Normalcy has returned to the island’s tourism sector after Jamaica was spared the brunt of Hurricane Matthew. The system, which did not make landfall in Jamaica, is now making its way along the western coast of Haiti. This as the Meteorological Service of Jamaica has indicated that though Matthew remains a Category 4 system the tropical storm warning has been discontinued, as the system is no longer considered a threat to the island. They have underscored that severe flooding is less likely today as the system moves further away from Jamaica.
I-Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management (ODPEM) inciphise imisebenzi e-National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) ukuze isebenze ku-Level 1, ngenxa yokunciphisa izinga lokusongela kweSiphepho uMatthew. Ngenxa yalokho iTourism Emergency Operations Centre (TEOC), etholakala e-Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, manje isivaliwe.
Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sangster sisaqhubeka nokusebenza okuvamile kuyilapho Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe i-Norman Manley sibuyela emsebenzini ovamile emini yasemini namuhla. Wonke amachweba azophinde avulwe ngo-3:00 ntambama namuhla, kanti imikhumbi evakashayo kulindeleke ukuthi ifike ethekwini kusasa, 5 Okthoba.
Ngenkathi encoma abalingani bezokuvakasha ngokuqapha ngesikhathi kudlula uMathewu, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett ugcizelele ukuthi “imisebenzi yezokuvakasha manje isibuyele kwesejwayelekile njengoba iJamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) iveze ukuthi akukaze kube nemibiko yomonakalo ezinkampanini zezokuvakasha futhi bonke ababambisene nabo kwezokuvakasha sebebuyele emisebenzini ejwayelekile.”
“Izimo ezijwayelekile ziphinde zibuyele emnothweni obanzi njengoba yonke iminyango kahulumeni, iminyango nezinhlaka zivulwe ngo-10:00 namuhla nosomabhizinisi bendawo sebebuyela esimeni esijwayelekile. Isistimu yezokuthutha zomphakathi nayo isiqale kabusha isevisi elinganiselwe namuhla. Ngakho-ke iJamaica ivulelwe ibhizinisi, ”engeza.
