Oil spill reported off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast
CARACAS — An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela's El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country's north-central coast in the Caribbean Sea,…
Hurricane Ernesto still bringing life-threatening conditions to East Coast
NEW YORK — Hurricane Ernesto was sending powerful swells toward the U.S. East Coast and generating "dangerous" beach conditions today as the storm moved further out into the Atlantic Ocean,…
HMS Trent helps BVI recover from Tropical Storm Ernesto
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A Royal Navy Batch 2 River-class OPV arrived in the British Virgin Islands to assist with recovery measures following Tropical Storm Ernesto. HMS Trent was deployed…
Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on Bermuda as a category 1 storm
HAMILTON (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory of Bermuda early Saturday as residents hunkered down. The wide category 1 storm was directly over the…
Ernesto becomes a hurricane after brushing past the USVI and Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Ernesto was poised to become a hurricane shortly after brushing past the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Tuesday as officials closed schools, opened shelters. Ernesto…
Hurricane Watch in effect for the Virgin Islands, Vieques and Culebra
SAN JUAN — A Hurricane Watch was issued for the Virgin Islands, Vieques and Culebra. Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to intensify as it approaches the islands later today and…
Tropical Storm Ernesto drenches northeast Caribbean and takes aim at Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Ernesto battered the northeast Caribbean today as it took aim at Puerto Rico, where officials shuttered schools and government agencies. The storm was located about…
Potential Tropical Cyclone Five is expected to become the third hurricane of 2024 season
SAN JUAN — Potential Tropical Cyclone Five will become a depression early this morning and then will develop into Tropical Storm Ernesto. As of the 8 a.m. advisory, PTC Five…
Tropical Storm Ernesto looms as a rain threat to the USVI and Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Ernesto is forecast to move west-northwestward across or near the region as a tropical tropical storm by early Wednesday. A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued…
Russia sets Ukrainian nuclear power plant on fire
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that Russia has started a fire on the grounds of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest such facility in Europe. It…