Tag: hurricane
UK navy support crew gets to work in Dominica
(CNS): The crew on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Lyme Bay have been earning their keep over the last week working on the island of Dominica following Tropical Storm Erika. The British Navy vessel has spent six days stationed off Dominica after rerouting to the island to offer support. “The ship has provided a variety […]
First hurricane of season degenerates before reaching Caribbean
(CNS): Hurricane Danny, which had reached a category three hurricane at one point over the Atlantic, degenerated into a low pressure trough on Monday morning some 45 miles off the coast of Guadeloupe. The National Hurricane Center said the remnants of the hurricane, the first one of the 2015 season, were expected to bring up […]
First hurricane of the season now category 3
(CNS) Updated: Hurricane Danny intensified dramatically on Thursday night and Friday morning and Weather Underground reports the storm as being category 3 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Danny remains almost 1,000 miles east of the Leeward Islands and may threaten Puerto Rico by Tuesday.
Tropical storm expected to become hurricane
(CNS): Tropical storm Danny, which emerged from a tropical depression in the Atlantic yesterday, is currently heading west at around 14mph. The National Hurricane Center is advising that this storm, only the fourth so far this season, could become a hurricane sometime tomorrow. At 6am this morning the storm was located around 1,445 miles east […]
Saharan dust keeps storms at bay
(CNS): With August just around the corner, the time when we can expect an increase in stormy weather in the region, experts are saying that this season the Atlantic is very unlikely to cause much hurricane trouble. Wind sheer, El Nino and lower than average Atlantic ocean temperatures are contributing to the quiet fronts and […]
