Two key trends suggest hurricane season may have a busy start
MIAMI (WaPO) — Hurricane season is less than two weeks away, beginning on June 1 and running through November 30, and forecasters are monitoring key trends that may signal an…
Coast Guard investigates pollution in San Juan Harbor
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard Sector San Juan’s Incident Management team is investigating and responding to an oil discharge from a legacy pipe structure between piers 2 and 3 in San…
First tropical wave of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season moves off the African coast
The National Hurricane Center has started tracking a tropical wave west off of the African coast just weeks ahead of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. It’s common to see tropical waves ahead of hurricane…
St. Croix: Partly sunny, a shower in spots, high 89
CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be partly sunny with a shower in places and a high of 89, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will experience partly cloudy conditions and…
First tropical wave of hurricane season emerges off coast of Africa
CHRISTIANSTED — The first tropical wave of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season emerged off the coast of Africa today, the National Hurricane Center confirmed. While the wave has moved off…
St. Croix: Cloudy with periods of rain this afternoon, high 86
CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be cloudy with periods of rain in the afternoon and a high of 86, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will be cloudy with occasional…
Giant croc-like carnivore fossils found in the Caribbean
Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound—that's a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, they dominated South American landscapes after the extinction of dinosaurs until…
31 million tons of supercharged seaweed is creeping towards beaches in Florida and around the Caribbean
The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already broken its own size record by millions of tons —…
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FEMA “not ready” for hurricane season, internal review says
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is "not ready" for hurricane season in June, according to an internal review obtained by CBS News— as FEMA contends with staff cuts and a push by…
Two hikers dead and seven rescued in flooding on the Caribbean island of Martinique
FORT-DE-FRANCE (AP) — Nine hikers on the French Caribbean island of Martinique were swept away by a swollen river, leaving two of them dead and seven requiring a rescue, officials…