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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...

Bermuda has no national tsunami plan, and warning exercises are “generally not taken seriously”, according to a scientific report on Hurricane Joaquin. John Wardman and Mark Guishard from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) also alleged t...

An emergency simulation exercise is scheduled to take place at Bermuda’s Airport on Monday. The objective is to test LF Wade International’s readiness in the event of a plane crash or other emergency and will not affect scheduled flights. The Departm...

The Emergency Measures Organisation is reminding residents that a Hurricane Warning has been issued for Bermuda. All Government schools will be closed on Monday, the EMO has advised, and all remaining flights today have been cancelled. LF Wade Inter...

The emergency broadcasting station has been off the air again this morning due to technical difficulties but broadcast a live update at 6.30am, according to a spokesman. The station went off the air last night before Hurricane Joaquin’s closest pass...

A plan to upgrade the Horseshoe Bay parking area to allow better access for buses and pedestrians has been given planning approval. The Development Applications Board (DAB) recently approved a planning application submitted by the Bermuda Tourism Aut...

A tsunami warning exercise is set for tomorrow — and the public is urged to “like” the Bermuda Weather Service on Facebook. Given Bermuda’s reliance on social media in the absence of a siren alarm system, connecting with the BWS online will enable th...

Ambulances will be stationed at Clearwater and Port Royal Fire Stations as part of a plan to improve emergency coverage in the East and West End. The proposals were first unveiled in the Throne Speech by Governor George Fergusson earlier this month. ...