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A positive appraisal of the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) during last month’s Tropical Storm Fay was not shared by Opposition MPs, who suggested the fierce storm had caught Bermuda unprepared. Michael Dunkley, the Premier who also serves as t...

Extra crews from Caribbean utility companies could be called in to help local power provider Belco deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Gonzalo. The company, which is a member of the Caribbean Electric Utility Service Corporation, said it was in talk...

Insurers were kept busy yesterday as policy holders’ claims for storm damage signalled an early start to the working week. Andrew Hanwell, vice president of personal insurance at BF&M, said the company opened yesterday from 10.30am, and will be ready...

Among the many buildings that took roof damage under the assault of Tropical Storm Fay, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Flatts was lucky to avoid worse. “Our roof at Bethel was partially torn off — right now our trustees are looking to g...

Two-hundred Bermuda Regiment soldiers today helped to repair damage and clear debris caused by Tropical Storm Fay. Squads spread out across the Island, putting tarpaulin on the roofs of 30 damaged homes, clearing roads of trees and tidying up around...

Tropical Storm Fay has led to a busy weekend for firefighters, with the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) receiving more than 100 calls. Service spokeswoman Sgt Russann Francis said that as of 10pm last night, the service received 105 emergency ...

Bermuda was lashed by gusts of up to 120 miles per hour this morning as Tropical Storm Fay hit the Island, leaving 27,000 residents without power and roads blocked with debris. The Bermuda Weather Service station at Commissioner’s Point at Dockyard —...

A weather system that recently developed to the Island’s south is expected to pass Bermuda as a subtropical storm this weekend, according to the Bermuda Weather Service. In a special statement, the service said: “A subtropical storm has developed abo...