Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, July 29, 2021. Following Tropical Cyclone Elsa, CCRIF made two payouts to the Government of Barbados under the country’s tropical cyclone and excess rainfall parametric insurance policies, totalling US$2.5 million. CCRIF also made payments totalling US$528,512 to three other member governments – Haiti, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines – under the Aggregate Deductible Cover (ADC) feature of CCRIF’s tropical cyclone policies. Hurricane Elsa was the fifth tropical cyclone in the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred at 01:28:26 (UTC) on 22 July 2021, 65.9 km (40.9 mi) SW of San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua; 84.6 km (52.6 mi) WSW of Diriamba, Nicaragua and 88.0 km (54.7 mi) WSW of Jinotepe, Nicaragua. Initial estimates from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) located the epicentre of the event at 11.482°N, 86.915°W, and at a depth of 35.0 km
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred at 23:26:35 (UTC) on 12 July 2021, 15.5 km (9.7 mi) SSE of Pochomil, Nicaragua; 22.3 km (13.9 mi) S of San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua and 32.6 km (20.2 mi) SW of Diriamba, Nicaragua. Estimates from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) located the epicentre of the event at 11.639°N, 86.449°W, and at a depth of 92.5 km.
Hurricane Elsa was the fifth tropical cyclone in the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season. On 30 June it developed as Potential Tropical Cyclone Five and on the following day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Elsa. On July 2 at 1145 UTC Tropical Storm Elsa intensified and became Hurricane Elsa, passing near Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia, spreading hurricane-force winds and tropical-storm-force winds over these countries.
Tropical Cyclone Elsa was the fifth tropical cyclone in the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
On July 2 it intensified and became Hurricane Elsa, west of Barbados and east of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. On the same day, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that it was strengthening as it was moving toward the eastern Caribbean sea. It brought tropicalstorm-force winds over Haiti and Jamaica while passing near these countries.
Jamaica was affected by Tropical Cyclone Elsa, which caused adverse weather conditions that
occurred between 4 July and 5 July, 2021. During this period, Jamaica was affected by intense
rainfall.
This event briefing describes the impact of rainfall on Jamaica, which was associated with a
Covered Area Rainfall Event (CARE), starting on 4 July and ending on 6 July 2021.
Saint Lucia was affected by Tropical Cyclone Elsa, which caused adverse weather conditions that occurred between 2 July and 3 July, 2021. During this period, Saint Lucia was affected by intense rainfall.
This event briefing describes the impact of rainfall on Saint Lucia, which was associated with a Covered Area Rainfall Event (CARE), starting on 2 July and ending on 4 July 2021.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred at 23:26:35 (UTC) on 12 July 2021, 15.9 km (9.9 mi) SSE of Pochomil, Nicaragua; 22.6 km (14.1 mi) S of San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua and 32.9 km (20.4 mi) SW of Diriamba, Nicaragua. Initial estimates from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) located the epicentre of the event at 11.642°N, 86.447°W, and at a depth of 93.8 km
St. Vincent and the Grenadines was affected by Tropical Cyclone Elsa, which caused adverse weather conditions that occurred between 2 July and 3 July, 2021. During this period, St. Vincent and the Grenadines was affected by heavy rainfall.
This event briefing describes the impact of rainfall on St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which was associated with a Covered Area Rainfall Event (CARE), starting on 2 July and ending on 3 July 2021.
This event briefing describes the impact of rainfall on Barbados, which was associated with a Covered Area Rainfall Event (CARE), starting on 30 June and ending on 2 July 2021. The Rainfall Index Loss (RIL) indicated government losses above the attachment point of Barbados’ Excess Rainfall policy. Final calculations show that a payout of US$1,124,424.00 is due to the Government of Barbados.