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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 ...
A surface to low level trough will continue to destabilize the atmosphere over the North-eastern Caribbean and hence the chances of showers over the British Virgin ...
A broad area of high pressure over the western Atlantic will continue producing a moderate to fresh trade wind across the Virgin Islands today and continuing into ...
A non-tropical low pressure area located about 600 miles north-east of The Virgin Islands remains disorganized. Movement is to the west at 3-5 mph. Satellite ...
It’s an unusually early forecast of the potential formation of a tropical weather system about 460 miles north-east of Puerto Rico. According to a ...
An upper level trough located over Eastern Hispañola early this morning will continue to move east across the local islands today. This moist and unstable air mass ...
An upper level trough stretching from South America to just north of the Territory is creating cloudy conditions while a low level trough in the vicinity of the ...
Rotarians have been finding a number of ways to help victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan that killed thousands and left hundreds of thousands ...
The Japan meteorological agency has cancelled the tsunami warning which it issued following a magnitude-7.4 earthquake off Japan’s ravaged north-eastern coast ...
According to a public statement issued at 8:49pm last evening by the Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN), 36 minor and micro earthquakes associated with a seismic ...
In its 28th year of issuing predictions, the Colorado State University forecast team today predicted an above-average 2011 Atlantic basin hurricane season. The team ...
A surface trough located east of the Territory will continue to move west and into the area. As this feature moves across the local area, it will bring abundant ...
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck off north-eastern Japan on Tuesday afternoon, seismologists said, but no tsunami warnings were issued and there ...
The World Bank said in a recent report that Japan may need up to five years to rebuild from the disastrous earthquake and tsunami which caused up in excess of $235 ...
Two earthquakes were reportedly felt in the Virgin Islands yesterday. The first one which occurred at approximately 9:42 am measured a magnitude of 5.3 on the ...
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations’ (UN) on Wednesday announced that its International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief will fly out to ...
A caller to the talk show ‘A Look at the Community’ on Tuesday night suggested that a telethon in aid of the persons affected by the earthquake and ...
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — With Japan struggling to recover from an enormous earthquake that struck off its north-eastern coast on Friday afternoon, experts say there ...
Japan’s most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. Cars, ships and buildings were swept away ...
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — A series of enormous earthquakes struck off the Pacific coast of north-eastern Japan on early Friday afternoon, seismologists said, ...
On Tuesday Virgin Islands’ residents awoke to the horrific accounts of the magnitude 6.3 earthquake and the resulting aftershocks that rocked Christchurch, New ...
The remnants of an old frontal boundary, now located north-north-west of the local Islands, will continue to result in isolated to scattered showers and possibly a ...
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), in partnership with the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), held a two-day workshop to develop ...
Thursday, February 3 – A technical working group of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC) met yesterday at the Department of Disaster Management to ...
An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale was felt throughout the upper Leeward Islands at approximately 8:40 am on Wednesday, February 2. The ...
An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.58 on the Richter scale was felt throughout the Virgin Islands at approximately 10:50 am on Saturday, January 22. The report ...
Financial losses suffered by farmers as a result of the passage of Hurricane Earl last year reached some three quarters of a million dollars. Chief Agricultural ...
The forecast for the Atlantic seasonal hurricane activity has been released which indicates an above-average Atlantic basin tropical cyclone season in 2011 and ...
A weak low level trough moving westward across the Region will bring additional moisture to the islands and surrounding waters overnight through Thursday. This will ...
For the past few weeks the Virgin Islands has experienced dry conditions due to changes in the weather pattern as the 2010 hurricane season comes to a close. ...
The Department of Disaster Management says the public must maintain guard against complacency, even as the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season has officially come to an ...
11TH November 2010 – 5PM The Antigua Meteorological Service has cancelled all watches and warnings for the Virgin Islands however lingering moisture and other ...
11th November 2010-5AM- The Antigua Meteorological Service has extended the Flash Flood Warning until 12 noon today as a unsettled weather pattern is expected to ...
10TH November 2010 – 6PM- The low pressure area presently affecting the territory is gradually moving to the north east. The majority of the heavy showers have ...
10TH November 2010 – 2PM- The Antigua Meteorological Service has extended the Flash Flood Warning until 6PM as more heavy showers are expected. A flash flood ...
10TH November 2010 – 10AM- The Antigua Meteorological Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the Virgin Islands until 2PM. A flash flood warning means ...
