News from the Caribbean:
Tropical storm Sean strengthens as it nears Bermuda
November 11, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 7:00 pm EST on Thursday, the centre of tropical storm Sean was located about 265 miles west-southwest of Bermuda, where a tropical storm warning was in effect. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami...
Sean could become a hurricane by Thursday
November 10, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 4:00 pm EST on Wednesday, the centre of tropical storm Sean was located about 420 miles southwest of Bermuda, moving toward the north near 6 mph. A turn toward the northeast and an increase in forward speed are expected.
Tropical storm Sean threatens Bermuda
November 9, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Tuesday, the centre of tropical storm Sean was located about 430 miles southwest of Bermuda, moving toward the west-northwest near 2 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami...
Rina degenerates to a remnant low
October 29, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EST on Friday, the centre of post-tropical cyclone Rina was located about 75 miles west of the western tip of Cuba and about 110 miles north-northeast of Cozumel, Mexico, moving east-northeast at 5 mph.
Rina weakens to tropical storm
October 28, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Thursday, the centre of tropical storm Rina was located about 50 miles south-southwest of Cozumel, Mexico, and about 115 miles northeast of Chetumal, Mexico, moving toward the north near 7 mph.
Hurricane Rina now moving northwestward
October 27, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 7:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, satellite images and radar data from Belize indicated that the centre of hurricane Rina was located about 150 miles south-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, and about 140 miles east of Chetumal, Mexico.
Hurricane Rina slowly strengthening
October 26, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Tuesday, the eye of hurricane Rina was located about 275 miles east-southeast of Chetumal, Mexico, and about 275 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Rina is moving toward the west near 3 mph.
Tropical depression quickly becomes hurricane Rina
October 25, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- Tropical depression 18 quickly strengthened to become hurricane Rina, the centre of which at 5:00 pm EDT Monday was located about 195 miles southwest of Grand Cayman and about 355 miles east-southeast of Chetumal, Mexico.
Tropical depression forms in western Caribbean
October 24, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Sunday, the centre of newly-formed tropical depression eighteen was located about 105 miles northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua-Honduras border. According to the National Hurricane Centre in Miami...
Forecasters eying two tropical systems
October 22, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- According to the national Hurricane Center in Miami, an area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea is centered about 170 miles east of the coast of Nicaragua. The associated shower activity has become better organized.
Ophelia moves north, Philippe turns northwest
October 1, 2011
MIAMI, USA – At 5:00 pm EDT on Friday, the eye of hurricane Ophelia was located about 535 miles south-southeast of Bermuda and moving toward the north near 14 mph. A tropical storm watch is in effect for Bermuda.
Ophelia becomes season's fourth hurricane; storm watch issued for Bermuda
September 30, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- Tropical cyclone Ophelia has strengthened to become the fourth hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. The Bermuda weather service has issued a tropical storm watch for the island. According to the National Hurricane Center...
Ophelia becomes a tropical storm again, moves away from Leeward Islands
September 29, 2011
MIAMI, USA – Ophelia regenerated into a tropical storm again on Wednesday but was reported to be moving away from the northern Leeward Islands. Meanwhile, tropical storm Philippe continued moving over the eastern Atlantic.
Tropical depression Ophelia regenerates as Philippe weakens
September 28, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- Dissipated tropical storm Ophelia has regenerated into a tropical depression some 175 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands, while tropical cyclone Philippe in the Atlantic weakened to a minimal tropical storm.
Tropical storm Ophelia dissipates, Philippe forms
September 26, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- While tropical storm Ophelia has degenerated into a remnant low and is expected to weaken and dissipate in a day or so, tropical storm Philippe has formed over the far eastern Atlantic. According to the National Hurricane Center...
Tropical storm Ophelia strengthens as it wobbles west-northwestward
September 24, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Friday, the centre of tropical storm Ophelia was located about 540 miles east of the Leeward Islands, moving toward the west-northwest near 15 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami...
Tropical storm Ophelia likely to weaken as it turns away from Caribbean
September 23, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Thursday, the centre of tropical storm Ophelia was located about 890 miles east-southeast of the Leeward Islands, moving toward the west near 13 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami...
Tropical storm Ophelia forms in Atlantic
September 22, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, the centre of Ophelia, the latest tropical storm to form in the Atlantic, was located about 1,165 miles east of the Leeward Islands, moving toward the west near 16 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami...
Two tropical systems moving towards the Caribbean
September 19, 2011
MIAMI, USA – The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking two tropical systems in the Atlantic that are making their way westwards towards the Caribbean. The first is a broad area of low pressure located over the central tropical Atlantic
Tropical storm Maria expected to pass west of Bermuda
September 15, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, the centre of tropical storm Maria was located about 495 miles southwest of Bermuda and moving toward the north near 15 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, a turn to the...
Tropical storm Maria continues moving northward
September 14, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 8:00 pm EDT on Tuesday, the centre of tropical storm Maria was located about 315 miles east of the southeastern Bahamas and about 665 miles south-southwest of Bermuda, moving toward the north near 8 mph.
Tropical storm Maria drifting northwestward
September 13, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Monday, the centre of tropical storm Maria was located about 360 miles east-southeast of the southeastern Bahamas and about 800 miles south-southwest Bermuda, drifting toward the northwest near 2 mph.
Tropical storm Maria to pass well north of Puerto Rico
September 12, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Sunday, the centre of tropical storm Maria was located about 115 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph. A turn toward the northwest was expected Sunday night.
Tropical storm Maria approaching Leeward Islands
September 10, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 8:00 pm EDT on Friday, the centre of Tropical Storm Maria was located about 135 miles north of Barbados and about 185 miles east-southeast of Guadeloupe. On the forecast track, the centre of Maria will move over the Leeward Islands...
Puerto Rico prepares for tropical storm Maria
September 10, 2011
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- As tropical storm Maria approaches Puerto Rico, preparations are taking place throughout the island. Governor Luis Fortuño announced that he will be giving a press conference on Saturday at 5:00 pm.
Tropical storm Maria to impact Montserrat, say forecasters
September 10, 2011
BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) -- Residents are asked to rush their hurricane preparedness plans as Tropical Storm Maria heads towards Montserrat and the Leeward Islands. Keithly Meade, Director of the Antigua Met Office says rain bands can start...
Tropical Storm Maria expected to weaken a little as it approaches Caribbean
September 9, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Thursday, the centre of Tropical Storm Maria was located about 560 miles east of the Windward Islands, moving toward the west near 21 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, this general motion...
New Tropical Storm Maria racing westward
September 8, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, the centre of Maria, the latest tropical storm to form in the Atlantic, was located about 1,205 miles east of the Leeward Islands and moving toward the west near 23 mph.
Katia expected to produce large waves and gusty winds on Bermuda
September 7, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 8:00 pm EDT on Tuesday, the centre of Hurricane Katia was located about 335 miles south-southwest of Bermuda, moving toward the northwest near 10 mph. This general motion is expected to continue through Wednesday.
Katia stays away from land as another system develops
September 6, 2011
MIAMI, USA – As Katia became a major hurricane on Monday, the biggest threat from the storm continued to be dangerous rip currents likely to affect Bermuda. However, another tropical system is developing southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
Irene costs Bahamas government $37m
September 1, 2011
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Hurricane Irene caused nearly $37 million in government losses in The Bahamas, a regional insurance body has estimated. But the country will not receive any payout from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility.
Katia almost a hurricane
September 1, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- Tropical Storm Katia, currently located about 1,285 miles east of the Leeward Islands, is likely to become a hurricane on Wednesday night. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, at 5:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, Katia was moving toward...
Tropical Storm Katia forms in Atlantic
August 31, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- A new tropical storm – Katia – has formed from was previously tropical depression twelve in the eastern tropical Atlantic. Katia is the name that replaced Katrina in the rotating storm roster because of the catastrophic damage from the 2005 storm.
New tropical depression forms in Atlantic
August 30, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- A new tropical depression (number 12) formed south of the Cape Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic early Monday morning and could become a tropical storm within 24 hours. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, at 5:00 pm EDT Monday...
No CCRIF payouts for Hurricane Irene
August 30, 2011
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has announced that, while Hurricane Irene resulted in registered losses in six of its member countries (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas...
Bahamas southern islands devastated by Hurricane Irene
August 29, 2011
NASSAU, Bahamas -- There was widespread devastation reported on several southern islands in The Bahamas after Hurricane Irene finally passed through the archipelago on Thursday night. The storm left some residents homeless and others in desperate...
Hurricane Irene wreaks havoc in The Bahamas
August 27, 2011
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Hurricane Irene started its exit from The Bahamas on Thursday night, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. While New Providence and Grand Bahama were spared the full force of the storm, many Family Islands were pummelled.
Irene batters The Bahamas
August 26, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 8:00 pm EDT on Thursday, the eye of Hurricane Irene was gradually moving away from Abaco in The Bahamas, after battering the island chain with 115 mph winds and heavy rain. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami...
Hurricane Irene moving through The Bahamas
August 25, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- On Wednesday evening, the eye of Hurricane Irene was moving between Long Island and Rum Cay in The Bahamas and at 8:00 pm EDT it was located about 185 miles southeast of Nassau, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Irene pounds Turks and Caicos; Haiti escapes serious damage
August 25, 2011
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- From Tuesday morning, Hurricane Irene, then a weak category 2 storm, approached the Turks and Caicos Islands and with winds reported to be 90 mph it slowly traversed the islands.
