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.
O le Ofisa o Faalavelave Matuia & Faalavelave Tutupu Faafuasei Pulega (ODPEM) ua faaititia gaoioiga i lalo o le National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) i le Level 1 activation, i le malamalamaaga o le faaitiitia o le taufaamatau tulaga o le Afa o Mati. O le mea lea, o le turisi tutoʻatasi Operations Center (TEOC), o loʻo tu i le Faletalimalo o le Jamaica Pegasus, ua faʻaleaogaina nei.
O le Sangster International Airport o loʻo faʻaauau pea galuega masani ae o Norman Manley International Airport na toe foʻi mai i le masani ai i le aoauli o le aso. O vaʻa uma i luga o le sami o le a toe tatalaina i le itula e 3:00 i le aso nei, ae o vaʻa folau ua fuafua e taunuʻu mai i le uafu taeao, Oketopa 5.
A o faamalo atu i paaga tafafao maimoa mo le mataala i le taimi na pasia ai le minisita o turisi, Matthew. Na faamamafa e Edmund Bartlett e faapea, "O gaoioiga tafafao ua toe foi nei i le tulaga masani e pei ona taʻua e le Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) e leai ni lipoti o le faaleagaina o tagata tafafao maimoa ma tagata tafafao maimoa ua toe foi i galuega masani."
"Ua toe foi foi le tulaga masani i le tamaoaiga lautele a o matagaluega uma a le malo, matagaluega ma ofisa ua toe tatalaina i le 10:00 i le taeao nei ma ua toe foi pisinisi i le lotoifale i galuega masani. O le lautele auala felauaiga ua toe amataina se tapulaʻa tautua i aso nei. Ma e mautinoa ua tatala Jamaica mo pisinisi, ”o lana faʻaopopo mai lea.
