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LOCAL RESPONDERS GET TRAINING ON JAIL EVACUATION PLANNING
August 24, 2009

Representatives from the National Sheriffs’ Association are on-island to conducted a Jail Evacuation Planning and Implementation Course (AWR-183) for local response agencies from August 24-25, 2009, at the Dededo Police Department training center.


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DPHSS OFFICIALS CONFIRM 26 ADDITIONAL CASES OF H1N1
August 19, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 19, 2009 4:45 PM
PHICC Release No. 09-040


The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) officials have received laboratory confirmation results of twenty-six (26) additional cases bringing Guam’s total of H1N1 confirmed cases to one hundred sixty-five (165) cases and one (1) death.  Of the newly reported cases, seven (7) were hospitalized and all individuals have fully recovered. 


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TROPICAL STORM VAMCO MOVING NORTHWESTWARD
August 18, 2009


BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM VAMCO (11W) ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP112009
200 PM CHST TUE AUG 18 2009

...TROPICAL STORM VAMCO MOVING NORTHWESTWARD...

NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT.

AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...TROPICAL STORM VAMCO WAS CENTERED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 157.0 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 510 MILES NORTH OF POHNPEI...
             630 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHUUK AND
             830 MILES EAST OF SAIPAN.


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TROPICAL STORM VAMCO (11W) ADVISORY NUMBER 4
August 17, 2009





000 WTPQ31 PGUM 172207 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM VAMCO (11W) ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP112009 800 AM CHST TUE AUG 18 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM VAMCO MOVING NORTHWESTWARD... NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. AT 700 AM CHST...2100Z...TROPICAL STORM VAMCO WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 157.5 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 575 MILES NORTH OF POHNPEI... 655 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHUUK AND 785 MILES EAST OF SAIPAN. TROPICAL STORM VAMCO IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
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