Yellow Level High Wind Alert for Trinidad and Tobago

SEIGO­NIE MO­HAMMED

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The Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice is warn­ing of strong winds from 11:00 pm on Ju­ly 7 un­til 2:00 pm on Ju­ly 9.

Fore­cast­ers say there is a 70% chance of wind gusts ex­ceed­ing 55 km/h, es­pe­cial­ly dur­ing show­ers. These gusts could blow around loose out­door items, dam­age un­se­cured roofs, and bring down trees or weak struc­tures. Chop­py sea con­di­tions are al­so ex­pect­ed at times.

Res­i­dents are en­cour­aged to se­cure out­door fur­ni­ture, bins, and oth­er loose items, and en­sure live­stock are pro­tect­ed. Peo­ple head­ing to the beach should fol­low the in­struc­tions of life­guards, while boaters and oth­er ma­rine users are ad­vised to ex­er­cise cau­tion.

Stay up­dat­ed with the lat­est of­fi­cial fore­casts and alerts at www.metof­fice.gov.tt.