is one open in

01:45:14the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation. That's the St. Helena Community Center at

01:45:18Matlot. We'll be right back.

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01:47:54Welcome back Trinidad and Tobago. We continue to keep an eye on Hurricane

01:48:09Barrel. We return to home now where we touch base with the chairman of the

01:48:15Tuna Puna Piyako Regional Corporation, Josiah Austin. Mr. Austin, thank you so

01:48:19much for agreeing to join us this morning. No problem. Good morning.

01:48:24Good morning Trinidad and Tobago. So Mr. Austin, we understand well our teams across your

01:48:30corporation have told us that the rains seem to be seem to have started within

01:48:35the past 45 minutes or so. What sort of update can you give us? Alright, so thus

01:48:42far we can safely say that at least within the last hour we've had constant

01:48:48rainfall. We've had reports of four fallen trees in the Blanchard Shares area. We

01:48:56have a team concentrated there. They're taking care of that and we're getting

01:49:01reports of the cleanup efforts there. No reports of any unsecured roofs blown up.

01:49:07No flash or street flooding thus far. Our efforts redistribution of sandbags

01:49:14continues at our disaster management unit. We are getting more loads to distribute in

01:49:21sitting parts of the region. So of course as you mentioned that situational update

01:49:28I am to assume there have been no reported injuries, no any fatalities,

01:49:32anything of that nature? No, nothing of that nature. So let's talk about the sandbag

01:49:37distribution Mr. Austin. I didn't quite expect you to be

01:49:41continuing to distribute those sandbags today with the event in progress.

01:49:50Right now we have persons that are coming still and we are all concentrated at the

01:49:57disaster management unit and as such we won't send them away. Obviously yesterday

01:50:04we would have taken the time to ensure that persons would have gotten as much as

01:50:09possible. So in that effort where we lack sandbags and not sandbags, when we

01:50:18lack sand we were able to get from a corporate body who donated at least nine

01:50:25loads where we were able to distribute to the hundreds of businesses that showed up

01:50:30yesterday before the rainfall. So we ensure that that happened but today where

01:50:36we have got more strong national quarries we are not turning back the businesses to the

01:50:42contained businesses to show up. So Mr. Austin, once we get the all clear from

01:50:48Met Services, what will recovery and the cleanup exercise be like?

01:50:56Well we've done the study and obviously we are more concentrated on the northern

01:51:04range, that part of the region and we have a lot of fields there, the shelters are

01:51:10waiting to be activated once necessary. So after years of study and knowing fully

01:51:18well what we are up against, or anticipating rather, we have seen certain

01:51:25spots both central, most southern parts and northern parts just needing to assist

01:51:33where necessary, both in-house teams and voluntary groups. So we have a host of teams ready to assist and the agencies likewise with machinery.

01:51:45Are there any open shelters as it is within the TPRC and are there any

01:51:51persons in those shelters?

01:51:54Well what has happened, all shelters have been prepped to be open and activated once

01:52:01necessary. We were able to pass around to some yesterday and in contact with a lot

01:52:09of those and others today and we can see if we are all prepped and ready to be

01:52:14activated once necessary.

01:52:16Have you encountered any challenges in having to

01:52:19satisfy some 300,000 burgesses?

01:52:23Definitely, as I said, yesterday in the effort we

01:52:30would have run out of stand actually trying to service the cause of which

01:52:37is that showed up, but being a resourceful corporation we were able to

01:52:43quickly assist the hundreds that were waiting and we had to call on a

01:52:49donation and I can safely say that all were satisfied in that regard. So that was

01:52:55one situation. Also this morning with the fallen trees, but because of the work

01:53:03that we would have done before, putting persons in key areas, we were able to quickly

01:53:11fix the situation. But if it happens in a larger sense, we have to

01:53:18definitely call on voluntary groups, but we have all put the systems in place to

01:53:24get the activation.

01:53:25As we close, Mr. Austin, is there anything you'd like to say to your

01:53:28burgesses and of course any warnings or any numbers you'd like to give out for

01:53:34your disaster management unit or how your burgesses can reach out to you in

01:53:37the event of an emergency?

01:53:39Oh definitely. I'd just like to add that our disaster management unit is well aware of the situation at hand

01:53:51and we are here to assist in any way possible. Feel free to look at our social media

01:53:59pages, our Facebook and Instagram where you will have information. I am here at

01:54:05the disaster management unit and I can safely say that thus far persons have been

01:54:12calling and we've been answering accordingly. We have persons assisting, persons going out

01:54:18there and we are doing everything in our will to ensure that our burgesses are safe.

01:54:23So continue to be safe out there, follow all advisory and I can safely say that

01:54:31we are doing everything in our will. We've done the work before and we will continue to

01:54:35execute for the benefit of the burgesses of Tunapunapiako.

01:54:40Josiah Austin, Chairman of the Tunapunapiako Regional Corporation. Thank you so much for

01:54:44joining us. All the best to you in your preparations, your recovery and you know

01:54:49there's still distribution sandbags so kudos to you. Thank you so much for

01:54:53sharing with us. Yes, thank you. Thank you. Okay, to our viewers we head off to a quick break.

01:54:59We'll be right back with much more.

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01:57:08Welcome back to Tunelad and Tobago as we continue to keep an eye on Hurricane Barrow. We touch

01:57:13base now with the ODPM. In particular, we're speaking with the Training and Education Specialist,

01:57:17Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste. Thank you so much for joining us, sir.

01:57:22Good morning, how are you? Well, better than I expected. I really expected much more activity

01:57:29this morning so we just have to say thank God for that. But of course, in your neck of the woods,

01:57:35you would have more of the reports, more of the serious reports. What can you tell us at this

01:57:40point in time, Lieutenant Commander? Okay, good morning again. It's not too, too serious yet.

01:57:46It's now, the eye of the hurricane is now passing north of Tobago and the south of Barbados but

01:57:53you'll confirm that with Met Office, right? But we have a few reports out of Tobago.

01:58:01The hurricane, of course, has caused heavy rain and gusty winds so we have some reports of fallen

01:58:08trees like in Annarsville, Mt. Grace, Charlottesville, sorry, an electrical pole fell.

01:58:20That is, I forget the part of Tobago, but the Antarctic is seen about it. There are some

01:58:27electrically fluctuations in the eastern and northern side of the island.

01:58:34All right, I get enough feedback, sorry. Oh, I'm not sure where that comes from.

01:58:40Yeah, so in the north, places like Concordia, Castara, Octolats for me, in the east, Bellgarden,

01:58:50Woodward, Speyside, some electrical fluctuations. All right, but all in all, there's a lot of rain

01:58:58and a lot of heavy winds. And of course, it's not over yet so we're just encouraging people

01:59:04to stay at home, stay indoors until you're given the all-clear by, as you mentioned,

01:59:09those authorities in Met Services and so on. So as we talk office disaster preparedness and

01:59:17management, how would you rank the preparedness of Trinidad and Tobago for this event?

01:59:22One out of 10, I'd say 9.5. With the DMUs, Rural Development and Local Government,

01:59:34ODPM, and our liaison with CDMA and the other agencies, we have prepared, the agencies are in

01:59:43place, assets have been located throughout the country, equipment. We have been warning people,

01:59:55we have been telling people what to do, how to do it. Trinids don't seem to listen,

02:00:04but we're still going to keep telling them and we're still going to keep advising.

02:00:10So people, please stay away from the rivers. Please don't drive, walk. I've

02:00:16waited to see people swimming in flood water in the past, that is. So let's refrain from those

02:00:22things. All right, stay inside. If you don't need to be outside, be inside. And of course,

02:00:31Lieutenant Commander, what is the capabilities of the ODPM, of the emergency services to respond to

02:00:38these few, do we say disasters, that would have been pursuant from Hurricane Beryl, those fallen

02:00:45trees, fallen electrical lines, if in fact there have been any roofs blown off and so on?

02:00:52As we speak, take a scene about the tree that fell on the lines. Trees are being cut

02:01:01and moved. Anything blocking roadways, anything that's blocking is being removed.

02:01:09Of course, if it intensifies and it gets worse, you're going to have to wait till after it passes,

02:01:17as natural and normal. Yes. Lieutenant Commander, as we close off this interview,

02:01:21are there any special precautionary measures, any cautions, any tips that you'd like to leave

02:01:27with citizens this morning? Yes. Well, now is not the time to be out.

02:01:33As I said before, and I'll reiterate, if you don't need to be outside,

02:01:39if you're not an essential service, please stay inside. Please stay inside, buckle down. Let me

02:01:46thank you so much for joining us and of course sharing. And I know you all have a long day ahead

02:01:50of you all as we continue to recuperate, recover, and just really and truly, we're still witnessing

02:01:56the effects of this hurricane. So all the best to you, Lieutenant Commander.

02:02:01No problem. Thank you so much again for joining us. You too, stay safe. All right.

02:02:05Well, it's now time for a quick break, but before we head off to the break, there are two videos

02:02:09we'd like to share with you. The first one is of the KUVA market. So this was taken by our cameraman

02:02:18Shiva Parasram, who's based in that area. We understand that two vendors, they still turned

02:02:25out for work. And interestingly, as I passed the Makoya market this morning, it seems as though

02:02:30everyone was there. It was really packed. So this is of the KUVA market. And after that,

02:02:37we'll bring you a video, a short update from City Gate in Port of Spain.

02:02:42And that one was done by Dominic Ramroop.

02:02:44Well, I doubt very much, because what is the situation?

02:02:53Yeah, only you and one other person in the market. The market is pretty much dead.

02:02:58It's only I and this woman alone in the market. So if I see things broken out, I will come back.

02:03:05It's relatively busier than normal, because a lot of the places, they are closed.

02:03:11The market is closed?

02:03:13The market is closed today. Well, it's not closed, it's open, but a lot of people didn't come out

02:03:17because of the weather.

02:03:19All right. Okay, so you think it's only the weather, or is there anything else?

02:03:26Well, I'm not sure about that. You know how it is. Everybody is always out of weather. Some people

02:03:30don't really care. They just come out. They want to see what's going on, because, you know,

02:03:35they say since last night, we were going to have a lot of rain and all of that.

02:03:38And it seems like it's normal.

02:03:41And good morning, Urvashi, and good morning, Trinidad and Tobago. As you can see, I'm outside

02:03:45City Gate, and there's a lot of foot traffic and a lot of vehicular traffic as the public

02:03:51braves the weather despite the tropical storm warnings. The public have been unwilling to

02:03:56speak to us, as everyone, as you can imagine, are trying to get to their workplaces and where

02:04:00they have to be. So that's a live update from outside City Gate for the morning edition.

02:04:05I'm Dominic Ramroop for TV6.

02:04:08Thank you very much, Dominic. That must have been your first live update. So thank you so much for

02:04:13that. Not as much rain as, you know, we were hearing just now. It sounded like a lot more than

02:04:18what we saw. But of course, you know, government told workers that they still have to turn up for

02:04:24work tomorrow, the public service, that is. And I haven't heard anything from the private service.

02:04:30So it seems as though it is a normal workday. So we're now going to take a quick break. We'll

02:04:36be right back with much more.

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02:08:02Welcome back Trinidad and Tobago. So we're touching base now with Public Utilities

02:08:06Minister Marvin Gonzalez. Mr. Gonzalez, thank you so much for joining us.

02:08:11Good morning. Good morning Trinidad and Tobago.

02:08:15Of course, Minister. We just wanted to get an update from you

02:08:19as to the state of public services as it relates to the passage of Hurricane Barrow.

02:08:25Well, so far we have received reports of several outages,

02:08:31in electricity outages, that is, in several parts of Tobago. In Lakertoe,

02:08:39Port-au-Prince, Charlottesville, Argyle, Mount Evens, just to name a few.

02:08:48And as a result of that, it has impacted some of Water's facilities in some of these areas.

02:08:56With respect to Trinidad, I'm just trying to pull up the information here. One second.

02:09:06Yeah, with respect to Trinidad, some plants located in East Trinidad have been impacted.

02:09:14And I'm trying to get the names of all those plants. Las Cuevas,

02:09:19Matura, they have been taken out of operation as a result of too little of river conditions.

02:09:31So most of the plants in Trinidad are in full operation and have not been impacted by the

02:09:38weather just now. But again, to repeat, as a result of some of the disruptions in Tobago,

02:09:45some of Water's infrastructure has been impacted. And we are waiting for some kind of intervention

02:09:52on the part of the state government to see to do so for those plants to be restored back into

02:09:56operation. Now, Minister, quite often when there is some level of flooding, from what I understand,

02:10:05at certain pump stations or certain stations, WASA has to close it off for a bit because all

02:10:11the debris would get into the filter and so on. Have we reached that stage yet? And if it does

02:10:16flood, would we expect some disruption in water supply? Yeah, so the plants, the three or four

02:10:22plants in Trinidad, that's Pumping, Matura, and Story, and Latinx, they have been taken out of

02:10:30operation because of the high turbidity in the river. So that's the reason why they have been

02:10:36taken out. It's not as a result of any disruption to electricity supply in those parts of East

02:10:44Trinidad. So those four plants have been taken out of operation because of turbid river conditions.

02:10:52Okay. And as it relates to your constituents, any reports from them,

02:10:57any words of advice to them and the rest of Trinidad?

02:11:00Well, in the Iroquois area, particularly in the north-west, we have reports of heavy rain

02:11:07over the night, and some parts it is still raining. But no reports of flooding,

02:11:14no damage to any homes, et cetera. So it's quite normal to see a consistent

02:11:23drizzle, and in some parts, every drizzle. But we are encouraging constituents to stay close to

02:11:30their school responders, stay close to their counselors. They are all on high alert. The

02:11:36regional corporations have been activated, and they are monitoring the situation very closely.

02:11:43So we are asking people to exercise extreme caution and to monitor all of the accessibility

02:11:50from the ODPM, the Trinidad and Tobago Mutual Logical Service, and all other government agencies,

02:11:57and to be very careful in sharing unauthorized information or information that has not been

02:12:02verified by the state. But we are assuring citizens that we are monitoring the situation

02:12:09closely, and we are on standby to respond as the situation requires.

02:12:16On standby to respond as required. Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzalez, let me thank you so much

02:12:21for taking the time to be with us this morning to share and give that extra level of confidence

02:12:26to the listening and viewing public. Thank you so much again. Thank you. All the best to you.

02:12:33It's now time for a quick break. We'll be right back with much more. We're going to touch base

02:12:39with just a few regional corporations and just let you know what the situation is like across

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02:15:11As we at TV6 continue to keep an eye on Hurricane Barrel,

02:15:14we touch base with someone who's situated at the most northeasterly side of the country. We're

02:15:21joined by Chairman of the Sankar Grandi Regional Corporation, Kenman Philip. Mr. Philip, thank you

02:15:25so much for joining us. Good morning, ma'am. Thank you for having me on your arm.

02:15:33All righty. So tell us, what is the situation like? Have you all had the expected winds and rain?

02:15:39What I can say as of present, there are no serious complaints from persons in the

02:15:50Togo area or Central Kenya area.

02:15:55On the north coast, no serious complaints of any on that area. I would have pleased with the

02:16:02disaster unit this morning, the coordinator, who said that he did not receive any TV

02:16:09complaint. What I can say, as of now, we are overcast. We have some rainfall, but nothing to

02:16:21worry about at this point. Okay, nothing heavy at this point. But of course, you know,

02:16:25med services are telling us that. That just may be for now, but we may be hit by those bands as

02:16:31they continue to come around Hurricane Barrel. So is it that your budgesses within the corporation,

02:16:40are they staying buckled down at home or are they out and about because there doesn't seem to be

02:16:45that much storm activity? I would have tried to the area this morning, part of Grandi.

02:16:55We're not seeing much presence on the street and that is a very good thing.

02:17:00I know councils would have put out on their Facebook page, I've been putting

02:17:05three million doors if you don't have any need to come outside.

02:17:12All right, so nothing much to report from the Sandy Grandi Regional Corporation. In the meantime,

02:17:17do you have any tips, any words of advice for those budgesses?

02:17:22What I can say is that the units remain open. We have sandbags on standby for anyone who

02:17:30has a need for it. We would have pre-positioned plans in each electoral district and the council

02:17:36are having the sandbags on them. So I want to urge persons to reach out to their councillors.

02:17:43My Facebook page has all the contact numbers. We would have activated the

02:17:51Helena Community Centre in Tuku on the north coast and we just continue to monitor the situation.

02:18:01Is there anyone at that shelter just yet?

02:18:05No, but we were advised that the north coast would be more impacted by this weather,

02:18:11so the disaster coordinator would have said it better we activate one on the north coast in the

02:18:18event of any serious impact. All righty, Mr. Phillip, let me thank you so much for joining

02:18:25us and of course giving us an idea of what the situation is like down, well up I should say,

02:18:31at the northeastern tip of the country. All the best to you as we continue to

02:18:36stand by, be patient and just witness the effects of Hurricane Beryl. Thank you so much again.

02:18:41Thanks very much and feel free to call me anytime.

02:18:44All righty, so it's now time for a quick break. When we get back we'll be touching base with

02:18:49Works and Transport Minister Rohan Senanon to find out if there's anything to report. We'll be right back.

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02:21:28Welcome back, Trinidad and Tobago. Joining us on the line is Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinha.

02:21:49Minister, good morning to you and thank you so much for joining us. Good morning,

02:21:54good morning to members in your studio. Good morning to Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean.

02:21:59So of course, Minister, we just wanted an update from you as to, you know, the state of roads.

02:22:04Are there any impossible roads? Well, roads will be one. Are pump systems, are they intact? Are

02:22:10they working? Have there been any reports of floods to your knowledge? So far, no, we have

02:22:17had no reports of flooding. We have had some dung trees in the Toco area. Those have been addressed

02:22:25already, so there's no area that is cut off or anything like that. So far, our contingencies

02:22:33in place have been holding out and things are working as planned. However, we know the rest of

02:22:42the day, we will continue to get more showers and I think that's when the big test will come

02:22:49as to, you know, how far we can get the, how fast we can get the runoff of water if

02:22:54flooding occurs in any area. But so far, so good. So far, everything in place is holding

02:23:01and there are no areas that are cut off at this point in time. So far, so good. What about

02:23:06motorists on the roadways today? Do you have any cautionary words for them?

02:23:12Well, obviously, I keep advising that if there is floodwaters, that we should really try to

02:23:19avoid going into the floodwaters. I have had reports where the road is very quiet this morning

02:23:25because it seems like a lot of people would have taken precaution and tried to, you know, not go

02:23:33out if they don't have to. So that's a good sign. And the usual, this is not the first time that we,

02:23:40you know, as a country, we face with these challenges with the weather pattern. So,

02:23:47the normal advice where try to avoid the floodwaters, try to avoid areas where land

02:23:55splits and so are prone to happen because the geography of Trinidad varies. In some areas,

02:24:01you have major land splits and some areas you'll have flooding in the low-lying areas.

02:24:07So, wherever you are, whatever challenges that are, you know, associated with those areas,

02:24:13please look out for it and try to avoid those areas.

02:24:17Always on the side of caution. Minister of Works and Transport, Rohan Senanan, thank you so much

02:24:22for joining us. Thank you so much for sharing with us. And it's fantastic news that, you know,

02:24:26there's nothing major to report just yet. No, and that's a good sign.

02:24:31That is definitely so. So, all the best to you, Minister. We'll catch up.

02:24:34Thank you. Okay. Well, to our viewers, it's now time for a quick break. We'll be right back

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02:27:35Welcome back to Net and Tobago. So, this is the situation just outside banks on along

02:27:53Independence Square, Port of Spain. This would be First Citizens Bank. Before that, you would

02:27:58have seen RBC Bank. So, even on this Monday morning, the start of the month, you're seeing

02:28:04that there are long lines, hurricane barrel or not. People are concerned about their finances

02:28:10and they need to get it in order. So, they have lined up outside banks, security officers. They're

02:28:17having a little bit of some patience and a challenge in getting persons to comply with the

02:28:24rules. So, it's now time to check in with Sewa TT. As you know, after so many natural disasters,

02:28:35there are these organizations that continue to be generous, to be out there and to do good to

02:28:41assist persons in their cleanup efforts. Joining us, we've got Rivan Tilak Singh, who is president

02:28:46of Sewa International. Rivan, good morning to you and thank you so much for joining us.

02:28:51Hi, good morning. Good morning to all the viewers and listeners. So, let's just talk about

02:28:57Recovery, Rivan. What exactly does your organization do in helping persons get back on their feet?

02:29:05So, what we do is we organize society so that we can help ourselves, right? And in coordination

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02:29:26And they have made themselves very available. If we have a situation, we have volunteers who

02:29:36are prepared to come out and help clean up. We have the Kalku Brothers who are on standby to

02:29:42help with rescue if required. And so many other resources, people with 4x4s, if we have flood

02:29:49later on this afternoon or into tomorrow, as the floods usually come after a few hours already.

02:29:57So, you know, you mentioned the Kalku Brothers and I just think, you know, boats and floodwaters

02:30:03sometimes, sometimes six to seven feet and really having to get those boats to go down and rescue

02:30:08people out of their homes. What sort of supplies and I also remember you're distributing supplies,

02:30:14cleaning supplies to help persons clean up after a storm because people don't realize or even floods,

02:30:20people don't realize the task that it really is. Yes. So, we have been in contact with distributors

02:30:29and the supermarkets who will make stuff available to us. Of course, these things come at a cost.

02:30:35So, you know, however, the public could help us, that would be much appreciated.

02:30:43If there's a need, we will make a call later on today and let the public know if we activate

02:30:49any Sewer Food Packs and the Sewer Subways and those type of things. But we have already had

02:30:54conversations with the supermarket during the week last week and all weekend and also Prestige

02:31:03Holdings who have been very kind to us over the years with the subways and KFC, that type of thing.

02:31:10So, put some things in place if required. If necessary. So, at this point in time, if persons

02:31:16do in fact want to help out, if there are persons across TNT who are seeing the distress of persons,

02:31:23what can they do? How can they follow your organization and really assist you in getting

02:31:28help to those who need it the most? Yes. So, we're going to put out some guidelines

02:31:34and social media within the next half hour to hour, but you could reach us at

02:31:39333-SEWA, 333-SEWA, 686-6888. You could reach us at admin at sewa.tt.org or look for us on Facebook

02:31:53and Instagram, just sewa.tt and you'll find us.

02:31:58All right, Revan, thank you so much again. I know you all had a whole list of activities across

02:32:03this weekend. So, thank you so much for taking the time to join us and of course, letting the public

02:32:08know how they can chip in into your efforts into getting people back on their feet. And just to

02:32:13remind our viewers, that number is 333-SEWA. Thank you so much again, Revan. All the best to you and

02:32:20thank you for all that you do. No problem. Just one little bit of advice we'd like to give to the

02:32:26public, which is be considerate to all of those around you. As you see on your footage this

02:32:33morning, there are many people that have no choice but to go to the bank at the first of the month.

02:32:38And sometimes we think people just go in and do these things arbitrary or they just don't care

02:32:43about the warrants. But some people have to cash their checks, have to get certain things because

02:32:49they live paycheck to paycheck. We saw that during the pandemic also. So, our advice is that don't

02:32:55just assume people doing things because they want to. Let's take the position that they're doing it

02:33:01because they need to and we should be as helpful as possible to them. Helpful as possible. Thank you

02:33:08very much, Revan. We're going to take a quick break to our viewers and we'll be right back.

02:33:13Slavery. A terrible time in our history. The kidnapping, buying and selling of people for profit.

02:33:43The exploitation of another human being. It still exists today. It has a new name.

02:33:49Human trafficking. Anyone can be a victim. There is forced labor, sexual exploitation and domestic

02:33:59servitude. Human trafficking is a worldwide problem and an emerging concern for us here

02:34:06in Trinidad and Tobago. If you know of or suspect human trafficking activity,

02:34:12call the counter-trafficking hotline at 800-4CTU or 800-4288. Human trafficking is a crime.

02:34:22Identify it. Report it. Stop it. A message from the counter-trafficking unit of the

02:34:27Ministry of National Security.

02:34:57Welcome back Trinidad and Tobago. So we just want to share with you the Met Services latest update

02:35:11which was issued at 8.05 a.m. Tobago and so this is hurricane level warning. It's number nine for

02:35:22Tobago. It is red level. A hurricane warning is in effect. This means there is a higher potential

02:35:29for hurricane conditions including sustained winds in excess of 118 kilometers per hour

02:35:36within the warning area. In this case within the next four hours. So we are not out of the woods

02:35:43just yet. You'll still need to bunker down for the rest of the four hours. Hurricane barrel was

02:35:49located near 12 degrees north 60.5 degrees west. It was approximately 73 kilometers

02:35:57north of Tobago and moving west northwest near 31 kilometers per hour. You can you can experience

02:36:07periods of showers and gusty winds. They have been observed and are expected to continue. The

02:36:13likelihood of landslides the official release from the Met Service says will increase as the

02:36:19morning progresses. Hazardous seas have been observed with large battering waves. So mariners

02:36:26should continue to expect significant wave heights posing danger to small craft coastal and offshore

02:36:33activities. Strong currents and choppy seas will make navigation hazardous. So you are not advised

02:36:40to enter any waters any choppy waters and as Lieutenant Commander said not even the rivers.

02:36:47When you're on the roadways you're expected to exercise extreme caution. The roadways will be

02:36:53wet and if you don't have to go out authorities are saying it is not over yet. You are you are

02:37:00to wait on the official statement official release from the Met Services from government

02:37:06agencies to tell you that you can leave home you can go outside for now you still have to bunker

02:37:13down. We are asking you to remain safe remain at home if you don't have to go outside don't go

02:37:18secure your life your livelihood those of your pets those of your family. So just a reminder

02:37:25it's not over yet please bunker down Trinidad and Tobago. We've come to the end of our show

02:37:31but before we leave you we leave you with this image.

02:37:40The threat is not over yet still top of the morning to you TNT.

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