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Mostly Sunny Skies Expected Friday

Mostly sunny skies are expected Friday across the Virgin Islands as dry, hazy conditions prevail. Daytime high temperatures will reach the upper 80s to the low 90s with east […]

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St Catherine Disaster Preparedness Committee seeks funding

The St Catherine Parish Disaster Preparedness Committee is asking for a budget of $779,250 to prepare for the 2020 hurricane season, while highlighting that the shelters are 85 per cent ready for

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Tropical Storm Bertha forms, hits South Carolina coast

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall on South Carolina’s coast Wednesday morning shortly after it formed, becoming the second named storm before the official start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane

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Tech acquired for COVID-19 pandemic useful elsewhere, says Carby

WITH the Caribbean region being menaced by potential twin disasters, COVID-19 and predictions of an active hurricane season, head of the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Dr Barbara Carby says technology acquired for managing the pandemic should be

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NOAA hurricane forecast predicts busy 2020 season –

The federal government’s hurricane season forecast predicts an above-average season, offering little hope of a break from strong storms in an already challenging

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United Way Of The Coastal Empire Distributes Over $300,000 To Provide Relief

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, United Way of the Coastal Empire has distributed $318,050 of the COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund, helping 787 friends and neighbors in Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty Counties to

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Umontuen: 'In Atlanta, 'Black Press Matters' now more than ever' | The Atlanta Voice

What I have found as I covered the protest for Rayshard Brooks on June 13, that it’s pretty easy to see why not only “Black Lives Matter” but “Black Journalists Matter” and “Black Media

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Tropical Wave Producing Disorganized Storms, Could Bring Rain to Region

A tropical wave about 750 miles east southeast of the Windward Islands that produced showers and a few thunderstorms Monday afternoon is unlikely to develop into a tropical storm, but is still likely to bring rain and rough weather across the USVI.

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Northern Cameroon Under Water | Africanews

Over 1,500 families in Northern Cameroon have been displaced as overwhelming floods - from heavy rainfall in the town of Maroua the last few days, have destroyed their homes, washed away livestock and devastated

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Partly Sunny, Scattered Showers Thursday

Partly sunny skies are expected across the local area Thursday with some scattered shower activity. Winds remain from the east southeast at 15-20 miles per hour with high temperatures averaging […]

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Tropical Storm Eta making landfall in Cuba, heads toward southern Florida – National News – The Black Chronicle

ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) - Tropical Storm Eta made landfall early Sunday morning along the south central coast of Cuba with winds of 65 mph. The…

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Tropical Storm Beta churns slowly toward Texas and Louisiana - TheGrio

Tropical Storm Beta trudged toward the coasts of Texas and Louisiana on Sunday, threatening to bring more rain, wind and... View Article The post Tropical Storm Beta churns slowly toward Texas and Louisiana appeared first on TheGrio.

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Storm watch discontinued for Barbados - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

THE tropical storm warning for Barbados has been discontinued. In addition, the hurricane warning for St Vincent and the Grenadines has been downgraded to a tropical storm warning. The passage of Hurricane Elsa through the Windward Islands on Friday caused heavy rain and flooding in both count

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Hanover fire station to undergo refurbishing

The more than 70 men and women who work at the fire station in Lucea, Hanover, should be operating from a more comfortable surrounding very soon, as their current accommodation is poised to undergo a major refurbishing work at a cost of approximately $10

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Agriculture Gives Tips on Protecting Livestock, Horses From Hurricanes and Floods

Do not confine or tie animals during the storm because they can get trapped, injured or killed in the event of building collapse or flooding.

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Survival kit for staying home

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2020 hurricanes breezing through the alphabet

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - There have been so many Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms this year that the world is running out of names for them, the United Nations said yesterday.The storms are given first names in alphabetical order, but this year they are set to run out.

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Agriculture Gives Tips on Protecting Livestock, Horses From Hurricanes and Floods

Do not confine or tie animals during the storm because they can get trapped, injured or killed in the event of building collapse or flooding.

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Jamaicans warned to brace for coming storm

Jamaicans have been warned to brace for wet weather this weekend as Tropical Storm Elsa is forecast to move across the Caribbean, threatening to produce up to six inches of rainfall, flash flooding, and mudslides. The National Hurricane Center...

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Frazer, Victor O. (1943- )

Victor O. Frazer, attorney and politician, was born May 24, 1943 in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands to Albert Frazer and Amanda Blyden. He graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School in 1960. In 1964, he earned a B.A. degree from Fisk University. In 1971, he received his

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Tropical Wave Producing Disorganized Storms, Could Bring Rain to Region

A tropical wave about 750 miles east southeast of the Windward Islands that produced showers and a few thunderstorms Monday afternoon is unlikely to develop into a tropical storm, but is still likely to bring rain and rough weather across the USVI.

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First phase of drain, gully cleaning starts in two weeks

MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the island's municipal corporations will be rolling out the first phase of their disaster risk mitigation programme in two weeks, for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins on June

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Task force may have acted hastily in denying request for Region Nine lockdown

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Jackson, Lisa Perez (1962-- )

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Hurricane Iota heads for battered Honduras, Nicaragua - Black News Channel

By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Iota became the thirteenth hurricane of the Atlantic season early Sunday, threatening to bring another dangerous system to Nicaragua and Honduras — countries recently clobbered by a Category 4 Hurricane Eta. Iota was

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Eta expected to be hurricane and strike Florida Keys

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta sliced across Cuba yesterday and was aimed at the southern tip of Florida, where officials braced for a storm that could hit at hurricane force after leaving scores of dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America.

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Meteorologist: Forget Predictions, Just be Prepared for Hurricane Season

It’s that time of year again -- the impending start of hurricane season, when everyone becomes a meteorologist, and the bane of Ernesto Morales’ existence.

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Cleaner seas in Kingston, MoBay

The polluted Kingston Harbour has appeared much clearer in recent weeks, with some marine scientists suggesting that the economic malaise brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is possibly a contributing

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Tropical Storm Iota forms in the Caribbean

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) — Just as the remnants of Eta finally blew out to sea on Friday, another storm formed that could follow its path of death and destruction into Central America this weekend, and Tropical Storm Theta was moving...

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Drier Air Mass Should Move in Wednesday

A drier air mass should move in Wednesday, but satellite imagery also shows low-level clouds advancing into the islands, which could lead to isolated to scattered showers. Temperatures will rise to the upper 80s and low 90s. Winds will be out of the east at 10 to 15 mph with stronger gusts. Across

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Caribbean countries renew disaster risk insurance policies

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) says its member governments in the Caribbean have all renewed their parametric insurance coverage for tropical cyclone, excess rainfall, earthquake and fisheries in light of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane

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