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Staging Tall Ships 2000 is a massive undertaking which involves years of planning, not only by the International Sail Training Association (ISTA), but also by every port along the race route. Hundreds of individuals and thousands of man-hours are spe...

the aftermath of Hurricane Emily know first hand that a direct hit by a major hurricane is much, much worse than a glancing blow. For those, the General Media Relations Advisory issued for this supplement by the Police Media Relations office is a han...

Last year's storms have been reviewed and a summary of the twelve named storms, using data from the Bermuda Weather Service and the National Hurricane Centre, is listed below. Hurricane Season Names: Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Floyd, Gert, ...

and intense winds which blow in a large circular motion around a centre "eye''. If the storm passes directly overhead, there will be a lull in the wind lasting from a few minutes up to an hour. Once the "eye'' has passed, the winds will suddenly retu...

Not since 1886, when records began, have there been so many Category four hurricanes as there were in the 1999 hurricane season. One of them was the deadliest hurricane in 27 years, Hurricane Floyd, which devastated much of North Carolina and killed ...

forthcoming art exhibition by members of Bermuda's prison population will demonstrate. Entitled Timely Reflections II, this will be the prisoners' second annual exhibition of arts and crafts, and is being staged by the Department of Prisons in conjun...

The time was July, 1609. A perfect hurricane with violent winds 300 miles wide moves majestically out of the Caribbean, leaving devastated islands in its wake. At about 30 degrees of northern latitude, some 200 leagues from an uninhabited coral archi...

predicted by leading experts for this first year of the millennium. This year's hurricane season is likely to produce 11 storms, three of which are expected to become major hurricanes, Category three or higher on the Saffir Simpson scale. These predi...

For three days in August 1831, Bermudians were astounded by a strange blue cast to the sun and splashes of sunlight on walls and other surfaces also appeared to have a light blue hue...seemed light blue. Later it was learned that sailors at sea, as f...

Bermuda's permanent settlement began with a hurricane in 1609 that drove the Virgina bound Sea Venture onto the Island's reefs and the ship's crew and passengers, including Sir George Somers, ashore. Author Terry Tucker gives a vivid account in her b...