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HURRICANE DORIAN UPDATES: Latest on airport operations
HURRICANE Dorian could intensify into a “very damaging” 156mph Category Four storm that lingers for hours in the Bahamas, according to AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dan Kottlowski yesterday.
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Hurricane Irma updates: All Clear for Southeast Bahamas; Hurricane Warning remains for Northwest, Central Bahamas
NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency Director Captain Stephen Russell said Thursday “we can’t take any chances” with Hurricane Irma, which officials say has reached 500 miles in diameter and remains a vicious category five storm.
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Razed to the ground
A MASSIVE fire at Jennie Street yesterday destroyed six structures and left four partially damaged leaving families in total devastation.
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‘Stay vigilant over Tropical Storm Fiona’
LOCAL forecasters are advising the public to be vigilant as a new weather system heading for the southeast Bahamas gets closer.
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Individuals must act over evacuation plan
By Gamal Newry
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Change of mind for govt over mandatory evacuation
DESPITE assurances legislation to establish mandatory evacuation procedures would be tabled this week, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told Parliament yesterday the government has decided against this and will instead undertake public consultations on the proposed bill.
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Legislation to be brought to allow mandatory evacuations
THE Minnis administration will table legislation establishing mandatory evacuation procedures for natural disasters when Parliament resumes this week, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis confirmed yesterday.
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ISLANDS TOLD: DRAW UP EVACUATION PLAN – Search for shelters goes on but families may have to leave
THE National Emergency Management Agency says evacuation plans should be considered this hurricane season for Central Abaco, Grand Bahama, Salina Point in Acklins and Spanish Wells in Eleuthera.
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Bahamas in discussions over disaster plans
THE Bahamas has entered into discussions with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency to draft an evacuation policy in the event of a catastrophic disaster.
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Onego Traveller: Clean up crews to assist with oil remediation efforts – (updated with video)
CLEAN up crews have been deployed to Abaco to assist with oil remediation efforts after a cargo ship that was carrying heavy fuel onboard sank in waters in the southern part of the island.
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Unclear on when mandatory evacuation law will be brought
ALTHOUGH the hurricane season is fast approaching, it is not clear whether the government will enact a mandatory evacuation law anytime soon.
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PM makes evacuation plea ahead of storm
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis made a final plea on Friday to residents living in high-risk areas of Grand Bahama and Abaco to evacuate, warning that to ride out the dangerous storm could be a gamble with life.
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Florida faces "biggest evacuation ever" as Matthew homes in
GOVERNOR Rick Scott says Florida could be facing its "biggest evacuation ever" because Hurricane Matthew is threatening almost the entire Atlantic coast of the state.
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Constitutional limits prove a challenge for evacuation bill
WITH as many as seven hurricanes expected in the region this summer, Attorney General Carl Bethel said the mandatory evacuation bill Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis promised last year is still in draft form and “difficult to craft because of constitu
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‘We’ll look out for ourselves’
ABACO residents say they are not waiting for the government to issue evacuation plans for the 2020 hurricane season but are instead making their own plans if another storm were to hit the island.
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PM's national address on Hurricane Irma in full
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis' gave a national address on Hurricane Irma on Tuesday evening from the Office of the Prime Minister.
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Evacuation over gas leak alert
Evacuation over gas leak alert By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net THE historic buildings surrounding Rawson Square had to be evacuated yesterday because of a suspected gas leak. The Prime Minister, his cabinet, as well is em
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Evacuation over gas leak alert
Evacuation over gas leak alert By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net THE historic buildings surrounding Rawson Square had to be evacuated yesterday because of a suspected gas leak. The Prime Minister, his cabinet, as well is em
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Evacuation over gas leak alert
Evacuation over gas leak alert By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net THE historic buildings surrounding Rawson Square had to be evacuated yesterday because of a suspected gas leak. The Prime Minister, his cabinet, as well is em
