Tag: Tropical Storm Grace
Post Grace clean-up underway islandwide
(CNS): The National Roads Authority and the Department of Environmental Health, as well as community groups, non-profits and private sector companies, are now involved in an islandwide effort to clean up Grand Cayman following the passage of Tropical Storm Grace last week. The DEH has extended the opening hours at the dump, as vehicles continue […]
Police chopper catches images of destruction
(CNS): Steve Fitzgerald, the civilian head of RCIPS Air Operations, has released a number of images take by the helicopter crew after they were able to take to the skies again after Tropical Storm Grace. The assessment shows extent of the damage to structures and vegetation across Grand Cayman. X-Ray One carried out the aerial […]
Power widely restored as CUC works round the clock
(CNS): CUC crews continued to work through the weekend to complete storm damage repairs to power lines across Grand Cayman in the wake of Tropical Storm Grace last week. The storm took a toll on the power company’s network, but just a few customers now remain to be reconnected. By Sunday afternoon, most people in […]
600 homes still waiting for power
(CNS): CUC has now reconnected all but 600 homes in the islandwide effort to restore power to everyone in the wake of Hurricane Grace. At 4:15pm on Friday, officials confirmed that 600 of their more than 31,000 customers had still not yet been reconnected as a result of fallen trees on poles and other damage.
Over 1,100 customers still without power
(CNS): CUC was still battling around thirty separate isolated outages all over Grand Cayman Friday morning, particularly in East End, one of the most impacted communities from Tropical Storm Grace, where nearly all customers are still without power. On Thursday night the government reopened the William Allen McLaughlin Civic Centre in the district to help […]
Hundreds of hatchlings released ahead of Grace
(CNS): Before Tropical Storm Grace hit the Cayman Islands Wednesday morning, the Department of Environment’s volunteer turtle team scoured the beaches to rescue baby turtles that had hatched but had not made it out of their nests in an effort to stop them from drowning from water inundation during the storm.
Widespread ‘mess’ emerges in wake of Grace
(CNS): Businesses and homeowners all over Grand Cayman have been assessing the damage to their property caused by the recent storm, which for some has been significant. Grace arrived as a tropical storm but according to the US National Hurricane Center, it became a hurricane just west of the island, and there remains a great […]
Power back for most homes, says CUC
(CNS): Power was restored to most CUC customers by around 1:30 on Thursday morning, the company said, but there are still a few areas where repairs need to be completed. Around 50% of customers were restored around 10pm Wednesday night following an island-wide blackout in the wake of the storm. Parts of Bodden Town, Prospect, […]
PACT promises cash for Grace damage
(CNS): As assessment of the damage caused by Hurricane Grace continues across the three Cayman Islands, the PACT Government announced that it will approve funds to assist with the clean-up in constituencies and will also provide cash for necessary home repairs and support for farmers who have been adversely affected.
CUC has major set back, power out island wide
(CNS) UPDATED 7:30PM: CUC reported a major set-back to its restoration efforts Wednesday evening, when the power went out island-wide around 6pm. Power had been restored to various locations earlier in the afternoon but officials said that during the restoration effort a fault emerged which created grid instability resulting in loss of power to the […]
All clear given as clean-up rolls on
(CNS) UPDATED 7pm: The ‘All Clear’ from Hurricane Grace has now been given. The National Emergency Operations Centre formally issued an all clear for Grand Cayman, with effect from 6pm Wednesday evening. Nevertheless the Cayman Islands is still experiencing bands of strong winds and torrential rain. Acting Deputy Governor Gloria McField-Nixon said 80 percent of […]
