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Tropical Storm Henri continued to move away from the island this afternoon and weather conditions are expected to improve.
The Bermuda Weather Service said at noon that Henri was 166 nautical miles to the south-southwest of the island, with sustain...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Forecasters are continuing to keep a wary eye on Tropical Storm Henri, which grew in strength from a tropical depression overnight.
Henri was 115 nautical miles south-southeast of Bermuda at 3pm today, and had made its expected turn to the west and...
DATE: Aug 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Meteorologists were last night monitoring what was expected to become the sixth named storm of the year – but the system is not considered a threat to Bermuda.
The US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said tropical cyclone 6 was e...
DATE: Aug 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A busy hurricane season is still on the cards, despite a lack of storms near Bermuda so far this summer.
The US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this week in a mid-season update there remains a 65 per cent chance of an abov...
DATE: Aug 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public is being asked to be patient while the Ministry of Public Works joins forces with the Royal Bermuda Regiment and Belco to trim trees along South Shore Road in Warwick and Southampton.
A Government spokeswoman said: “The teams will be cutti...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Firefighters responded to two incidents yesterday related to the heavy downpour.
Calypso clothing store on Front Street suffered flooding and there was also a fire in an electrical vault at the AS Cooper building, also on Front Street.
At 10.35am, B...
DATE: Jul 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The first hurricane of 2021 has been downgraded to a tropical storm but was threatening to hit Cuba before making its way to Florida, forecasters said.
The Associated Press said Cuba evacuated 180,000 people amid fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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Elsa, the first hurricane of the season, has formed in the Atlantic with its forecast path set to take it through the Caribbean this weekend, potentially looming over Florida by Tuesday.
At 6am, Elsa was 131 miles to the east of the Dominican Republi...
DATE: Jul 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The public was yesterday warned to prepare themselves for the possibility of storms as the hurricane season starts today.
The Bermuda Weather Service launched its annual Hurricane Preparedness Week in a bid to minimise the risk from major storms.
The...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The time to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season is now, the junior national security minister said.
Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday, Curtis Richardson, a Government senator whose portfolio also includes Health and Transportation, urged mem...
DATE: May 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan