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NASSAU (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 hurricane over the Bahamas on Wednesday as it roared up from the Caribbean on a path expected to swipe the US East Coast from the Carolinas upward at the weekend. Irene, the first ...

Bermuda reinsurers are closely watching Hurricane Irene as it makes its way towards the US East Coast with industry analysts predicting the powerful storm could be a trigger for rises in rates and share prices. If Irene becomes the first hurricane to...

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - A major hurricane landfall in Florida could strain leading global reinsurers that have already been buffeted by brutal tornadoes in the United States and earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand. The biggest reinsurers, compan...

Bermuda’s hurricane season began on June 1. We urge residents to once again prepare in earnest for a hurricane season that has been forecasted by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as busier than average. The 2011 season is pr...

It was arguably one of the most exciting events in Bermuda last year the arrival of the Air Force Reserve Command’s Weather Reconnaisance WC-13J Hurricane Hunter aircraft to St David’s. Hundreds of schoolchildren, the US Consulate General, and even a...

Did you know the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known as the Hurricane Hunters, were once stationed in Bermuda? This component of the 403rd Wing now located at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi is a one-of-a-kind organisation....

In an effort to decrease power outages related to foliage coming into contact with overhead lines, Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited (Belco) has launched a pilot project in the Somerset area. The purpose of the pilot is to establish an organise...

When a hurricane hits Bermuda or comes close you can pretty much bank on the electricty going out. No TV to entertain you or music unless you have a small battery-operated radio. So the best thing you can do is read - remember books?! So why not read...

A ship getting hit by a hurricane may have suffered bad luck but consider the case of the Leicester which was hit twice in 1948 the first while at sea and the second time after it was towed to Bermuda by the salvage tugs, Foundation Josephine and Fou...