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A photographer struck lucky during a lightning storm capturing a series of dramatic shots on his iPhone camera
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Emergency co-ordinators are rethinking the way the island prepares for the hurricane season in response to the earlier arrival of storms.
Steve Cosham, National Disaster Co-ordinator, said last night that efforts to prepare members of the community ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2022
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Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Schools will be closed and government services restricted today as Tropical Storm Alex, the first named storm of the year, passes the island.
The Bermuda Weather Service said the closest point of approach to Bermuda is forecast to be 100 miles to the...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Meteorologists spotted possible tornados off the coast of the island during yesterday’s bad weather, the Bermuda Weather Service has revealed.
The news came after a severe weather warning was issued as the island faced gale force winds.
Mark Guishar...
DATE: Nov 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Stormy weather hit the island yesterday with heavy rain and strong winds throughout the morning and early afternoon.
More than an inch of rain fell at the Bermuda Weather Service site in St George’s between 3am and 3pm.
The strongest sustained winds...
DATE: Oct 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
It’s now forecast to move towards Greenland – the most powerful hurricane of the season so far, which was very close to reaching Category 5 status as it passed Bermuda.
At its closest point, Sam was 212 miles from the island at 11pm on Friday and at ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Category 4 Hurricane Sam remains a potential threat to Bermuda and is expected to be at its closest point to the island in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The Bermuda Weather Service only provides the predicted closest approach within three day...
DATE: Sep 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Hurricane Sam is now a potential threat to Bermuda and has moved back up to a Category 4 storm.
The Bermuda Weather Service said that Sam was about 1,068 miles southeast of Bermuda moving northwest at about 9mph at 6am todayo.
The storm was packing...
DATE: Sep 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The predicted track of a major hurricane is grounds for “cautious optimism”, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service said yesterday.
Mark Guishard said that Hurricane Sam, the 18th named storm of the season, was expected to move east of the islan...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A wife and husband say they are lucky to be alive after lightning hit their house blowing out a ceiling, cracking a chimney, smashing a glass fire guard and causing electrical explosions.
Lorna and Paul Singh were in their house on Rockywold Drive in...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan