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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 ...
Emily continues moving west-northwest, slightly faster than previously. A gradual turn to the northwest is expected during the next 12-24 hours due to a weakness in ...
Since it formed last night, tropical storm Emily has struggled to get its act together. Positioned 270 miles southeast of San Juan this morning, the storm has ...
Tropical Storm Emily cut through the Caribbean sea on a northwesterly path Tuesday, threatening several islands with a dangerous storm surge and punishing winds. The ...
A second area of showers and thunderstorms has formed to the west of the main disturbance and will bring locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds to portions of the ...
An active tropical wave along with a mid to upper level trough will further increase the instability of the atmosphere over the Northeastern Caribbean over the next ...
A tropical wave near the Yucatan Channel has a 80 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center said. “A ...
At least ten people were killed on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Juaning brought strong winds and heavy rains to parts of the northeastern Philippines, the government ...
A flash flood watch is now in effect for the BVI until 6am tomorrow morning. Lingering moisture from a tropical wave will cause the atmosphere across the Leewards to ...
Over 2,000 people have been displaced in the latest eruption from Indonesia’s Mount Lokon, which is located on the northern tip of the island of Sulawesi, ...
A flash flood warning remains in effect until 4:00pm. The Department of Disaster Management advises travelers to remain in contact with their respective airlines ...
An active tropical wave being somewhat enhanced by a mid level trough will continue to unsettle atmospheric conditions over the Virgin Islands today and tonight ...
A very active trough in the vicinity of Puerto Rico will continue to bring adverse weather conditions across the Virgin Islands during the next 24 hours. The VI will ...
The Mexican government on Sunday said the death toll as a result of Tropical Storm Arlene and its aftermath has risen to at least 10. Arlene made landfall in ...
Lingering moisture and instability from a tropical wave are affecting the Leeward Islands and Virgin Islands Skies today will be cloudy with scattered showers. Some ...
Dry and stable weather conditions prevailed across the British Virgin Islands this morning. However, later this evening a tropical wave moving into the area will ...
Moist unstable conditions are affecting the area due to the passage of a Tropical Wave. Over the next 6 hours skies will likely remain cloudy with showers and ...
Instability associated with a persistent trough, coupled with an abundance of moisture in the mid portions of the atmosphere, will produce an environment that ...
An area of low pressure and associated trough will continue to affect weather conditions across the British Virgin Islands. Cloudy to overcast skies with occasional ...
The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) teamed up with local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) CCT Global Communication and LIME, along with the ...
The Antigua Meteorological Services has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the British Virgin Islands until 2pm this afternoon. Clouds, showers and thunderstorms ...
A dissipating low pressure area in the North Atlantic with help to maintain light wind speeds across the area today. Today will be partly cloudy to cloudy with a ...
A weak surface to lower levels trough system will cause mostly cloudy skies and numerous showers across the islands. Thunderstorms are also likely today, due mainly ...
As the Territory gets over the rainy weekend, a ridge of high pressure is the dominant feature in the weather. Skies will be sunny to partly sunny with only a slight ...
The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Service has issued a flash flood warning for low lying and flood prone areas in the British Virgin Islands, valid until 6:00am ...
A flash flood watch has been issued for the Virgin Islands until 12 nooon. Please be advised this watch maybe upgraded to a warning. Residents are asked to exercise ...
Trough systems at various levels of the atmosphere will maintain unsettled weather across the Territory. Further rainfall accumulations of in excess of an inch are ...
The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological service has issued a flash flood watch for low lying and flood prone areas of the British Virgin Islands valid until 5:00pm ...
The Virgin Islands are currently experiencing unsettled weather which is expected to continue across the area through to at least Friday. This is as a result of a ...
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck east of Jamaica this morning. Despite residents reporting that the tremor felt strong, there have been no reports of any damages so ...
On May 3, 2011 members of the engineering and scientific communities and representatives from international funding agencies and other regional stakeholders launched ...