Radio Ama­teurs have been active in respond­ing to the con­se­quences of Trop­i­cal Storm Erika.
The Radio Club of Domini­ca were active on 7.065MHz, 3.780MHz and local repeaters work­ing with their Nation­al Emer­gency Oper­a­tions Cen­tre, Civ­il Defence and the Domini­can Red Cross col­lect­ing reports from their mem­bers around the country.
The storm killed 20 peo­ple in the Domini­can Repub­lic as 200–300mm of rain fell in 12 hours caus­ing flood­ing and mud­slides. Dam­age assess­ments are ongo­ing in the coun­try which was report­ed to have had wide­spread pow­er failures.
Although the storm is offi­cial­ly classed as dis­si­pat­ed, fears of the rem­nants remain as it pass­es over Cuba and then nears Flori­da on Sun­day, mean that local emer­gency groups remain alert and oth­er coun­tries in the Car­ribean are also ready to respond if needed.
Although band con­di­tions have been poor for the last two days, Radio Ama­teurs are request­ed to lis­ten care­ful­ly when oper­at­ing around the pub­lished Atlantic Hur­ri­cane fre­quen­cies to ensure that there is no inter­fer­ence to any emer­gency traffic.
— Sources: Cesar Pio San­tos HR2P, Rafael Mar­tinez HI8KW.