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The 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season formally begins today with two named storms already on record. And while seasonal forecasts by the American-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have predicted a near-average season with between ten...

Local meteorologist Mark Guishard has been highlighted in South Carolina in advance of the 2016 hurricane season. Mr Guishard, the programme manager for Bermuda’s Risk Prevention Initiative at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, has been feature...

Days before the start of the 2016 Hurricane Season, the Ministry of National Security is urging the public to be prepared for storms. This week, the ministry will be marking Hurricane Preparedness Week with a series of events aimed at reminding resid...

Early forecasts have predicted a slightly busier than average hurricane season this year — and experts warn that a single storm could be significant. In their annual forecast, Colorado State University has estimated that the Atlantic will see about 1...

While the 2016 Hurricane Season is still more than a month away, it is always good to be prepared for the threat of storms. In advance of a hurricane, the public are advised to stock up on drinking water, canned goods, non-perishable food items and a...

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...

Concern that warming global temperatures will create more powerful tropical storms and hurricanes, and potentially costlier catastrophes for insurers, appears to have been borne out during the past six months, with both the northern and southern hemi...

Bermuda Weather Service director Kimberley Zuill will present a free lecture on hurricanes at the Bermuda Zoological Society next Thursday. The talk, “Hurricanes 101: A Bermuda Focus”, will focus on how hurricanes have shaped and continue to almost a...

Members of Bermuda’s Azorean community experienced a tense couple of days as Hurricane Alex made its approach to the Azores. Alex, a rare January hurricane, weakened to become a tropical storm as it hit the islands, making landfall on Terceira. The ...

Hurricane Alex is not expected to affect Bermuda but serious conditions are expected over parts of the Azores early today, with the risk of “life-threatening flash floods and mudslides”, according to the National Hurricane Centre. Many Bermudians and...

Climate change could put Bermuda at risk of greater economic damage and dent its sovereign credit rating more than many countries and islands. That is the finding of a speculative report by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. Using direct damage data...

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...