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Life is slowly getting back to normal for some in the Caribbean less than four months after their homelands were battered by hurricanes. While the recovery still has a long way to go on some islands, Bermuda has played its part in helping people to ...

Bermuda has escaped the brunt of a devastating hurricane season, with no storm watches or warnings issued for the island the first time in ten years. The news came as this year’s Atlantic hurricane season came to a close yesterday. The Caribbean and ...

More than 50 athletes have raised almost $30,000 for a hurricane relief fund in support of the Salvation Army’s efforts. They worked in teams to raise the funds and prizes were today presented to the group that raised the most money and the team tha...

A grub day organised by the Bermuda Union of Teachers raised more than $13,000 for the victims of the recent catastrophic hurricanes in the Caribbean. The BUT invited the general public, all schools and staff to take part in a National Grub Day on Se...

The newly formed Bermuda First committee should discuss how hurricane devastation in the Caribbean can impact the island’s tourism and reinsurance industries, according to former chairman Don Kramer. Reacting to the reformation of the group he chaire...

Six police officers from Bermuda have embarked on a three-week humanitarian mission to the British Virgin Islands. They are the third group of Bermuda Police Service officers who have gone to the Caribbean country to provide armed support to the loca...

The devastation caused by hurricanes Maria and Irma formed the focus of discussions at a Special Meeting of the Caribbean Overseas Territories this weekend. David Burt flew to Miami to join leaders of Anguilla, Monserrat, the British Virgin Islands, ...

More than $25,000 has been raised to support hurricane recovery in the Caribbean. Clarien Bank set up a hurricane donation drive to support Red Cross relief efforts after Hurricanes Irma and Maria left destructive paths of devastation earlier this ye...

Powerful winds and rain from Storm Ophelia have caused damage in Ireland that has been estimated at up to $1.8 billion. However, another estimate suggests the range of losses is likely to be lower at between $580 million and $940 million. The Enki Re...

A Bermudian doctor described the devastation in the Caribbean island of Dominica yesterday after it was hammered by Hurricane Maria. Roslyn Bascombe-Adams, sent to the island as part of a Pan American Health Organisation aid mission, said: “Every Dom...

Captain Mark Crabb of the Salvation Army was stunned by not only the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, but by the spirit of the people who came together after the disaster. “It was overwhelming,” Captain Crabb said. “I didn’t know what to expect becau...

The West Indian Association’s Give From the Heart telethon for hurricane-ravaged regions in the Caribbean enjoyed a successful evening as the community came together to help our neighbours to the south. The phone lines were ringing off the hook duri...