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We’re not thinking! Walwyn bemoans new burden on employers
BVI News
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July 4, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on July 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM / Opposition Leader Myron Walwyn has warned that the government’s approach to legislation and economic policy is placing an unsustainable financial burden on employers in the Virgin Islands....
Weather service says more rainfall, possible flooding ahead
Cayman Compass
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October 17, 2024
For the latest information on storm activity in the Cayman Islands, as well as information on how to prepare for hurricane season, visit Storm Centre. Local forecasters are advising the community to expect possible flooding in low-lying areas as...
Weather experts monitor 2 disturbances in the Caribbean Sea
Breaking Belize News
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October 17, 2024
Views: 0 Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2024. 10:43 am CST. By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Weather experts at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are monitoring 2 disturbances in the Atlantic. A trough of low pressure located a few hundred miles east of...
Hurricane Center Continues to Monitor Two Areas for Development
Weatherboy
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October 17, 2024
The two shaded areas are being monitored by the National Hurricane Center for possible tropical cyclone development. The orange area has better odds of developing than the yellow one. Image: NHC The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida...
Hurricane Center Tracking Possible New Cyclone in Caribbean
Newsweek
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October 16, 2024
A new tropical storm may be brewing in the Caribbean in the wake of Hurricane Milton's dramatic intensification earlier this month. The potential new storm is an area of low pressure off the coasts of Costa Rica and Panama, but it may strengthen...
Very Cold Temps Headed to Alabama with Hints of Wintry Weather
Catfish Tuscaloosa - Alabama
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January 14, 2025
Get ready for frigid temps and the hints of wintry weather in Alabama. Confirming Very Cold Temps Next Week According to the NOAA temperature outlook for January 20-25, almost the entire Yellowhammer State is in the 70-80% range for likely...
Hurricane Nadine threatens Florida as possible third consecutive massive storm to strike Sunshine State
The Mirror US
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October 15, 2024
Experts are monitoring the next potential storm to hit Florida, as hurricane season rages, with a 'disturbed weather area' quickly gaining power to become the next big hurricane - Nadine Nadine has yet to form, but the NHC is monitoring an area of...
Hurricane Hunters set to fly into Invest 94L as forecasters also monitor Caribbean disturbance
FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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Stream FOX 35 News MIAMI - We may be getting closer to the end of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, but the tropics remain active as forecasters monitor two areas of disturbed weather that could develop into tropical systems. One area being...
California and National Drought Summary for January 14, 2025, 10 Day Weather Outlook, and California Drought Statistics: 61% Abnormally Dry
Sierra Sun Times
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Summary January 16, 2025 - On January 9 and 10, a low pressure system tracked along the Gulf Coast and resulted in widespread precipitation (1 to 2.5 inches, liquid equivalent) from eastern Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley east to the...
Hurricane forecasters now watching 2 weather systems in the tropics
Tampa Bay Times - Florida
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Hot on the heels of hurricanes Helene and Milton, forecasters on Monday were watching two other weather systems for possible tropical development. Neither pose an imminent threat to Florida, though forecasters suggested people pay attention to...
Leaders endorse VI’s call for climate help
The BVI Beacon
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January 9, 2025
Caribbean territories and other small island states facing climate-change threats received a show of support from leaders around the region following an international meeting last month in St. Kitts and Nevis. The boost followed an intervention...
Festival and Fairs Committee Seeks Members on Sister Islands
Government of the Virgin Islands
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The Government of the Virgin Islands is inviting qualified residents on Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, and Virgin Gorda to serve as members on the Festival and Fairs Committee. Interested persons should be deemed to belong to the Virgin Islands by birth...
Climate Summit: Anxiety to Action
Fordham Observer - New York
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October 10, 2024
SAM BRACY/THE OBSERVER Fordham hosted environmental activists and EPA administrators for a Climate Week summit at the Lincoln Center campus. Youth environmental activists and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional administrators discussed...
Operation Maverick's Armistice: A collaborative Air National Guard exercise in agile combat training
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES 07.10.2025 JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- In a formidable display of readiness and collaboration, more than 800 mission-ready Air National Guard members gathered at the Air Dominance Center in...
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Hurricane Milton, heading to Florida, ‘could be worst storm in 100 years’: What makes it so deadly?
Firstpost
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October 9, 2024
“You should evacuate now, now, now. You should have already evacuated. It’s a matter of life and death, and that’s not hyperbole,” said US President Joe Biden as the country, especially the state of Florida, braces for Hurricane Milton, the...
HoA to focus on National Sustainable Development Plan during new session
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Second Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) began today, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, with Governor Daniel Pruce delivering the Speech from the Throne. The speech, themed ‘Legislative Blocks of Success; Building a...
Hurricanes, storms give taxpayers in these states an Oct. 15 reprieve
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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The scariest thing to do in October for many is facing the ghost of tax deadlines past and running into Oct. 15 if you had a six-month extension. That's unless you've been hit by a hurricane or other horrific weather disaster and now have a new...
Hurricane Milton prompts urgent Foreign Office travel warning to UK tourists visiting Florida
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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October 9, 2024
The Foreign Office (FCDO) has urged UK holidaymakers to not visit Florida amid its latest USA travel guidance over "life-threatening" weather conditions. Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall on the west coast of Florida in a matter of hours....
Hurricane Statistics Fast Facts
KRDO - Colorado
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October 7, 2024
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at hurricane statistics. Notable Hurricanes in Recent US History September 23-30, 2022 – Hurricane Ian Category 4 storm. Made first landfall in Cuba as a Category 3. Hit the southwestern coast of...
Hurricane Milton: Warning as Brits heading to Florida must take urgent action
The Mirror
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October 8, 2024
The UK's Foreign Office has issued warnings to British visitors to Florida ahead of the imminent arrival of Hurricane Milton on Wednesday, with an extreme danger to life Hurricane Milton is set to hit Florida on Wednesday ( Image: AFP via Getty...