Head of Caribbean meteorology body retires 

Dr Arlene Laing (left) and Tyrone Sutherland

The Coordinating Director of the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO), Tyrone Sutherland, retired at the end of November 2018.

This announcement was made yesterday by the CARICOM Secretariat

According to a CARICOM Secretariat press release, the Director completed a 50-year long international career in meteorology that began in his native Saint Lucia back in 1968.  He was one of two meteorologists that spearheaded the development of the Saint Lucia Meteorological Service, which he headed until early 1982, the release added.