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A family who fled a hurricane-devastated Caribbean island last year to find refuge in Bermuda are on their way home. Mark and Jeannette Forte and their three children were welcomed by the island after the British Virgin Islands was hammered by Hurric...

Bermuda should not become complacent after escaping a “hyperactive” hurricane season, experts warned yesterday. Steve Cosham, national disaster co-ordinator for the Ministry of National Security, said Bermuda has recorded the strength of storms that ...

The first named storm of the season, Alberto, is estimated to have caused $50 million of insured losses. The subtropical storm is only the ninth named storm to make landfall in the US before the official start of the North Atlantic hurricane season, ...

Forecasts suggest a near-average hurricane season this year, with up to 16 named storms. The American-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted a 40 per cent chance of a near-normal hurricane season. The organisation estimat...

Bermuda’s Freemasons have raised more than $80,000 to help communities battered by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The funds are the result of six months of fundraising efforts by the island’s lodges, and are set to help those in Anguilla, the British Vir...

A busier-than-average hurricane season is on the cards, a forecast has predicted. Researchers at North Carolina State University said that the Atlantic area could see between 14 and 18 tropical storms with seven and 11 hitting hurricane strength. The...

Forecasters are predicting an above average hurricane season this year. Meteorologists at Colorado State University say seven storms are expected to develop into hurricanes, said Reuters, There is a 52 per cent probability that a major hurricane wil...

A winter storm that delivered hurricane-force gusts moved on from Bermuda yesterday, leaving hundreds of residences without power. Yesterday began with close to 3,500 homes in the dark, with more than 500 in the Harrington Sound area where a transfor...

There were a number of key meteorological factors that contributed to last year being one of the most active and damaging North Atlantic hurricane seasons in history. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma accounted for a significant portion of the $306 billion ...

A Bermudian described yesterday being caught in a travel nightmare in New York caused by a massive winter storm. But despite days of delays, Sarah Fellows said she felt the ordeal had been a positive learning experience for her 12-year-old son. Ms...

Life is slowly getting back to normal for some in the Caribbean less than four months after their homelands were battered by hurricanes. While the recovery still has a long way to go on some islands, Bermuda has played its part in helping people to ...

Bermuda has escaped the brunt of a devastating hurricane season, with no storm watches or warnings issued for the island the first time in ten years. The news came as this year’s Atlantic hurricane season came to a close yesterday. The Caribbean and ...