Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions

The Bar­ba­dos-based Caribbean In­sti­tute for Me­te­o­rol­o­gy and Hy­drol­o­gy (CIMH) and the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies Cli­mate Stud­ies Group Mona (UWI CS­GM) are urg­ing gov­ern­ments, busi­ness­es, farm­ers and house­holds across the re­gion to brace for po­ten­tial­ly se­vere cli­mate ex­tremes as El Niño con­di­tions con­tin­ue to strength­en.