Minor Earthquake Rattles Virgin Gorda Today
SPANISH TOWN — A minor earthquake registering 5.1 on the Richter Scale occurred about 183 miles east of Virgin Gorda at 5:50 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time today, the National Weather Service…
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FEMA Sued For Not Using Disaster Funds To Make Puerto Rico Power Grid More Resilient
WASHINGTON — A coalition of advocacy groups is suing the federal government’s disaster response agency, claiming it is making Puerto Rico less resilient to storms and more vulnerable to power…
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Minor 5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Jamaica On Saturday Afternoon
KINGSTON — The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies reported that a 5.2 magnitude earthquake was felt across eastern sections of Jamaica on Saturday afternoon. It was…
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Puerto Rico Declares State of Emergency On Coastal Erosion
SAN JUAN (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor declared a state of emergency this week to fight worsening coastal erosion across that officials blame on climate change. The government is setting…
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Expect A ‘Quieter’ Hurricane Season This Year, CSU Forecast Says
FORT COLLINS — The likely development of El Niño should bring a "slightly below-average" Atlantic hurricane season, top forecasters announced Thursday at a hurricane conference in Texas. But the forecast also notes a high…
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50% of Kids in USVI Have Had Dengue Fever: Proof WHO Neglects Poor Black Children
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Dengue fever is on the rise in the region and a recent study estimates more than half of children in the territory have had a prior infection. Dengue is…
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Arizona University Predicts One Less Named Storm This Season – 12 – Down From 13
MIAMI — A little more than three years ago, as sports bar TVs were split between coronavirus infection tallies and the XFL, a more subtle but no less extreme scourge was…
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Afternoon Showers, Isolated Thunderstorms Expected As Weather Conditions Improve
SAN JUAN — Weather conditions will continue to improve, however; available moisture and local effects will support afternoon showers with isolated thunderstorm development each day, mainly across western sections. Elsewhere,…
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Threat of ‘Excessive Rainfall’ 70 Percent For Vieques and Parts of Puerto Rico: NWS
SAN JUAN — The National Weather Service said the risk of thunderstorms and flooding continues today, but should decrease tonight going into Easter Sunday. WHAT...Moisture and an upper-level trough will continue…
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National Weather Service Sees ‘Elevated’ Risk of Thunderstorms, Flooding This Weekend
.SAN JUAN — The National Weather Service said this morning that the threat of thunderstorms and flooding continues for the USVI and Puerto Rico this holiday weekend.WHAT...Plenty of moisture and…