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Tropical Storm Kate is forecast to pass well east of the island as the 2021 hurricane season heats up.
TS Kate, named on Sunday, was about 1,063 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and moving north at 5mph at 6am today.
The storm was not considered a thr...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A tropical storm is not a threat to Bermuda at this time, forecasters said this morning.
TS Henri was said to be 510 miles west-southwest of the island and moving west-northwest at about 8mph at 6am today.
Its closest point of approach is expected to...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A wife and husband say they are lucky to be alive after lightning hit their house blowing out a ceiling, cracking a chimney, smashing a glass fire guard and causing electrical explosions.
Lorna and Paul Singh were in their house on Rockywold Drive in...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Tropical Storm Henri will complete almost a full circuit around Bermuda before heading out into the Atlantic and forming into a hurricane, according to forecasters.
The unusual “loop” movement of the storm has been caused by two high pressure systems...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Tropical Storm Henri continued to move away from the island this afternoon and weather conditions are expected to improve.
The Bermuda Weather Service said at noon that Henri was 166 nautical miles to the south-southwest of the island, with sustain...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Forecasters are continuing to keep a wary eye on Tropical Storm Henri, which grew in strength from a tropical depression overnight.
Henri was 115 nautical miles south-southeast of Bermuda at 3pm today, and had made its expected turn to the west and...
DATE: Aug 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Meteorologists were last night monitoring what was expected to become the sixth named storm of the year – but the system is not considered a threat to Bermuda.
The US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said tropical cyclone 6 was e...
DATE: Aug 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A busy hurricane season is still on the cards, despite a lack of storms near Bermuda so far this summer.
The US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this week in a mid-season update there remains a 65 per cent chance of an abov...
DATE: Aug 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public is being asked to be patient while the Ministry of Public Works joins forces with the Royal Bermuda Regiment and Belco to trim trees along South Shore Road in Warwick and Southampton.
A Government spokeswoman said: “The teams will be cutti...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Firefighters responded to two incidents yesterday related to the heavy downpour.
Calypso clothing store on Front Street suffered flooding and there was also a fire in an electrical vault at the AS Cooper building, also on Front Street.
At 10.35am, B...
DATE: Jul 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan