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An increase in frequency of hurricanes, coupled with additional storm surge flooding due to sea levels rising, would result in financial losses in the United States being 20 per cent greater by 2050 than they are today. That is the finding of report ...

An early forecast has predicted another busy hurricane season this year after a record-breaking 2020. Colorado State University said in its first extended outlook of the next hurricane season that there was a 25 per cent chance of an extremely activ...

This year’s hurricane season underlined the need to protect Bermuda’s national bird, researchers have said. Jeremy Madeiros, the chief terrestrial conservation officer at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said in the winter edition...

Hurricane Epsilon, now a “strong Category 2 storm”, is expected to deliver marginal tropical storm force winds today and tomorrow as it nears the island, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service, said yesterday. Epsilon – which last night reached ...

Hurricane Epsilon is expected to pass more than 200 miles from the island – but the public was warned to be on the alert. The Category 1 hurricane was expected to make its closest point of approach at 2am on Friday, about 203 miles to the east of the...

A double hit from hurricanes did little to increase below-average rainfall for the year, the Bermuda Weather Service said yesterday. The BWS had recorded 37.48in since the start of the year – more than 7in below the average of 44.63in for the same pe...

The Commissioner of Police has appealed to sightseers to stay away from a house near a cliff damaged during hurricane force weather. Stephen Corbishley wrote on his Facebook page that the family had asked people to refrain from visiting. Mr Corbishle...

The Hurricane Teddy-driven seas were the highest in almost 30 years, a veteran charter boat captain and conservationist said yesterday. Choy Aming, also co-founder of the Bermuda Shark Project, added: “I might actually dig out some old photos to loo...

Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers mobilised for the second time in a week to help clear the roadways in the aftermath of hurricanes Paulette and Teddy. More than 75 troops were embodied for Teddy, but senior officers said the storm had caused little da...

As Hurricane Teddy disappears into the rear-view mirror, older readers may have remarked on the increased frequency of hurricanes, both targeting Bermuda and more generally. Hurricane experts have already named the most recent hurricanes Alpha and B...

Hurricane Teddy battered Bermuda from a distance, but the island escaped major damage. The hurricane passed the island as a Category 1 storm yesterday afternoon with its closest point of approach about 150 miles to the island’s east at about 3pm. Ren...

A collapsed wall and steps has blocked public access to a South Shore beach, it was revealed yesterday. The Emergency Measures Organisation said “extensive damage” had been caused to the route to Elbow Beach in Paget. Officials added that powerful wa...