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VI under flash flood watch due to inclement weather – DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Persons in the low flood-prone areas in the Virgin Islands (VI) are being urged to remain vigilant as a flash flood watch is in effect for tonight, October 27, 2023, until midnight the DDM said in an alert.
DDM warns of ‘potentially’ unstable weather this weekend
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is alerting the Virgin Islands of potentially unstable weather beginning today, Friday, October 27, 2023, and lasting throughout the weekend.
Tammy becomes a Category 1 hurricane
MIAMI, Florida, VI- Tammy has become a Category 1 Hurricane and is moving toward the west-northwest near 7 mph (11 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue through this afternoon, October 20, 2023, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has stated.
‘Broad area of low pressure’ likely to become a tropical depression– DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Forecasters at the Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management (DDM) say as of this morning, October 16, 2023, a broad area of low pressure located over the central tropical Atlantic about midway between the Windward Islands and western Africa is producing disorganized shower activity.
VI to join global earthquake drill
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands will join ‘ShakeOut’, a global practise session to improve earthquake safety, on October 19, 2023.
TS Phillipe to ‘maintain unsettled weather conditions across VI today- DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Moisture and instability associated with Tropical Storm Philippe to the east of the Leeward Islands will maintain unsettled weather conditions across the [British] Virgin Islands over the next 24 hours.
UPDATE: Lee is now a hurricane; Expected to quickly intensify- NHC
MIAMI, Florida, USA- As expected, Lee is now a hurricane churning in the Atlantic and is forecast to quickly intensify to an extremely dangerous major hurricane.
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake felt in the VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At approximately 3:49 AM on Sunday, September 3, 2023, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8, with an estimated maximum intensity IV, was felt in the Virgin Islands.
Weather: Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers today- DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A light to moderate southerly wind flow will continue to persist across the area due to the influence of Hurricane Franklin, as it moves over the southwestern Atlantic waters and north of the area today, Sunday, August 27, 2023, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has said.
'Periods of localised showers' expected today- DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As a relatively moist and marginally unstable airmass continues to sit across the area, this coupled with light southerly winds and daytime heating could lead to localised shower activity over and around the islands occasionally during the next 24 hours.
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