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A tropical storm is about to sweep the Caribbean this week, prompting its affected countries to prepare for the upcoming storm surge.
Tropical Storm Sandy, is the 18th storm of this hurricane season. This formed, into a Tropical Storm in the Central Caribbean and Sandy is predicted to grow into a hurricane and take a path northeastward- bringing perilous rain and winds to Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti before passing through the Bahamas.
Tropical Storm Sandy in Caribbean (Photo Credit: winknews.com)
Sandy reaches Jamaica on Wednesday and a hurricane warning has been issued for the country. The Embassy in Kingston and the Consular Agency in Montego Bay was closed Tuesday afternoon and whole day on Wednesday. Non-emergency services will be suspended during that time though.
Cuba also issued a hurricane warning for many of its provinces including in Las Tunas, Granma, Camaguey, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo. Bahamas’ government issued a tropical storm warning for the northwestern portion of the islands, while Haiti is under a tropical storm warning.
Sandy will hit Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Eastern Cuba with up to 12 inches of rain. Mountainous areas said countries may have 20 inches of rain. National Hurricane Center warned that these rains may bring life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. In the Bahamas Sandy is predicted to produce 3-5 inches only but isolated areas in the island nation may reach up to 12 inches.
Natural calamities like tropical storms and hurricanes put a chink in anyone’s scheduled appointments. Storms also hamper people from doing noble deeds like donating blood. Since tropical storms are just around the corner, may we remind you to donate blood whenever possible so we can help keep up with our nation’s blood supply.
Here in BloodBanker, we help in publishing storm warnings so people can be warned and will also consider doing blood donation before storms officially arrive. We urge people to donate blood ahead of time so in case storms whip our cities, there are sufficient blood products anytime, anywhere – whatever the season and weather.
Help eliminate the blood shortage, Join the International Blood Registry.