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Farmers have reported their summer crops are taking a beating because of a lack of rain.
Dry conditions have not only impacted traditional summer harvests but sent thirsty feral chickens and rodents scavenging into the fields, according to Carlos Ama...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A welcome cloudburst hit the East End yesterday, breaking the summer’s prolonged dry spell for St George’s residents.
The downpour came during a parched summer, with the Bermuda Weather Service highlighting July as the island’s driest since 1984 – wi...
DATE: Aug 13, 2022
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Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A high-pressure mass parked over the island and promoting “sunny, dry, settled conditions” will remain in effect for “the next several days”, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
Residents got a tantalising hint of rain on Wednesday evening — bu...
DATE: Aug 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Gale and storm force gusts are forecast for tomorrow as a swirl of low pressure builds in the Atlantic to the north west of Bermuda.
The Bermuda Weather Service predicted strong west-southwesterly winds with gale force gusts would buffet the island b...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The owner of a store struck by lightning said last night he was grateful that no one was injured when the building was hit by a bolt from the blue at the weekend.
Jock Stewart, the owner of Pool & Spa House on King Street in Hamilton, added that the...
DATE: Oct 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hurricane Sam became a Category 4 storm early yesterday and packed winds of up to 184mph.
It is not ranked as a threat to the island at present – but the 6am forecast from the Bermuda Weather Service showed the storm moving west-northwest at 8mph, sw...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hurricane Sam is on track to build into a Category 4 hurricane by tomorrow.
The storm is headed west towards the Caribbean from a position 1,767 miles south-east of Bermuda.
The rapidly growing storm, expected to curve north-west, is being monitored ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hurricane Sam has now formed in the Atlantic and is forecast to become a major storm tomorrow.
It is the seventh hurricane of the season and the 18th named storm so far this year.
The storm was not considered a threat to the island at noon today.
BWS...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tropical Storm Peter tonight remained on course to approach Bermuda late in the week.
The Bermuda Weather Service said the storm’s closest point of approach in three days would be 442 miles south-southwest of the island at 6pm on Thursday.
But the st...
DATE: Sep 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A tropical storm Peter has formed northeast of the Caribbean and is predicted to curve towards Bermuda in the coming week.
The Bermuda Weather Service said the system was forecast to near the island at 582 miles to the south by noon on Wednesday.
Dep...
DATE: Sep 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell