SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Karen formed just east of the Windward Islands and has sustained winds of 40 mph. A tropical storm warning has been issued for Trinidad and Tobago, along with Grenada and its dependencies. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area, in this […]
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PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY: St. Croix Senator Urges Support For The Bahamas In Urgent Humanitarian Crisis
CHRISTIANSTED — St. Croix Senator Kenneth Gittens expressed his profound sympathies to the people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian and urged Virgin Islanders to join him in supporting local relief efforts. “Everyone of us know how difficult the recovery from a major storm is, particularly on a […]
Dreaded Storm Hurricane Dorian Wipes Out Marsh Harbour In The Bahamas
MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas — Hurricane Dorian has left much of tourism-dependent Bahamas in ruins and relief officials today were preparing for an unfolding humanitarian crisis with the scale of the carnage only beginning to emerge. Aerial video recorded over the Bahamas’ Great Abaco Island showed mile upon mile of flooded neighborhoods, pulverized buildings, upturned boats and […]
‘Monster’ Hurricane Dorian Pummels The Bahamas, Forecast To Threaten Florida
MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas — Hurricane Dorian pounded the Bahamas today, peeling off roofs, snapping power lines and inundating homes with floodwater ahead of its expected advance on the U.S. coast, where more than a million people were ordered evacuated. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory at 5 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) […]
TALE OF TWO STORMS: Tropical Storm Dorian Hits St. Croix In A.M., Then Hurricane Dorian Strikes St. Thomas-St. John In P.M.
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Maybe for the first-time ever, a “minor” storm has had its eye zigzag directly over the two major U.S. Virgin Islands in one day. The National Hurricane Center said that the center of Tropical Storm Dorian passed directly over St. Croix about 8 a.m. today. Then, CNN reported that the center of […]
Tropical Storm Dorian Will Build To A Category 2 Hurricane … But Not In The USVI
CHRISTIANSTED — A hurricane watch has been issued for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico ahead of Tropical Storm Dorian, where conditions are forecast to begin deteriorating as early as this morning. At 8:00 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time, the center of Dorian was located near latitude 17.1 North, longitude 64.1 West (over St. Croix), […]
AccuWeather: Tropical Storm Dorian Will Be A Hurricane In USVI On Wednesday
MIAMI — There’s a new tropical storm in the Atlantic called Dorian, and it’s predicted to become a hurricane before midweek as it approaches the U.S. Virgin Islands. If the storm keeps to its current track it should arrive in the territory as a Category 1 cyclone sometime on Wednesday, according to AccuWeather’s forecast for […]
SEASON OVER! Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Escape Without A Scratch In 2018
MIAMI — The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season ended today. The season was more active than average, featuring 15 named storms, eight hurricanes and four that made landfall on the U.S. mainland. But perhaps most importantly here, did not send the U.S. Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico any major storms. “Hurricane Season officially ended today,” St. […]
SEASON’S NOT OVER YET! Tropical Depression Dubbed 96-L Will ‘Enhance’ Rainfall
SAN JUAN — A disturbance in the central Atlantic is vying to become the season’s next tropical depression or tropical storm and forecasters say it will enhance rainfall in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. This system has been dubbed Invest 96L, which is a naming convention used by the NHC to identify systems that have some […]
National Hurricane Center Says TS Kirk Will Fizzle Out Into A Trough of Low Pressure
SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Kirk dropped heavy rain and unleashed flooding as it passed through the eastern Caribbean on Thursday. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect today. Officials on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe closed schools on yesterday and today as a preventive measure. Rain and thunderstorms were starting to spread across […]