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Two Jamaican sprinters are no-shows and won’t race for individual medals at Olympics
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Two Jamaican sprinters are no-shows and won’t race for individual medals at Olympics

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Two Jamaican sprinters pulled out of their women’s races this weekend and will not compete for individual medals at the Paris Games. Shericka Jackson, the defending world…
Posted by John McCarthy August 6, 2024
Caribbean braces for economic punch after season’s deadly first hurricane
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Caribbean braces for economic punch after season’s deadly first hurricane

KINGSTON — Leaders across the Caribbean were still tallying the financial toll wrought by the earliest Atlantic storm on record to intensify to the maximum Category 5 level, after it…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2024
Officials plead for $9 million in aid weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the southeast Caribbean
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Officials plead for $9 million in aid weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the southeast Caribbean

ST. GEORGE'S (AP) — People in the southeast Caribbean urgently need food, water and shelter nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl crushed the region as a Category 4 storm, officials said Thursday…
Posted by John McCarthy July 17, 2024
Hurricane Beryl destroys crops in Jamaica, leaves islanders facing food shortages
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Hurricane Beryl destroys crops in Jamaica, leaves islanders facing food shortages

KINGSTON (AP) — Jamaicans will contend with food shortages in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, which is estimated to have destroyed over $6.4 million in food crops and supporting infrastructure, officials…
Posted by John McCarthy July 15, 2024
Hurricane Beryl heads for Cayman Islands, Mexico after striking Jamaica
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Hurricane Beryl heads for Cayman Islands, Mexico after striking Jamaica

KINGSTON — Hurricane Beryl rumbled towards the Cayman Islands and Mexico today, after pummeling Jamaica with winds and rain that caused floods and widespread power outages and leaving a deadly…
Posted by John McCarthy July 4, 2024
Hurricane Beryl: ‘Grim’ situation as multiple deaths reported in massive storm’s path
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Hurricane Beryl: ‘Grim’ situation as multiple deaths reported in massive storm’s path

Multiple deaths have been reported in Carriacou, Petite Martinique, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, officials on those islands said Tuesday as Hurricane Beryl continues to pummel the Caribbean as a Category 5…
Posted by John McCarthy July 2, 2024
How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season
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How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season

Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early whopper of a storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead, experts…
Posted by John McCarthy July 2, 2024
Hurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast Caribbean
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Hurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast Caribbean

KINGSTON (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters today as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after…
Posted by John McCarthy July 2, 2024
‘Scary’ landing for passengers as American Airlines flight veers off runway in Jamaica
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‘Scary’ landing for passengers as American Airlines flight veers off runway in Jamaica

KINGSTON — It was a "rough" and "scary" landing for passengers on American Airlines flight 850 from Miami on Thursday night after the aircraft veered off the runway at the…
Posted by John McCarthy June 7, 2024
Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead
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Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead

LONDON (AP) — Gilbert Clarke leans back on the seat of his mobility scooter, cranes his neck and gazes into the bright blue skies over East London, remembering the moment…
Posted by John McCarthy June 3, 2024

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