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.
Hofisi yeDisaster Preparedness & Emergency Management (ODPEM) yakaderedza zviitiko paNational Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) kusvika kuNhamba 1 activation, maererano nekuderedza kutyisidzira kweHurricane Matthew. Nekuda kweizvozvo iyo Tourism Emergency Operations Center (TEOC), iri paJamaica Pegasus Hotel, parizvino yakamiswa.
Sangster International Airport inoenderera mberi nekushanda apo Norman Manley International Airport yadzokera kumabasa ake masikati nhasi. Zviteshi zvese zvegungwa zvichavhurwa na3:00 pm nhasi, ukuwo ngarava dzekufamba dzichirongwa kusvika pachiteshi mangwana, Gumiguru 5.
Ndichiri kurumbidza vanobatana navo pakushanya nekungwarira panguva yekupfuura kwaMateo, Gurukota rezvekushanya, Hon. Edmund Bartlett akasimbisa kuti "zviitwa zvekushanya zvave kudzoka kune zvakajairika sezvo Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) yataura kuti hapasati paine mishumo yekukuvadzwa kwemasangano ekushanya uye vese vanodyidzana nevashanyi vadzokera kumabasa enguva dzose."
“Zvinhu zvave kudzoka zvakare muupfumi hwenyika sezvo mapazi ese ehurumende, mapazi nemapazi akavhurwa na10:00 mangwanani nhasi uye mabhizimisi emuno ave kudzokera kumabasa ake. Zvifambiso zvevoruzhinji zvakatangazve basa rakaganhurirwa nhasi. Saka Jamaica yakavhurwa bhizinesi, ”akawedzera.
