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European, Canadian Models Project Hurricane With ‘Significant Impacts’

TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN MOVING AT THE SAME SLOW PACE AS HURRICANE IRMA IN 2017 MIAMI — While the Atlantic basin remains active, — only one system is worth watching —…

John McCarthy September 22, 2021

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Forecasters Monitoring Latest System Which Could Become Tropical Depression

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is now monitoring three systems in the tropical Atlantic, including the latest disturbance which could become a tropical depression headed towards the Caribbean later…

John McCarthy September 21, 2021

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NHC Tracking Tropical Storms Peter And Rose In The Tropical Atlantic

CHRISTIANSTED — The busy tropical season continued on Sunday afternoon as Tropical Depression Seventeen morphed into Tropical Storm Rose. Rose, the 17th storm of the season, is located about 552 miles…

John McCarthy September 20, 2021

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Coast Guard Helicopter Swoops Down To Rescue Female Swimmer Off Aguadilla

SAN JUAN — The crew of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescued a swimmer in distress just off Rompe Olas Beach near downtown Aguadilla. Rescued was…

John McCarthy September 18, 2021

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Tropical Storm Odette Off Nantucket, Tropical Storm Peter Expected To Form Today

BOSTON — The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Odette, located a couple of hundred miles south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the NHC also is monitoring a…

John McCarthy September 18, 2021

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Tropical Depression To Form This Weekend, If Named It Will Be Peter

MIAMI — It’s just past the peak of hurricane season, and the tropics are teeming with activity. Two disturbances in the Atlantic are expected to become tropical depressions or tropical…

John McCarthy September 16, 2021

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NHC Continues To Track 2 Disturbances In The Tropical Atlantic

MIAMI —The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two systems in the Atlantic, with chances increasing for development into tropical depressions later in the week. The next names in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane…

John McCarthy September 15, 2021

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Prominent Visiting NASA Rocket Scientist Drowned At Annaly Bay Tide Pools

CANE BAY — An internationally-prominent NASA scientist gathering information about "tropical convection processes" to gain a better understanding about how hurricanes operate in the Caribbean drowned at the Annaly Bay…

John McCarthy September 15, 2021

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DUTY CALL WAITING: VING Soldiers Only Get Vaccinated When Forced To By DoD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – With the assistance and coordination from the Virgin Islands Department of Health, service members were able to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the…

John McCarthy September 14, 2021

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WELCOME HOME! Friends, Family Greet VING Captain As He Returns From Service

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Capt. Kai Callwood, HHC 786th, returned home after a year of deployment on September 11, 2021. Friends, family, loved ones and fellow service members were there to…

John McCarthy September 12, 2021