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Hurricane Jerry, the fourth storm of the season, has been confirmed as a potential threat to Bermuda.
The Category 1 storm’s Jerry’s closest point of approach to Bermuda within 72 hours is expected to be 336 miles to the south-southwest at midnight o...
DATE: Sep 20, 2019
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Weather
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Pembroke reflexologist might have picked the wrong tree to shelter her car under.
Holly Paiva, of Ocean Lane, awoke yesterday morning to find her Ford Fusion’s windshield smashed in by a tree and her hood damaged. “The thing is I picked that spot ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
The Mall at Dockyard will reopen tomorrow as the Grandeur of the Seas is due to arrive on Saturday and the Norwegian Dawn on Sunday.
However, the West End Development Corporation (WEDCO) is warning people that Dockyard is still in ‘hurricane mode’ wi...
DATE: Sep 20, 2019
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Press Release
As a reminder, garbage collection has resumed and Thursday’s garbage will be collected tomorrow, Saturday September 21.
The public are advised to have all garbage curbside by 7am for collection.
Garbage can also be delivered to the Tynes Bay Was...
DATE: Sep 20, 2019
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Press Release
Representatives from the UN’s Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation have come to Bermuda this week to upgrade local monitoring sites.
A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Airport Authority said the Bermuda infrasound stations are part of an int...
DATE: Sep 20, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost a third of Belco customers remain without power this afternoon in the wake of Hurricane Humberto.
A spokesman for the company said that 11,081 customers — 31.7 per cent of Belco’s customers — remained without power as of 6.30pm, but the compan...
DATE: Sep 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Paget traffic lights are back on, police said this afternoon.
Police officers had been monitoring the junction of Middle Road and South Road in Paget while the lights were repaired earlier today.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said this afternoon...
DATE: Sep 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Hurricane Jerry is currently tracking to become a potential threat to Bermuda by early next week. We continue to urge all of our customers to ensure that their Colonial policies are current and up to date. We wish to advise our customers to make furt...
DATE: Sep 20, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A raft of closures and cancellations have been announced in advance of Hurricane Humberto.
• The BIU Gas Station is closing at 3pm and will reopen on Friday morning at the usual time. The BIU offices will close at 1pm and reopen at 9am on Friday.
• T...
DATE: Sep 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian film-maker’s documentary about the lives of humpback whales will be screened at a conservation film festival in New York.
Secret Lives of the Humpbacks, which details the role that Bermuda plays in the lives of the animals, will be shown ...
DATE: Sep 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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