Tag: tropical storm
Storm watch lifted as Earl passes south of Cayman
(CNS): Government officials lifted the local tropical storm watch at 4pm Tuesday as TS Earl passed around 200 miles south of the islands heading towards Honduras at around 16mph. But with maximum sustained winds of over 50 mph and the storm stretching some 90 miles from the centre, Cayman was expected to experience windy, cloudy […]
TS Earl set to pass well south of Cayman
(CNS): The National Hurricane Centre in the US confirmed just before lunchtime Tuesday that the tropical system passing through the Caribbean has become the 5th storm of the season. At around 11am local time, Tropical Storm Earl was around 215 miles south-southeast of Grand Cayman, with maximum sustained winds of 45mph and higher gusts, moving […]
Cayman remains on watch over approaching storm
(CNS): A tropical wave currently passing over Jamaica (Tuesday morning) is expected to pass close to Cayman later today, as the islands remain under a tropical storm watch. Local forecasters said the system was moving at about 20mph and they expected it to be upgraded to a tropical storm by the time it reaches our […]
Cayman under tropical storm watch
(CNS): As a strong tropical wave moved towards Jamaica Monday evening, officials from Hazard Management placed Cayman under a tropical storm watch. At 7pm local time the area of stormy weather was around 200 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and was moving around 20mph. Expecting the system to be upgraded to a tropical storm overnight, […]
Severe weather headed for the Cayman Islands
(CNS): A strong tropical wave, which has a very high chance of becoming a tropical storm, is headed towards the Cayman Islands and local weather experts warn it could be here tonight (1 August). Government issued a severe weather warning this morning as the National Hurricane Centre said it ecpected the system, which was crossing […]
Tropical storm hits coast of Florida
(CNS): As Cayman began to dry out from the deluge over the weekend, when more than two inches of rain fell across the islands, the tropical wave that caused it had moved up towards Florida by Monday afternoon and become a tropical storm. Tropical Storm Colin, the first storm to fall in the season time […]
