The government has significantly improved the readiness of its hurricane shelters ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season, with most facilities upgraded and contingency measures in place to offset temporary closures, Minister of Home Affairs and Information Gregory Nicholls has said.

He told Barbados TODAY that extensive work had been carried out to ensure shelters are prepared should the island be threatened by a storm.

“Yes, the shelters have been improved a lot,” he said, crediting the Ministry of Education Transformation for leading much of the work.