In the dark hours of late night Tuesday November 5th and the early hours of Wednesday November 7th Little Cayman suffered one of its biggest disasters in recent memory as the eye of Category One Hurricane Rafael passed directly over the island.
As Tropical Storm Rafael continued on its projected path to the Cayman Islands on Tuesday November 5, 2024, Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) again demonstrated its strategic role as the country’s National Airline by working with national agencies and partners to ensure the air transportation from Grand
In preparation for the anticipated arrival of Tropical Storm Rafael, officers and reservists from the Cayman Islands Regiment were deployed to the Sister Islands, including Cayman Brac, to assist with critical preparations and emergency response operations.
As of 4pm, Tropical Storm Rafael moved north with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
As of 4:30pm the Cayman Islands have been placed under a hurricane watch, in relation to a developing weather system in the southwest Caribbean
The Cayman Islands National Weather Service continues to closely monitor an area over the southwest Caribbean from which a broad area of low pressure is likely to form this weekend or early next week
Residents of the Cayman Islands are urged to stay on high alert, especially for the next few days as the weather emergency caused by the development of what became deadly hurricane Helene, seems set for a replay.
A sigh of relief is rippling throughout Cayman as the community reflects on what might have been after escaping the early stages of what became Hurricane Helene.
The Cayman Islands National Weather Service (NWS) and Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) are urging residents to remain vigilant as a system continues to be monitored for further development, potentially near the Cayman Islands.
Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI), the National Weather Service (NWS), and 911 have been working diligently through the night and this morning to monitor the system that is now Tropical Storm Helene.