UPDATED: Hurricane Watch issued for south east Bahamas as Matthew threatens
A HURRICANE Watch is in effect for the south east Bahamas, including Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins, Ragged Island, Long Cay, Samana Cay, and the Turks and Caicos Islands from Sunday morning.
Bahamian students in Jamaica airlifted home to avoid Hurricane Matthew
BAHAMIAN students in Jamaica threatened by the approaching Hurricane Matthew arrived in Nassau late on Saturday night on a Bahamasair flight organised in conjunction with the government.
Powerful Hurricane Matthew soaks Colombia and heads for Jamaica
ONE OF the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.
NEMA urges 'be prepared' as Hurricane Matthew becomes category 4 storm
HURRICANE Matthew is expected to bring six to eight feet of storm surges, severe thunderstorms and several inches of rain as it moves through the Bahamas next week, Director of the Department of Meteorology Trevor Basden said on Friday.
HEAVY RAIN WARNING - Freeport - Saturday 8.10am-2pm
INSURANCE MANAGEMENT: HEAVY RAIN WARNING
Bahamians warned to prepare for Hurricane Matthew, now a category 4 storm
HURRICANE Matthew is expected to bring strong tropical storm force winds and heavy rain when it passes over the central and southeast Bahamas early next week, with residents being warned to begin hurricane preparations as soon as possible.
Hurricane Matthew rages in the southern Caribbean
HURRICANE Matthew swirled westward into the open waters of the Caribbean early on Thursday after hitting islands in the south of the region with heavy wind and rain.
THUNDERSTORM WARNING - Nassau - Thursday 8.50am-10.20am
INSURANCE MANAGEMENT: THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Tropical Storm Matthew lashes southern Caribbean islands
TROPICAL Storm Matthew formed on Wednesday morning in the eastern Caribbean and lashed several islands with heavy wind and rain.
Tropical Storm Lisa forms in eastern Atlantic
TROPICAL Storm Lisa formed on Tuesday morning over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean about 430 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands.
Tropical Storm Karl forms in eastern Atlantic
TROPICAL Storm Karl formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean on Thursday night but forecasters say it currently poses no threat to land.
Atlantic Ocean could see tropical activity in next few weeks
WEATHER experts are reporting that while new tropical storm development in the wake of Hurricane Hermine is unlikely during the coming days, additional pulses of tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean are in store during the next few weeks.
Florida braced for Hurricane Hermine
THE US National Hurricane Center said on Thursday afternoon that data from an air force aircraft indicates that Tropical Storm Hermine has strengthened to a hurricane, with maximum sustained winds increasing to near 75mph.
48 hours of rain
RESIDENTS in the northwest and central Bahamas can expect light to moderate rainfall over the next 48 hours as the country continues to experience “tropical moisture” from the outer bands of a departing tropical depression, a senior meteorological official said yesterday.
Tropical Depression forms south west of Florida Keys
DESPITE threatening to develop last week as it crossed the Atlantic and passed to the west of The Bahamas, a tropical depression was reported by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami to have formed finally on Sunday evening south of the lower Florida Keys as it heads into the Gulf of Mexico and turns back towards the northeastern Gulf Coast of the United States.
