Over 400 in shelters, 271 houses damaged or destroyed – CDEMA update

LATEST HIGHLIGHTS 

• 709 persons confirmed evacuated from Petit Savanne
• Dublique has been evacuated
• Numbers have increased in shelters to approximately 405 persons
• 271 houses damaged or destroyed (217 in Petit Savanne and 54 in rest of country)
• Preliminary estimates of damage provided during the daily update by  Prime Minister Skerrit:
  • – Ministry of Health has activated its Emergency Response Plan and Health Emergency Operations Centre
• National Days of Mourning – Thursday, September 3^rd and Friday September 4^th , 2015 –
• National Days of Prayer –  Saturday, September 5^th and Sunday, September 6^th
  • Eastern Caribbean Partners Donor Group for Disaster Management (ECPDG/DM) meets today in Barbados to discuss priority needs and review humanitarian response to Dominica
• Rotation of CDAC and COST teams continues. 
• Barbados Defence Force Coast Guard Vessel facilitated transport of CIMH Technical personnel and CDAC and COST personnel
• St Vincent and the Grenadines is providing 100ft Bailey Bridges. These are expected to depart St Vincent and the Grenadines by Friday, September 4th
• French Helicopter continues to distribute relief supplies to areas inaccessible by road
• Container of relief supplies from Antigua and Barbuda has arrived in Dominica.
• NAGICO Insurance has pledged EC$75,000 in $100 food vouchers.