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Water Vapour- Western Atlantic and Caribbean: NOAA
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USA (Bloomberg), NEW YORK:  The Atlantic Basin may next year spawn 14 storms, including three so-called major hurricanes, Colorado State University forecasters said today, a week after a quieter-than-expected hurricane season ended. Seven of the storms expected will become hurricanes. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (Reuters): The Caribbean and the United States, which emerged from this year's hurricane season largely unscathed, should brace for a potentially devastating hurricane season in 2007, a leading windstorm forecaster warned. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), DALLAS: The Atlantic hurricane season sputtered to an official end on Thursday, flouting forecasts it would approach last year's record activity and complicating arguments about global warming's role in storms. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): In sharp contrast to the past two years, the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season ended quietly Thursday with not one hurricane hitting US shores. read more.. |
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| TAMPA, USA (UPI): The 2006 hurricane season - set to expire Thursday - has been labeled the most tranquil in a decade. The season marked the first year since 2002 that no storms formed during the month of October and the first year since 1997 that no Category 4 or 5 storms formed. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), DALLAS: The Atlantic Ocean produced nine hurricanes and tropical storms this year, the fewest in almost a decade, defying predictions it would approach last year's record season, Colorado State University forecasters said. This year's storms were the fewest since 1997. read more.. |
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USA (Reuters), MIAMI:  The 2006 hurricane season is not over yet, but the chances that a calamitous storm like Katrina could form in the Atlantic are fizzling, the head of the US National Hurricane Center said. Max Mayfield said the El Nino weather phenomenon had suppressed storm activity. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): A low-pressure system in the northeastern Caribbean Sea could develop into a tropical depression over the next day or so, the National Hurricane Center said in an outlook issued Thursday. read more.. |
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| USA (Reuters), MIAMI: A noted US hurricane forecaster said on Tuesday there will be just one more hurricane this year, a welcome relief after the devastation caused last year by hurricanes like Katrina. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), MIAMI: A tropical depression that formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday strengthened to become the ninth storm of the hurricane season, taking the name Isaac, US forecasters said. read more.. |
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USA (Bloomberg), MIAMI: The ninth tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Wednesday in the central Atlantic Ocean, US hurricane forecasters said.
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| NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): A tropical depression could form in the Atlantic late Tuesday or Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said in an outlook issued Tuesday. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): Tropical Storm Helene grew to hurricane strength Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean, US forecasters said. Helene, the fourth hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season, was about 1,145 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (AFP): A new forecast for the hurricane season on Friday downgraded expectations for this year's harvest of storms, saying it will probably be average in numbers and in intensity. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (Reuters):  Tropical Storm Helene strengthened as it churned westward across the Atlantic on Thursday, while Hurricane Gordon remained a powerful Category 3 storm, but neither posed any immediate threat to land. Helene had maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), MIAMI: Hurricane Gordon strengthened over the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday and was just shy of becoming the season's first major hurricane, though unlikely to threaten land, as Tropical Depression 8 was expected to become Tropical Storm Helene. read more.. |
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HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters):  Hurricane Florence bashed Bermuda on Monday with pounding surf and powerful winds that knocked out power to about 25,000 homes and businesses on the mid-Atlantic British island. Wind gusts of 100 miles per hour brought down electricity lines. read more.. |
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USA (Bloomberg), MIAMI:  Tropical Storm Gordon has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said on Monday. The center of the storm was located about 425 miles north of the Leeward Islands as of 5 pm EDT and was moving northwest at about 9 miles an hour. read more.. |
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HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters):  Bermuda's government told residents to prepare for powerful winds and high seas on Sunday as Hurricane Florence headed toward the British Atlantic territory and looked poised to strengthen. The storm's maximum sustained winds were at 90 mph. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): Sprawling Hurricane Florence swiped Bermuda Monday with winds of more than 90 mph and heavy rain and an 8-foot storm surge, the Bermuda Sun reports. read more.. |
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USA (Reuters), MIAMI:  Tropical Storm Florence headed for Bermuda as a large mass of gusty rain on Friday and seemed ready to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting the British territory, US forecasters said. Bermuda issued a hurricane watch before nightfall. read more.. |
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USA (Reuters), MIAMI:  Tropical Storm Florence will send dangerous swells over the eastern US coastline as the unusually broad cyclone churns northwest in the Atlantic toward Bermuda, forecasters warned on Thursday. The storm's center was about 930 miles southeast of Bermuda. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (Reuters):  Tropical Storm Florence slowly strengthened in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and could grow into a hurricane as it nears the British territory of Bermuda, US forecasters said. Florence is the sixth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. read more.. |
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USA (Bloomberg), MIAMI:  A tropical depression in the central Atlantic Ocean has developed into Tropical Storm Florence, making it the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, the US National Hurricane Center said. Florence was about 960 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands. read more.. |
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USA (Bloomberg), MIAMI:  A tropical depression in the central Atlantic Ocean headed toward the Caribbean could strengthen into Tropical Storm Florence by Monday night, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, about 1,165 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, was moving northwest at 12 miles an hour. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA:  The sixth tropical depression of the 2006 hurricane season has formed far out in the Atlantic and is expected to become a tropical storm on Monday. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, at 11:00 pm EDT Sunday, the centre was about 1,395 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. read more.. |
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| USA (Reuters), MIAMI: The number of hurricanes churning through the Caribbean toward the United States this year is likely to be less than once feared and may even be less than normal, a noted U.S. hurricane research team said on Friday. read more.. |
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Cuba (Reuters), HAVANA:  Tropical Storm Ernesto drenched eastern Cuba on Monday and headed for the Florida Straits, where it could regain hurricane strength and hit Florida's most populous region. Ernesto briefly became the Atlantic season's first hurricane on Sunday. read more.. |
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USA (Reuters), MIAMI:  Hurricane Ernesto weakened to a tropical storm as it hammered flood-prone Haiti on Sunday and Florida and Cuba started evacuations as the storm headed for the Gulf of Mexico a year after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami and a familiar television figure to many Caribbean residents, has decided to step down and take some time off after two of the busiest seasons ever. Mayfield plans to leave at the end of the current season January 3. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (UPI):  Tropical Storm Ernesto became Hurricane Ernesto Sunday, as forecasters predicted it would hit central or northern Florida by Thursday. Ernesto's top winds measured 75 mph and the National Hurricane Center said conditions in the Gulf of Mexico were "highly conducive"... read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (UPI):  Tropical Depression No. 5 became Tropical Storm Ernesto Friday afternoon as it headed across the Caribbean toward Jamaica and Cuba. At 11 p.m. EDT, the center of the storm was 260 miles south-southeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (UPI):  Tropical Storm Ernesto picked up a little strength and threatened the Caribbean region late Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Hurricane watches were in effect in Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands as Ernesto headed west-northwest. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA: Hurricane hunter aircraft have now determined that Tropical Depression Five has become Tropical Storm Ernesto. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, at 5 pm EDT on Friday, the centre of Ernesto was located about 300 miles south-southwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), MIAMI: Tropical Storm Ernesto may be christened within a day, as a patch of thunderstorms and winds in the Caribbean turned into a tropical depression, the fifth of the season, the US National Hurricane Center said. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (Reuters): Debby, the fourth tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened slowly on Wednesday over open waters but posed no threat to land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. read more.. |
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USA (Bloomberg), MIAMI:  A tropical depression that emerged Monday near the Cape Verde Islands may become Tropical Storm Debby as early as Tuesday night, forecasters said. The fourth tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season has top sustained winds of about 35 miles per hour. read more.. |
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| USA (Reuters), WASHINGTON: Stronger hurricanes forecast for the next few decades could flood major cities including Miami and New Orleans, environmental scientists said on Wednesday. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The Atlantic hurricane season has been less active than anticipated so far this year but US government forecasters warned on Tuesday that three or four major hurricanes could strike in coming months. read more.. |
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| USA (Reuters), MIAMI: Tropical Storm Chris was downgraded to a depression on Friday as it moved through the Turks and Caicos islands and forecasters were uncertain whether the ragged weather system would regain strength. read more.. |
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| USA (Reuters), MIAMI: Tropical Storm Chris weakened on Thursday on a westward path toward Cuba and was expected to fizzle before nearing U.S. oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (Reuters):  The Bahamas on Wednesday issued a hurricane watch for the Turks and Caicos islands and for the southeastern Bahamas as Tropical Storm Chris neared hurricane strength in the Caribbean. The third tropical storm of the Atlantic season strengthened as it skirted the northern Leeward Islands. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (Reuters):  The third tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season bore down on the Caribbean's northern Leeward Islands on Tuesday and could become a hurricane headed for the Gulf of Mexico later this week. Storm warnings were posted for many northeastern Caribbean islands. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (UPI):  Two systems merged to form Tropical Storm Chris over the northeastern Caribbean Sea early Tuesday, prompting tropical storm warnings for various islands. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 5 a.m., Chris had sustained winds of 40 mph. read more.. |
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| MANAUS, Brazil: Studies presented by leading world scientists forecast dire consequences for the Caribbean and southern American regions if deforestation of the Amazon is not halted, said the head of a development agency. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): People who live in warm-water coastal areas may have to put up with hurricanes, but they may soon get more precise hurricane warnings. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): US officials warned Monday the season's first tropical storm could unleash life-threatening floods and mud slides as Cuban officials evacuated 25,000 people from Alberto's path. read more.. |
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| USA (Bloomberg), NEW YORK: Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the Atlantic Ocean's 2006 hurricane season, won't be windy enough to become a hurricane, forecasters said. It will be wet, dropping as much as 10 inches of rain on Florida. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA:  The first tropical depression of the 2006 hurricane season formed on Saturday, dumping heavy rainfall in western Cuba, with outer rainbands over extreme southern Florida. At 2:00 pm EDT on Saturday, the center of Tropical Depression One was about 45 miles west of the western tip of Cuba. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (AFP): A long-range forecast issued Thursday became the second prediction in just over a week to declare that this year's Atlantic storm season would be bad, but nowhere as brutal as the 2005 record crop that produced Hurricane Katrina. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): There were no tropical systems moving off Africa toward the Americas Thursday, the first day of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): Caribbean and US coastlines are under greater threat in this year's tropical storm season with five out of nine projected hurricanes expected to rank as intense storms, US climatologists said Wednesday. read more.. |
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| GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP): Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Dennis and Stan have been removed from the international list of names for storms because of the damage they wrought last year as hurricanes in the Caribbean and United States, the UN weather agency said Friday. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (AFP): This year is likely to be another bad one for hurricanes, according to an early forecast issued on Wednesday by a scientific team that last year accurately predicted the 2005 storm season would be major. read more.. |
Busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record comes to an end
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
MIAMI, USA (AFP): The busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record draws to a
close this week, with thousands of people in devastated New Orleans and in
Central America still struggling to rebuild their lives...
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Brace for more Katrinas, say experts
Friday, September 2, 2005
PARIS, France (AFP): For all its numbing ferocity, Hurricane Katrina will not be
a unique event, say scientists, who say that global warming appears to be
pumping up the power of big Atlantic storms...
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Experts predict upsurge in activity as Atlantic Hurricane Season peaks
Thursday, August 18, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CDERA): If hurricane researchers and forecasters are
correct then the current lull in hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean should
soon give way, opening the flood gates to the Cape Verde season...
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2005 set to be historic year for hurricanes
Monday, August 8, 2005
PARIS, France (AFP): 2005 is set to be one of the worst years on record for
hurricanes, scientists say, amid spectacular new evidence about the power of
these storms and fears that global warming is intensifying them...
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Caribbean should brace for 7-9 more Atlantic
hurricanes this season
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
MIAMI, USA (AFP): US experts warned Tuesday that seven to nine more Atlantic
hurricanes could form this year, mainly threatening Caribbean islands and the US
coast, after two such storms killed 70 people last month...
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Caribbean unprepared for hurricane season
Friday, June 3, 2005
MIAMI, USA (UPI): Caribbean nations are not adequately prepared for hurricane
season, which could result in more deaths this year, United Nations officials
said...
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Above-average activity predicted for 2005 hurricane season
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
CHICAGO, USA (AFP): More tropical storms and major hurricanes are predicted
for the North Atlantic this year, for a second straight above-normal hurricane
season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency announced Monday...
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'Black line' stays in hurricane forecasts says weathermen
Friday, March 25, 2005
NEW ORLEANS, USA: Even though some argued that it's misleading, federal
meteorologists gathered here for the Annual Hurricane Conference have opted to
keep the much talked about slim black line in their hurricane forecasts...
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NOAA tour aims to increase hurricane awareness in the Caribbean
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
GRAND TURK, Turks & Caicos Islands: Hurricane specialists from NOAA’s
National Hurricane Center and emergency managers will begin a week long,
multi-nation campaign on March 13th to share lessons learned from the 2004
Atlantic hurricane season and increase preparedness in hurricane vulnerable
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean...
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India to develop hurricane early warning system for Caribbean
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
PARAMARIBO, Suriname: In a bid to secure the votes of CARICOM nations for a
permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, India has offered a wide
range of assistance to the regional body...
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Analysis: Expanded hurricane scale sought
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
MIAMI, USA (UPI): There is a band of concerned officials and scientists that believes the time-honored Saffir-Simpson
scale for rating hurricanes needs to be expanded...
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Another busy hurricane season forecast for
2005
Saturday, December 4, 2004
FORT COLLINS, USA (UPI): Long-range hurricane forecaster William Gray of
Colorado State University is predicting another busy year in 2005 but nothing
like this year...
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Check the up to the minute regional weather
conditions from the following local reporting stations, courtesy of www.weather.com:
Anguilla
| Antigua-Barbuda | Bahamas
| Barbados | Belize
| Bermuda | British
Virgin Islands | Cayman Islands
| Cuba | Dominica
| Dominican Republic | Grenada
| Guadeloupe | Guyana
| Haiti | Jamaica
| Martinique | Montserrat
| Netherlands Antilles | Puerto
Rico | St Kitts-Nevis | St
Lucia | St Vincent |
Suriname | Trinidad-Tobago
| Turks & Caicos | US
Virgin Islands
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