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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
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
Mist blanketed Bermuda today as warm air met cooler seawater.
The Bermuda Weather Service said that the weather conditions did not reach “fog” levels, but that mist was in evidence from Monday night to yesterday morning.
The BWS said in a Facebook po...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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
A tropical storm warning is now in effect, the Bermuda Weather Service said this morning.
Hurricane Sam, a major storm, is still tracking to the east of the island.
The Bermuda Weather Service said Sam’s closest point of approach to Bermuda was forec...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
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
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