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Hurricane Humberto has become a Category 3 hurricane - considered a major hurricane - as it continues to churn its way towards Bermuda.
At midnight, it was predicted to skim 86 miles north-northwest of the island at 9pm with maximum sustained winds o...
DATE: Sep 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Humberto, predicted to build tonight into a Category 2 hurricane, is now forecast to blow 106 miles past Bermuda’s north-west at midnight on Wednesday night.
But the storm could come closer to the island after that time, depending on its track.
The U...
DATE: Sep 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Hurricane activity continued to build yesterday — but none of the three storms in the Atlantic are considered threats to Bermuda.
Hurricane Dorian, which battered the Bahamas for almost two days and caused at least twenty deaths, was off the coast of...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Meteorologists warned an area of bad weather south of Bermuda could become a tropical storm today or tomorrow.
The US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said yesterday the disturbance had a 50 per cent chance of becoming a cyclone ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Residents in Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, yesterday counted themselves fortunate to duck a direct hit from Hurricane Dorian, the first major storm of the season.
Guilden Gilbert, a Bermudian, said the area had seen “very heavy rains, thunderstorms...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Several Caribbean islands began to brace themselves for Tropical Storm Dorian — but the system is not considered a threat to Bermuda.
Yesterday afternoon, Dorian was 1,585 miles south-southeast of Bermuda and travelling west with maximum sustained wi...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An amateur photographer caught a “spectacular” waterspout on camera when it appeared off North Shore yesterday.
Adrian Cunningham rushed to grab his zoom lens after he was alerted to the phenomenon by his wife, Victoria, at their home in Smith’s.
The...
DATE: Aug 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The chances of a busy hurricane season have increased, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States.
Noaa has forecast ten to 17 named storms for 2019, of which between five and nine will reach hurricane stren...
DATE: Aug 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new $2 million weather radar system was officially launched with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Cooper’s Island in St David’s yesterday.
Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, said the new Doppler radar system will improve the ability o...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Post-tropical cyclone Andrea is not a threat to Bermuda, the island’s weather agency said last night.
The Bermuda Weather Service said that the storm’s closest point of approach to Bermuda was expected to be 57 miles to the south-southeast at 10am t...
DATE: May 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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