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Tropical Storm Henri could bring strong winds and high seas to the island over the next two days, forecasters said last night. The weather system, upgraded to a tropical storm this afternoon, was 145 miles southeast of Bermuda and circling the south...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A week devoted to making sure people are ready for the hurricane season will launch next Monday. Renee Ming, the national security minister, said that the emergency broadcast service would broadcast daily lunchtime briefings until next Friday. She ad...