The T&T Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice (TTMS) has is­sued a Haz­ardous Seas Alert #1—Yel­low Lev­el.

Yel­low lev­el means there is the po­ten­tial of neg­a­tive im­pacts. How­ev­er, dam­age is avoid­able if per­sons mon­i­tor con­di­tions and re­duce their lev­el of ex­po­sure.

In a pub­lic ad­vi­so­ry yes­ter­day the Of­fice of Dis­as­ter Pre­pared­ness and Man­age­ment (ODPM) said large break­ing waves are like­ly to af­fect main­ly the north­ern coast­lines of Trinidad and To­ba­go.

It said, how­ev­er, that min­i­mal ef­fects or chop­py con­di­tions may oc­cur in shel­tered ar­eas as well. These con­di­tions are due to be long pe­ri­od swells with fore­cast val­ues in ex­cess of 12 sec­onds. The event is ex­pect­ed to be short-lived and will like­ly last for 24 hours.

The ODPM, as the lead co­or­di­na­tor of emer­gency man­age­ment, joins the TTMS in ad­vis­ing all sea bathers, fish­er­men, and small craft op­er­a­tors to care­ful­ly mon­i­tor sea con­di­tions and ex­er­cise cau­tion dur­ing all sea-re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ties.

The ODPM is al­so ad­vis­ing all res­i­dents and vis­i­tors to “get ready and stay ready” by im­ple­ment­ing the fol­low­ing safe­ty mea­sures:

• Avoid en­ter­ing the sea if un­nec­es­sary;

• Be alert for dan­ger­ous break­ing waves and cur­rents;

• Fol­low the in­struc­tions of life­guards;

• Mon­i­tor of­fi­cial news sources.

Cit­i­zens should con­tin­ue to mon­i­tor the web­site and so­cial me­dia pro­files of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice and the ODPM for weath­er fore­casts, alerts, warn­ings and can­cel­la­tions. Vis­it www.metof­fice.gov.tt or wwww.odpm.gov.tt.

The ODPM has al­so stat­ed that T&T is not cur­rent­ly un­der any trop­i­cal storm threat, watch or warn­ing.