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UPDATE: Tropical Storm Gonzalo forms
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The National Hurricane Centre on Wednesday morning, July 22, 2020, upgraded Tropical Depression Seven to Tropical Storm Gonzalo.
'Everything is back to normal'- BVIEC General Manager
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The territory has seen no major destruction as a result of hurricanes or tropical storms that have passed so far for the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
Tropical Storm Karen forms in South Atlantic
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Tropical Storm Karen formed early Sunday morning, September 22, 2019, just east of the Windward Islands with maximum winds of 40 mph.
Hurricane Humberto forecast to impact Bermuda as Cat 3
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Hurricane Humberto is now a Category 2 as it tracks off to the east-northeast but is expected to impact Bermuda as a Category 3 storm late Wednesday, September 18, 2019, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
‘27 emergency shelters inspected & on standby’- Gov Jaspert
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As concerns grow over Tropical Storm Dorian with its 60 mph winds reaching outwards of up to 45 miles from the centre of the cyclone, Governor of the Virgin Islands, H.E. Augustus J.U Jaspert aka 'Gus' has reiterated calls for residents to get prepared for the storms.
UPDATE: Tropical Wave inches closer to Lesser Antilles
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is reporting that the tropical disturbance/Invest 99L located about 850 miles ESE of Barbados, is moving to the west-northwest near 20 mph.
The storm is coming, we may need that ship! - Hon Mark H. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With the warning signs all out about the possibility of hurricane Irma unleashing its strengths on the Territory, the Minister for Communications and Works, Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4), is urging all to be vigilant.
Tropical Storm Irma strengthens as it approaches the VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) announced today, August 30, 2017 that Tropical storm Irma is forming in the western Atlantic and as a result it may affect the Virgin Islands (VI) as it continues to strengthen.
UPDATE: At least 20 dead in Dominica due to Tropical Storm Erika
By CARLISLE JNO BAPTISTE and DANICA COTO
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Rescue crews jumped off boats and trudged Saturday through mud, rocks and uprooted trees to reach communities cut off by a tropical storm that killed at least 20 people and left nearly 50 missing in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica.
UPDATE: ‘All clear! It’s back to work!’ – says NEOC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) has advised residents of the Virgin Islands that the Acting Governor, Mrs. V. Inez Archibald, CBE in consultation with the Director of the National Emergency Operations Centre, Ms Sharleen S. DaBreo is satisfied that the immediate threat posed by Tropical Storm Erika to the territory is over.
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