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Sunday, October 14 – The Department of Disaster Management is reporting that the tropical storm warning has been lifted. However, a flash flood warning remains ...
The BVI Airport Authority has informed the Department of Disaster Management that the TB Lettsome International Airport is operating as normal. Cape Air caribbean ...
5:00AM 13th October 2012 – Over the last several hours, there have been no major changes with Tropical Storm Rafael. It was centered near 15.7N and 64.2W, or ...
The territory’s disaster management agency is imploring residents not to panic in light of the recent series of earthquakes off the coast of the Virgin Islands. ...
There were a series of earthquakes of at least 4.4-magnitude on the Richter scale Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quakes included ...
Disturbance 42 is along 27W in the eastern Atlantic or approximately 400 miles west south-west of the Cape Verde Islands. It is moving west at about 15 mph. ...
The passage of Tropical Storm Isaac seriously hampered transportation to the western side of Tortola yesterday. The high seas and the strong tides associated with ...
Current Location: 16.1N 70W Geographic Reference: 165 of the Dominican Republic Movement: W at 15 mph Max Winds: 45 mph gusting to 60 mph Organizational Trend: ...
General Manager of the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) Leroy Abraham said the preparations undertaken by the corporation for this hurricane season resulted in ...
ISSUED AT 10:45AM – AUGUST 23, 2012: ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – LIAT wishes to inform its customers that flights into and out of Antigua have resumed with the ...
Current Location: 15.4N 64.8W Geographic Reference: 225miles SSE of San Juan Puerto Rico Movement: West at 13mph Max Winds: 40 mph gusting to 50 mph Organizational ...
8:00 AM – 23, August, 2012 – The National Emergency Operations Center is advising the BVI community that the Governor has consulted with the Director of ...
22, August, 2012 – The Department of Disaster Management is advising the BVI community that the Governor, in consultation with the Director of Disaster Management ...
A Pleasant Good Day to all. By now, most of you have seen or heard reports of the latest system approaching the Virgin Islands, Tropical Storm Isaac. This morning, ...
11:00PM – Tropical Storm Isaac is located near 15.8N/63.0W, or 495 miles east-southeast of the Dominican Republic. It is moving to the west at 20 mph. Heavy ...
ISSUED AT 4:00PM – AUGUST 22, 2012: ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – LIAT wishes to advise its customers and the general public of the following flight cancellations for ...
Classes at the H. L. Stoutt Community College will be cancelled as of 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday August 22, 2012. Students should monitor radio stations or call the ...
ISSUED AT 11:00AM – AUGUST 22, 2012: ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – LIAT wishes to advise that due to the impending passage of a Tropical Storm Isaac, it has been ...
A detailed release on this forecast will be issued at 9 am, according to the DDM. PREVIOUS RELEASE: TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MAINTAINS 40MPH WINDS Current Location: ...
Current Location: 13.7N/45.3W Geographic Reference: 945 miles East of Barbados Movement: West at 22 mph Organizational Trend: Steady Current Hurricane Severity ...
TIME/DATE: 5:00AM Saturday 04 August 2012 POSITION: 14.6N 29.7W or about 330 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands. MOVEMENT: West-northwest at 14 knots. ...
Tropical Depression Five has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Ernesto and is located at 13.0N/56.6W or about 490 miles East of St. Lucia with movement toward the West ...
The Flash flood watch that was in effect until 2 pm this afternoon has been extended until 10 pm tonight. Synopsis: Significant moisture remaining from a tropical ...
Synopsis: According to the Antigua Met Service a tropical wave is crossing the northeast Caribbean. Satellite and radar imagery are showing significant cloudiness ...
Synopsis: 19th July 2012 – A tropical wave will exit the area this afternoon, resulting in much less unsettled weather then. However, a low level trough system ...
Synopsis: Moisture from a tropical wave will linger some more across the British Virgin Islands today and hence the chance of showers and even thunderstorms will ...
Wednesday 4th July 2012 – Preliminary Information according to the Puerto Rico Seismic Network an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale ...
Thursday, June 21 – Hurricane, flood and landslide awareness are the focus of the Public Information and Education (PIE) subcommittee of the National Disaster ...
Good Day, I am Governor Boyd McCleary. June 1st marks the beginning of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season and it is important that the entire Territory is prepared ...
Greetings to all the people of the British Virgin Islands. I am your Premier, Dr. D. Orlando Smith and I am here to speak to you briefly about the 2012 hurricane ...
Friday, May 11 – On Thursday 10th May the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) hosted a stakeholder consultation to develop standardized procedures and ...
Synopsis: May 7th 2012 -According to the Antigua Met Service a persistent trough of low pressure continues to cause unstable weather conditions across the Eastern ...
May 6th 2012 -Synopsis: A trough of low pressure over the Caribbean Sea will slowly move eastward during the next few days. As it does so unstable atmospheric ...
May 4th 2012 – Synopsis: According to the Antigua Met Service, a trough coupled with the abundance of moisture, will remain the dominant feature that will ...
STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR AND THE HONOURABLE PREMIER – LANTEX 2012 ANNUAL TSUNAMI EXERCISE – 28TH MARCH 2012 Monday, April 16th 2012 – ...
Yesterday the Virgin Islands joined other localities in the Northwest Atlantic as a participant in LANTEX ’12, an earthquake and tsunami response exercise, ...
Thursday, February 2 – Dr. Zoran Vojinovic, an Associate Professor of Hydroinformatics at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation ...
Monday, January 30 – Key governmental stakeholders met at the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) on Friday 27th January, 2012, to assist in the design of a ...
10TH December 2011 – Synopsis: The Weather over the northern half of the Eastern Caribbean remains unstable due to a lingering trough over the area. Today and ...
Tuesday 29th 2011 - An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 2.6 on the Richter Scale was felt throughout the Virgin Islands at approximately 1:48pm this ...
Friday, November 19 – A one day workshop, held at the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), served to tailor a recently designed Disaster Management game ...
Synopsis: A Surface High Pressure and a weak trough will affect weather conditions across the region today. WX: Partly cloudy with few cloudy periods and scattered ...
Sunday 13th November, 2011 — New information from the Puerto Rico Seismic Network has shown that a series of earthquake occurred near the Virgin Islands last ...
Synopsis: A persistent mid to upper level trough will linger across the area overnight and gradually dissipate into tomorrow. This will make way for a ridge of high ...
The Antigua and Barbuda meteorological service has issued a flash flood watch for low lying and flood prone areas of Virgin Islands valid from 11 a.m. today until 8 ...
Synopsis: A weak mid to upper level trough will maintain an unstable atmosphere across the area during the next 24 hours. Wx: Partly cloudy skies today and tonight ...
An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.63Md on the Richter scale was felt throughout Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands at approximately 4:25pm yesterday ...
Moisture associated with the dissipating tail-end of a frontal trough will increase the chances of showers and thunderstorms across the British Virgin Islands today ...
The Antigua Met Office has issued a Flash Flood Watch for the Virgin Islands until 12 midday. A Flash Flood Watch is issued when conditions are favourable for flash ...
Synopsis: Instability associated with the northern edge of a tropical wave will move into the BVI early tomorrow and will produce a slight increase in shower ...
New research has found that hurricane activity is ‘clustered’ rather than random, which has important long-term implications for coastal ecosystems and ...
An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 4.6MI on the Richter scale was felt throughout Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands at approximately 3:27pm on afternoon. The ...
Tropical Storm Maria may become the third hurricane of the Atlantic season today as it passes west of Bermuda, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. ...
A Pleasant Good Day to all. By now, most of you have seen or heard reports of the latest system approaching the Virgin Islands, Tropical Storm Maria. Early this ...
At 5:00AM the center of Tropical Storm Maria was located near latitude 16.0 north…longitude 60.2 west or about 425 miles ESE of Puerto Rico Maria is moving ...
The official track of Tropical Storm Maria shifted significantly south Thursday, meaning it could be more of a threat to strike the U.S. next week. As of the 2 p.m. ...
Tropical Disturbance 37 just ahead of Tropical Depression 14 is expected to approach the Northern Leeward Islands today and move in to the territory later today ...
Hurricane Katia has strengthened north of the northern Leeward Islands again, and is expected to become a major hurricane later today. The system has been ...
Depression Twelve has become Tropical Storm Katia. Environmental conditions favor additional intensification as the easterly wind shear appears to be decreasing. ...
Strong winds and thunderstorms whipped the British Virgin Islands (BVI) late yesterday afternoon into today as Tropical Storm Irene made her way through the Leeward ...
Irene strengthened into a hurricane on early Monday morning after it made landfall in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, forecasters said, causing widespread damage ...
A recon plane inside Tropical Disturbance 31 has found a close surface circulation along with winds of 50 mph. Therefore, the disturbance has been upgraded to ...
According to the Antigua Meteorological Service, Tropical Disturbance 31 located about 300 miles east of the Eastern Caribbean is expected to move west to west ...
A ridge of high pressure will keep the atmosphere across the territory relatively dry and stable for today into tonight. By later tonight and tomorrow, a tropical ...
Heavy rains are sweeping across Haiti and the Dominican Republic as Tropical Storm Emily, which had earlier stalled to the south of the islands, begins moving again ...
