MHEWC

Cuba

Multi-hazard Early Warning System Design & Implementation Center (MHEWC): A Global Platform for Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS)-Supporting the Global South

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The Cuba emergency response system is the warning system for potentially dangerous weather events that strike Cuba. It was developed in its current form in response to the catastrophic Hurricane Flora in 1963, which was the starting point of modern Cuban disaster risk reduction

Cuba is a small archipelago, and so its vulnerability to climate change is considered high. Variations in temperature and sea level, cyclone activity, rainy and dry seasons, and other climate conditions have been frequent.