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July 2nd, 2021
Elsa now a Category 1 hurricane

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Tropical Storm Elsa strengthened into a hurricane early Friday, July 2, 2021, and it still has Florida in sight for early next week, although the National Hurricane Center stressed that the forecast is uncertain this far out.

July 1st, 2021
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Elsa forms

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Tropical Storm Elsa, the 5th named storm of the year, has formed in the Atlantic Ocean with maximum sustained winds increasing to near 40 mph as of 5:00 am today, July 1, 2021.

May 15th, 2021
2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season gets ‘unofficial' early start

MIAMI, Florida, USA – The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) which focuses on the Atlantic Hurricane Seasons has issued alerts for hurricane preparations to begin today, May 15, 2021, ahead of the official June 1, 2021 start of the hurricane season.

March 30th, 2021
PAID AD: NAGICO wins BVI Finance’s Insurance 'Agency of the Year Award'

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - For the second consecutive year, NAGICO Insurances has won the Insurance Agency of the Year Award as voted on by residents across the Virgin Islands (VI) who participated in the annual Financial Services Awards hosted by BVI Finance.

January 6th, 2021
Inexperienced Governor was calling the shots after Irma- Hon Fraser

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Senior Opposition Member in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly, Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) says an inexperienced Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert, mere days after arrival in the territory under the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government, was ‘calling the shots’ in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria of 2017.

November 2nd, 2020
Eta strengthens into a hurricane

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Eta strengthened into a hurricane early Monday, November 2, 2020, and is forecast to get stronger in the next 24 hours, possibly turning it into a Category 3 by the time it makes landfall in Nicaragua early Tuesday, November 2, 2020, according to the National Hurricane Centre.

September 5th, 2020
Multiple disturbances being monitored in Atlantic– DDM

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management (DDM) says it continues to monitor the progress of three disturbances in the Atlantic, all showing signs of development but are still uncertain.

August 29th, 2020
VI monitoring 2 disturbances moving across Atlantic

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands (VI) Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has released new weather data on two disturbances working their way towards the region, as the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season progresses.

August 16th, 2020
4 active tropical cyclone systems in Atlantic

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- According to the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), Kyle is now a post tropical cyclone and is moving to the east and away from the United States coastline.

August 9th, 2020
2 disturbances being monitored in Atlantic- DDM

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Two weather disturbances are being monitored in the Atlantic, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) stated on August 9, 2020, adding that one was highlighted in its August 7, 2020, update and another just recently formed not too far from the African Coast.

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