Tropical Storm Debby aims for Jacksonville
HAVANA — Tropical Depression Four formed late Friday night off the south coast of Cuba. It morphed into Tropical Storm Debby this afternoon as it moves through the very warm water of the eastern Gulf.…
Invest 97L heads for the Gulf of Mexico
MIAMI — A well-defined tropical wave is producing a large area of poorly organized showers and thunderstorms over eastern Cuba, Hispaniola, the southeastern Bahamas, and Jamaica, as well as the adjacent waters of the southwestern…
Safe Golfing During the Caribbean Heat Season
Near record heat can be expected until October, according to predictions from the Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) in its Heat Outlook for April to September 2024. Intense, near-record night-time and daytime heat is…
Florida faces flood threat as Invest 97L shifts west
Keeping an eye on the tropical wave that could enter the Gulf this weekend MIAMI — A large tropical wave was tagged by the National Hurricane Center as Invest 97-L this morning. This well-defined wave…
US arrests a former Green Beret over the failed 2020 raid into Venezuela to remove Maduro
CARACAS (AP) — A former U.S. Green Beret who in 2020 organized a failed cross-border raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York on federal arms smuggling charges. A…
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty
HAVANA (AP) — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The development points to a long-delayed resolution…
Tropical depression could form this weekend
SAN JUAN — A well-defined tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the northern Leeward Islands, and the adjacent waters of the southwestern Atlantic…
Gangs fled a Haitian town as Kenya force moved in. But only for a day
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A day after reinforcements to a United Nations-backed Multinational Security Support mission arrived in Haiti, several Kenyan police officers joined Haitian police on a patrol of downtown Port-au-Prince. During the visit, one of…
Tropical depression primed to form this weekend
SAN JUAN — A large tropical wave located near the Lesser Antilles continues to produce a broad area of disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Environmental conditions are forecast to gradually become more conducive for development…
Slow development possible with tropical wave headed towards Caribbean
SAN JUAN — A large tropical wave centered several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is producing limited shower activity due to environmental dry air. Conditions are forecast to become a little more conducive…