MIAMI — Tropical Storm Kirk dropped heavy rain and unleashed flooding as it passed through the eastern Caribbean today. A tropical storm warning was issued for Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, Martinique and Guadeloupe. A tropical storm watch was issued for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Officials in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe closed schools today and tomorrow […]
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Tropical Depression Isaac Drops Waves of Sheeting Rain on St. Croix’s South Shore
CHRISTIANSTED — Tropical Storm Isaac was downgraded to a tropical depression on Friday, but it is still bringing lingering rain to parts of southern St. Croix today. Isaac was expected to bring about two to three inches of additional rainfall to St. Croix, with little effect to St. Thomas and St. John. Governor Kenneth Mapp advised […]
Tropical Storm Isaac Will Strengthen Into Hurricane Again Before Threatening Jamaica
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Isaac became less organized today as it moved across the eastern Caribbean on its way toward Central America, the National Hurricane Center said. The center of the storm was located 80 miles west-southwest of Dominica and 240 miles southeast of St. Croix, the NHC said in its 2 p.m. EDT update. The storm […]
Virgin Islanders Keeping A Wary Eye on Tropical Storm Isaac … Just In Case
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — Tropical Storm Isaac is currently moving through the western tropical Atlantic Ocean and will likely bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall and possibly life-threatening flash flooding to parts of the Lesser Antilles later this week. Authorities in Dominica are opening shelters and warning they will turn off water and power […]
Isaac to Batter Region With Torrential Rain … Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Alert
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — Tropical Storm Isaac will plow westward and bring strong winds and flooding rain to the Lesser Antilles midweek. Isaac was located roughly 775 miles east of the Lesser Antilles as of midday today. Isaac will continue on a westward path toward the islands into midweek. The storm is rather compact […]
NHC: Hurricane Isaac Expected To Visit Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Thursday-Friday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — Hurricane Isaac is pushing through the open tropical Atlantic Ocean right now but could bring heavy rain and damaging winds to parts of the Lesser Antilles later this week. Steered westward by high pressure to its north, Isaac is forecast to approach the Lesser Antilles by Thursday. Isaac’s intensity forecast […]
Virgin Islands Has Its Eyes On Three Storms, But Tropical Storm Isaac Is One To Watch
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — The active Atlantic is getting busier, as Tropical Storm Isaac has formed. It is expected to become a hurricane as early as tomorrow, and the latest Isaac spaghetti models forecast suggests high odds the storm will move due west in the coming days. As Hurricane Isaac, the storm […]
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico No Longer in Hurricane Beryl’s ‘Cone of Uncertainty’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — Hurricane Beryl lost some strength overnight but is still packing maximum-sustained winds of 75 mph as it moves towards the Caribbean. In its 8 a.m. update, the National Hurricane Center said Beryl was located about 780 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles and still moving west-northwest at 14 mph. […]
NHC: ‘Tiny’ Hurricane Beryl Is Barreling Towards Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — Hurricane Beryl became the first hurricane of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season this morning after gaining strength overnight. The path of the relatively tiny Hurricane Beryl is currently tracking westwards through the Atlantic in the general direction of Puerto Rico. The National Hurricane Center said today that Beryl “is still […]
Tropical Storm Beryl Forms In Atlantic, Should Bring Heavy Rains, Winds on Monday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Beryl this afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said. As of 2:30 p.m. ET Thursday, Beryl had winds of 40 mph and was moving to the west at 16 mph. It was located about 1,330 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles, a chain of islands […]