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While 2012 has been a much better year for property and casualty insurers than 2011, Hurricane Sandy could be a game changer with its surprising timing, direction and possibly its duration. Insurers, reinsurers and cat bond investors are no doubt ke...

Bermudians in the Big Apple yesterday found themselves in the familiar position of preparing for a hurricane. Hurricane Sandy, dubbed “Frankenstorm” by the US media, is expected to make landfall in New England on Tuesday morning as a Category 1 storm...

It is getting late in the season and some without a physical longevity or an historical background seemed to scoff at the idea of a hurricane in October, as we reached the letter ‘R’ in the alphabetical catalogue of tropical storms in this year of Ou...

A little more than one month out from the official end to the 2012 hurricane season and risk modellers are calling it one of the most active seasons in more than 150 years. Through October 17, the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season has produced 17 named ...

Bermuda was battered with strong winds and rain from Hurricane Rafael last night but there were no reports of any major damage or floods. At its closest point the centre of the storm came within 102 nautical miles east southeast of the Island, accor...

Residents are being urged to stay indoors as Hurricane Rafael passes the Island. The Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) today said that Hurricane Rafael is forecast to reach its closest point of approach to Bermuda at 8pm.. The centre of the storm...

Residents should expect business as usual despite the expected impact of Hurricane Rafael later today, the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) has advised. A storm warning went into effect yesterday as Hurricane Rafael approaches the island. At las...

Bermuda is being warned to brace itself as Tropical Storm Rafael rushes towards the Island. According to the Bermuda Weather Service's 12 noon update today, the storm is due to be at its closest at 10pm tomorrow when it will be 118 miles to the east ...

Residents were this afternoon urged to "be prepared" as Tropical Storm Rafael was forecast to come close to the Island as it strengthened into hurricane. The Bermuda Weather Service today issued a Tropical Storm Watch which means tropical storm force...

Hurricane season is here, and while Bermuda has seen little tropical action so far, this is the time when people check their shark oil. Keep up to date on all the Atlantic's tropical storms through our Storm Watch page.

Contrary to the precepts of Bermudians of old, I built my house high up on the hillside, rather than down in the valley as protection against the “hurricano”, the name given by indigenous peoples of the central portion of the American continents to t...