Hoboken Assists Montego Bay Jamaica During Hurricane Beryl

HOBOKEN, NJ - The City of Hoboken took action to assist its partner city, Montego Bay, Jamaica, as Hurricane Beryl, a Category 5 storm, approached recently.

"We are closely monitoring the situation and are in continuous communication with Mayor Homer Vernon of Montego Bay,” said Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla. “We are sending technical assistance resources for post-storm damage assessments to support our friends and partners in their time of need."

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Montego Bay and Hoboken previously entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the ICLE World Congress in São Paulo, Brazil, to assist Montego Bay in advancing climate resiliency projects and initiatives over the next three years.

This partnership, part of the U.S. State Department’s Cities Forward Initiative was one of 12 created by the US Department of State in 2023. The program is dedicated to assisting cities in Latin America, the Carribean, and U.S. create sustainable, inclusive, and resilient futures through peer-to-peer project consultation, knowledge sharing, capacity building, and diplomatic engagement.

Mayor Bhalla compared this hurricane to Superstorm Sandy which affected 24 US States in 2012.

“The urgency of climate action cannot be overstated, and this situation underscores the importance of using our knowledge to help other communities, just as other communities used their knowledge to help us after Superstorm Sandy.”

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