A flash flood watch remains in effect for low-lying and flood-prone areas of all parishes. A flash flood watch means flooding is possible and residents are advised to take precautionary measures and be ready for quick action if flooding is observed or if a warning is issued. The watch is to be lifted at 5 […]
Forecasters at the United States-based National Hurricane Centre have warned that Hurricane Igor could further strengthen as it moves westward. Igor grew from a tropical storm to a hurricane on Saturday night and swelled from category 2 to category 4 in three hours yesterday. The Hurricane Centre says Igor is forecast to further strengthen during […]
At 4.00 p.m. the centre of Tropical Storm Igor was located near latitude 13.9 degrees north and longitude 23.9 degrees west or about 120 kilometres south-southwest of Praia in the Cape Verde Islands. Igor is moving toward the west near 9 km/h. A turn toward the west-northwest with an increase in forward speed is […]
An increase in showers is likely to affect Jamaica from Thursday to Saturday as a Trough, remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston, moves across the island on Friday. The Trough is currently producing showers and thunderstorms across much of Hispaniola and especially the waters south of Haiti. The forecast is for periods of showers and thunderstorms […]
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – A tropical storm warning was issued for Bermuda on Thursday as Tropical Storm Fiona took aim at the island. Fiona, packing maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (85 kilometres per hour), is expected to pass around 20 miles to the northwest of the island early on Saturday, bringing squally […]
Gaston, the season’s newest tropical storm which formed yesterday, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane over the weekend. It’s currently in the open Atlantic but is forecast to head west toward the northeast Caribbean. Gaston follows on the heels of Fiona which is moving away from the region and will likely veer toward Bermuda […]
MIAMI, CMC – Tropical Storm Fiona was moving over the open Atlantic on Wednesday, but Caribbean countries were keeping a close watch on Gaston, the fourth named tropical storm in 11 days. At 4.00 pm local time, Gaston, the seventh named storm of the 2010 season, was located 1635 miles east of the Leeward Islands […]
