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A week devoted to making sure people are ready for the hurricane season will launch next Monday. Renee Ming, the national security minister, said that the emergency broadcast service would broadcast daily lunchtime briefings until next Friday. She ad...

Emergency services were pulled from the roads this morning as the expected Hurricane Paulette moved closer to Bermuda. The Emergency Measure Organisation said it had moved to “red status” - no emergency vehicles to move over the height of the storm -...

On-island tests for Covid-19 have started and more test kits are expected to arrive in Bermuda over the next two weeks, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt added that the maximum turnaround time for results would be 48 hours. Mr Burt said: “This i...

The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) this week hosted members of the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch who facilitated a workshop offering guidelines to the local aviation community on what to do in the event of an aviation accident or seri...

A public meeting of the Emergency Measures Organisation to discuss an emergency evacuation plan for Ferry Reach was called a success by organisers. The meeting, at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science’s Hanson Hall, was intended to discuss what wou...

The lifeguard service at Horseshoe Bay Beach will temporarily cease tomorrow at 2pm. Department of Parks advised that the service at the Southampton beach will restart with the normal operating hours of 10am to 6pm on Sunday.

Bermuda will take part in a tsunami warning exercise with other Caribbean countries on Thursday. A spokeswoman for the national security ministry said: “The purpose of this exercise is to evaluate local tsunami response plans, increase tsunami prepar...

Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers joined forces with the emergency services at the weekend to undertake a major disaster exercise ahead of the America’s Cup. More than 250 personnel took part in a Dockyard disaster simulation designed to test the islan...

An emergency exercise is due to take place in the Dockyard area on Saturday to test contingency plans for the upcoming 35th Americas Cup. The Ministry of National Security announced the measures as part of its annual security simulation — Exercise Jo...

Around 100 seniors have been armed with the skills to help themselves and others in an emergency situation thanks to a disaster reduction training initiative instigated by the Bermuda Red Cross. The charity’s disaster manager Diane Gordon has helped...

The Emergency Measures Organisation has announced that it is safe to start moving around. However, it urged “extra caution” as there may be loose wires and low hanging branches along with standing water in low-lying areas. It comes as Tropical Stor...

Bermuda will participate in a tsunami response exercise tomorrow to test its readiness for such a disaster. The initiative, titled ‘Caribe Wave 16’, will simulate an earthquake off the northern coast of Hispaniola. The resulting exercise tsunami wa...