The Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and the University of the West Indies Climate Studies Group Mona (UWI CSGM) are urging governments, businesses, farmers, and households to ramp up preparedness efforts for potentially severe climate extremes as El Niño is expected to further strengthen, intensifying the hot, dry conditions being experienced in many parts of the region. The region must be particularly vigilant regarding extreme heat as August to October marks the peak of the Heat Season. Unseasonably dry conditions during this period are particularly concerning given that the region will enter its climatological Dry Season around November.
