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Challenges arising from a major hurricane will be compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, analysts have warned. Fitch Ratings, in its annual hurricane season report, said the added complications would be a headache for insurers already seeing an impact ...

A US agency warned yesterday that up to 19 named storms could be recorded this hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there was a 60 per cent chance of an above average hurricane season. The agency estimated the li...

The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur are expected to bring winds and rain to the island tonight. The first tropical storm of the year was downgraded to a post-tropical storm yesterday. According to the Bermuda Weather Service forecast yesterday: “I...

Tropical Storm Arthur has weakened, but its remnants are expected to pass over the island later this week. As of noon the US-based National Hurricane Centre said the system, the first tropical storm of the year, has become a post-tropical cyclone The...

A weather system brewing near Florida could become a preseason tropical storm, meteorologists have warned. The US-based National Hurricane Centre reported that the low pressure trough over the Straits of Florida was expected to strengthen in the next...

International meteorologists have warned that this year’s hurricane season could be busier than normal. A forecast from North Carolina State University predicted between 18 and 22 named storms for the season, which starts on June 1. The university sa...

Two helicopters flew above Bermuda yesterday as part of Britain’s preparation for future hurricanes. The aircraft took off from RFA Argus, part of the Royal Navy’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary Merchant Navy arm and the Caribbean disaster relief ship, which ...

A Royal Navy disaster relief ship will drop anchor in Bermuda on Sunday to take on stores, it was revealed yesterday. RFA Argus, part of the RN’s Merchant Navy support fleet, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, will resupply on Sunday before it steams to the ...

This year could be another busy one for hurricanes, a US-based weather service warned yesterday, AccuWeather’s early 2020 Atlantic hurricane forecast said it expected between 14 and 18 tropical storms over the season, which starts on June 1. Between ...

Five businesses have temporarily closed while repairs are made to the hurricane-damaged roof of the Clocktower Mall in Dockyard. A new roof is required for the Great Northern Storehouse within the mall after it was badly hit during Hurricane Humberto...

A garden waste clean-up by the public works ministry and a charity saw a massive 173 per cent increase in drop-offs, it has been revealed. The horticultural waste effort organised by the ministry and Keep Bermuda Beautiful saw the number of truckload...

Dear Sir, I write once again, your column, not complaining, but giving praise and thanks to where it’s due. First, I would like to thank Minister of Public Works Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch and his great team of workers — from the works and engin...