Tropical Storm Bret was the third named tropical cyclone of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. On 22 and 23 June, Bret passed over Barbados and the Windward Islands.Tropical-storm-force winds spread over Barbados, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. At the time of writing this report, Bret was about to pass north of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, and was expected to dissipate in a few hours.

This event briefing is designed to review the modelled losses due to wind and storm surge due to Bret, calculated by CCRIF’s Public Utilities model., St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) was the only Public Utility for which the CCRIF Public Utilities loss model reported wind speeds greater than 39 mph (62.7 km/h) due to Tropical Cyclone Bret.