SAFETY FIRST FOR BAHAMAS AHEAD OF HURRICANE EARL

Tue, Aug 31st 2010, 11:00 PM

By ALISON LOWE
Tribune Staff Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

WHILE remaining under a tropical storm watch yesterday, residents in the south and south eastern Bahamas reported little effects from Hurricane Earl the early part of yesterday and into the afternoon, but were advised by the National Emergency Management Agency to undertake preparations.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the country's primary disaster response agency, activated its National Emergency Operations Centre yesterday morning, pulling together core emergency support functions personnel at NEMA's headquarters in the Churchill Building, from where they monitored the hurricane's path and began to r ...

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