HURRICANE MATTHEW: BMOT Remains Ready For Potential Impact From Hurricane Matthew
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism (BMOT) is monitoring Hurricane Matthew, a category four storm, as it prepares to move towards Cuba and Jamaica.
BMOT remains in a state of readiness to ensure the safety and security of visitors to The Bahamas.
Forecasters have said that the storm could impact The Bahamas, but the extent of such an impact remains unclear.
The Bahamas is an archipelagic nation consisting of 700 islands and cays over 100,000 square miles of ocean.
In the event that the storm does impact the country, the BMOT is prepared to activate its Emergency Coordinating Committee.
Below is the updated list of hurricane shelters throughout the Islands of The Bahamas:
ABACO
North Abaco District
Amy Roberts Primary School - Green Turtle Cay
Faith Walk Church of God (Community Centre) - Cooper’s Town
Fox Town Primary - Fox Town
Grand Cay All Age School - Grand Cay
Shiloh Baptist Church - Grand Cay
South Abaco District
Soul Seeking Ministry - Moore’s Island
Moore’s Island All Age School - Moore’s Island
Sandy Point Community Centre - Earnest Dean Highway
Crossing Rocks Primary - Crossing Rocks
Assemblies of God Church - Cherokee Sound
Central Abaco District
Central Abaco Primary School - Dundas Town
Abaco Central High School - Murphy Town
Man-O-War Public School - Man-O-War Cay
Guana Cay All Age School - Guana Cay
Hope Town Primary School - Hope Town
ACKLINS
Nurse’s Residence in N. Acklins - (for residents of Lovely &
Chester’s Bay)
Snug Corner Primary School - (residents of Central Acklins)
Spring Point Community Centre - (Central Acklins Residents)
The Ebenezer Baptist Church - (residents of Salina Point)
ANDROS
North Andros District
Nicholls Town Primary School - Nicholls Town
Church of Christ - Nicholls Town
Church of God of Prophecy - Conch Sound
Pleasant View Assemblies of God - South Mastic Point
First Baptist Church - San Andros
B. A. Newton Primary - Red Bays
Administration Building - Nicholls Town 1
(Command Centre)
Central Andros District
Church of God - Cargill Creek
Pentecostal Church - Bowen Sound
Catholic Church - Fresh Creek
Miracle Revival International - Calabash Bay
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church - Calabash Bay
Mt. Ethel Baptist Church - Love Hill
New Highway Pentecostal Church - Blanket Sound
South Andros District
Deep Creek Primary - Deep Creek
High Rock Primary School - The Bluff
Long Bay Cays Preschool - Long Bay Cay
St. Paul’s Baptist Church - Black Point
Mangrove Cay
Mangrove Cay High School - Swains
Burnt Rock Primary - Burnt Rock
BERRYISLAND
Church of God of Prophecy - Great Harbour Cay
BIMINI
Bimini Big Game Lodge - Accommodates 50 persons
Gateway Academy Gym - Accommodates 100 persons
CAT CAY
Residents in Cat Cay would be evacuated to North Bimini in the event of a hurricane.
CROOKED ISLAND
Ezekiel Thompson Hall - Cabbage Hill
Church of God of Prophecy - Cripple Hill
Deleveaux’s Residence - Major’s Cay
LONG CAY
Collie’s Duplex - Albert Town
Command Centre &
Additional Shelter - Cabbage Hill
CAT ISLAND
St. Andrews Anglican Church
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Zion Baptist Church 2
St. Marks Anglican Church
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Lovely ZionB aptist Church
ELEUTHERA
North Eleuthera District
Purplemae Restaurant
Wesley Methodist Church
Trinity City of Praise Centre
Mission Church of God
Peoples Haitian Baptist Church
John Wesley Methodist Church
Harbour Island
Lighthouse Church of God
Wesley Methodist Church
South Eleuthera District
Rock Sound Primary School
Green Castle Primary School
Wemyss Bight Primary School
DeepCreek Middle School
Bannerman Town & John Miller’s Community Library
Current, Current Island & Spanish Wells
The Current Community Centre
Zion Methodist Church
Central Eleuthera
The Resource Centre
The Salvation Army
Church of the Nazarene
Governor’s Harbour Primary School
St. Mark’s Native Baptist Church
Cambridge Villas
EXUMA
St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church - Williams Town
St. Peter’s Union Baptist Church - Forbes Hill
St. Matthew’s Baptist Church - Ferry
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church - Hartswell/Rolle Town
St. Andrew’s Community Centre - George Town
St. Theresa’s Catholic Centre - George Town 3
College of the Bahamas
Resource Centre - George Town
Mt. Hermon Baptist Church - Mt. Thompson
Palestine Baptist Church - Forest
Ebenzer Baptist Church - Farmer’s Hill
St. Margaret’s Anglican Church - Harts
Ebenezer Baptist Church - Rolleville
Mt. Sinai Union Baptist Church - Stuart Manor
St. Margaret Baptist Church - Stuart Manor
Ebenezer Baptist Church - Barraterre
INAGUA
Zion Baptist Church
St. Michael’s Methodist Church
St. Phillips Community Centre
LONG ISLAND
Seymour’s Gospel Chapel
Highway Church of God
St. Joseph’s Anglican Church
First Assemblies of God
Senior’s Recreational Centre
Community Centre
St. John’s Anglican Church Hall
Holy Cross Anglican Church
Holy Family Anglican Church
The Church of the Ascension
MAYAGUANA
Abraham’s Bay High School
Pirates Well Primary School
RAGGED ISLAND
Administration Building
SAN SALVADOR
Idell Jones Community Hall - Cockburn Town
Fellowship in Christ Kingdom Ministries - Cockburn Town
Gerace Research Center - United Estates
RUM CAY
St. Christopher Anglican Church - Port Nelson
GRAND BAHAMA
Freeport
The Cancer Association - East Atlantic Drive & Norma Headly Way
Foster B. Pestina Center - Pioneers Way & Rhodes Lane
The Pro Cathedral of Christ the King -
Church of Christ Fellowship Hall - East Beach Drive & Sunset Highway
St. Georges High School Gymnasium - Sunset Highway
First Baptist Church Hall - Columbus Drive & Nansen Avenue
Central Church of God - Pioneers Way East & Coral Road
Sir Jack Hayward High School Gymnasium - Wildcat Avenue & Pioneers Way East
Maurice Moore Primary School - Sandcome & Torcross Roads
West Grand Bahama
Eight Mile Rock Gymnasium - Eight Mile Rock
NEW PROVIDENCE
New Dimensions Ministries - Joe Farrington Road
Epiphany Anglican Church - Prince Charles Drive
Epworth Hall/Ebenezer
Methodist Church - Shirley Street
Holy Cross Anglican Church - Highbury Park off Soldier Road
Kemp Road Ministries - Kemp Road
Pilgrim Baptist Church - St. James Road
Salvation Army - Mackey Street
St. Mary’s Hall/St. Augustine College - Bernard Road
Agape Full Gospel Baptist Church - Kennedy Subdivision
Golden Gates World Outreach - Carmichael Road
New Bethlehem Baptist Church - Independence Drive 5
Southwest Cathedral Church - Carmichael Road
Church of God of Prophecy - Augusta & Patton Streets
Ebenezer Mission Baptist Church - St. Charles Vincent Street
Salvation Army - Meadow Street
Church of God of Prophecy - East Street
St. Barnabas Anglican Parish Church - Wulff & Blue Hill Roads
Mt.Moriah Baptist Church - Farrington Road
Church of God of Prophecy - Gambier Village
New Providence Community Centre - Blake Road
Calvary Haitian Baptist Church - West Avenue
Hillview Seventh Day Adventist Church - Tonique Williams Darling Highway
C.R.Walker Sr.High School Auditorium - Blue Hill Road
All Saints on Calvary Hill Anglican Church - Joan’s Heights
St. John’s Native Baptist Church - Meeting Street
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