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With just days to go be­fore the of­fi­cial start, Di­rec­tor of the To­ba­go Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency (TEMA), Al­lan Stew­art, says prepa­ra­tions are un­der­way — but far from per­fect.

“Prepa­ra­tion, prepa­ra­tion. So, we are just mere days away from the At­lantic hur­ri­cane sea­son,” he said dur­ing a sit-down in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia. “We have start­ed our process to­wards plan­ning for this hur­ri­cane sea­son since Feb­ru­ary. Has it been per­fect? No, it has not.”

Stew­art ad­mit­ted that while TEMA be­gan work ear­ly, they are fac­ing ma­jor hur­dles — es­pe­cial­ly with fund­ing and slow pro­cure­ment sys­tems.