COCI calls on Business Sector to Review 2019 Hurricane Season Preparations. | SMN News

PHILIPSBURG:— The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season officially started on June 1, and the country will be entering within the next two weeks the peak weeks of the season, the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) said on Thursday.
COCI is calling on the business community to be prepared as hurricanes are an inevitable part of doing business in the Caribbean. Hurricanes generate a series of threats to lives and property. The most obvious is the threat posed to buildings, equipment, and people due to destructive winds, excessive rainfall, flooding and storm surges.
An average hurricane season produces

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