On Wednesday afternoon, 18 August, Police helicopter X-Ray One carried out an aerial assessment to identify any persons who may have been in distress and assess damage caused by Tropical Storm Grace.
On Wednesday night Government held an emergency meeting to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Grace after it battered the Cayman Islands as a tropical storm, with winds of 65mph.
Cayman was shaken by Tropical Storm Grace, and although it was officially not quite in the Hurricane class, many people were not prepared for the damage it caused.
Beacon Farms at Frank Sound Road in North Side keeps shining a light into the future of Cayman’s Agriculture. Now, they have started to do something that most Cayman farmers only dream about – converting the thin, rocky soil to deep, rich rock-free fertile rich brown soil.
As of 3:00 pm today, power was restored to nearly all of CUC's customers. There are 12 customers who are currently without electricity. CUC plans to restore power to these customers by midnight tonight with the exception of one customer who will remain off until tomorrow morning.
“It’s worse than Hurricane Ivan,” said heartbroken John Lawrus General Manager of the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park as he surveyed the destruction wrought by tropical storm Grace.
In response to an increased demand for travel to and from the UK for education purposes, the Ministry of Tourism requested two additional British Airways flights which the airline has today confirmed.
Caribbean Utilities Company ltd has advised that approximately half of their customers now have their power restored and 14 of our 25 power line feeders are back on
Foster’s, Hurley’s, Kirk Market, Cost U Less and all hardware stores will reopen Thursday (19 August 2021) for normal business hours, as will all retail banks.
Changes to the traffic flow at the ORIA on Grand Cayman are soon to be implemented and they will mean no more curb side drop offs and pickups for unauthorized vehicles. Instead, people will have to drop off and pick up passengers in a drop off zone in the short-term car park.