Jamaica: Normalcy restored after Hurricane Matthew

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.


Ofisi ya Kujitayarisha kwa Maafa na Usimamizi wa Dharura (ODPEM) imepunguza shughuli katika Kituo cha Uendeshaji cha Dharura cha Kitaifa (NEOC) hadi kiwango cha uanzishaji wa 1, kwa kuzingatia kupunguzwa kwa kiwango cha tishio cha Kimbunga Mathayo. Kwa sababu hiyo Kituo cha Operesheni za Dharura za Utalii (TEOC), kilicho katika Hoteli ya Pegasus ya Jamaica, sasa kimezimwa.

Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Sangster unaendelea na shughuli za kawaida wakati Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Norman Manley ulirudi kwa shughuli za kawaida mchana wa leo. Bandari zote za bahari pia zitafunguliwa saa 3:00 jioni leo, wakati meli za kusafiri zimepangwa kuwasili bandarini kesho, Oktoba 5.

Wakati akiwapongeza washirika wa utalii kwa kuwa macho wakati wa kupitisha Mathayo, Waziri wa Utalii, Mhe. Edmund Bartlett alisisitiza kuwa "shughuli za utalii sasa zimerudi katika hali ya kawaida kwani Jumuiya ya Hoteli na Watalii ya Jamaica (JHTA) imeelezea kuwa hakukuwa na ripoti za uharibifu wa vyombo vya utalii na washirika wote wa utalii wamerudi kwenye shughuli za kawaida."

“Kawaida pia inarejea kwa uchumi mpana kwani wizara zote, idara na wakala wa serikali umefunguliwa saa 10:00 asubuhi leo na wafanyabiashara wa ndani wanarudi katika shughuli za kawaida. Mfumo wa usafirishaji wa umma pia umeanza tena huduma ndogo leo. Kwa hivyo Jamaica imefunguliwa kwa biashara, ”akaongeza.

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