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understanding of one of Mother Nature's more disastrous forces.
The Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI) programme is aimed at providing scientists with a better understanding of the past which will aid reinsurers, and countries, in the future.
According...
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In fact, as anyone involved in the construction industry can testify, Bermuda's hallmark peaked roofs of limestone slate are very heavy. Few things appear less capable of flight.
During hurricanes, however, strange things can happen to roofs. They ca...
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up to the Internet this hurricane season.
Internet Bermuda Limited (IBL) has expanded on the website it developed with the Bermuda Weather Service last year, focusing instead on what is traditionally the greatest threat facing the Island at this time...
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cannot consistently predict, with any accuracy, what path a hurricane will follow.
The first thing is to listen to bulletins to determine all you can about the storm, its position, speed and direction of movement and wind speed and expected time of a...
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with the Island's least-wanted visitors, mosquitoes.
Noting that warmer temperatures and fresh water from recent above-average rainfall made ideal breeding conditions for the pests, the department urged the public to: Rid their property of open fres...
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Category 3 storm finally hits Bermuda, we will know in advance what to expect.
Predictions can be made merely from what is already known of hurricanes: damage, for instance, will be "extensive''.
However, a number of precautions can be taken both to ...
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Are such names considered more fierce, more threatening or more dangerous by the general populace? Apparently not so.
According to the National Hurricane Centre in Miami, Florida, names are selected based on two criteria -- their length and internat...
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with the installation of a new satellite dish at Bermuda Weather Service (BWS).
The dish is tuned to a geo-stationary weather satellite with a sub-point on the equator.
"With this new system, we can intercept the signal from the satellite directly,''...
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Caribbean.
Expert William Gray said there would be seven hurricanes this year, with three intense enough to cause major damage.
"It does not bode very well for the Southeast and the Caribbean,'' the Colorado State University professor said.
The dange...
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