Carribean

URGENT: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Grenada island of Carriacou: US tracker

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 1, 2024 (AFP) - Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, slammed into the Caribbean…

Storm Elsa cuts through Caribbean after claiming three lives

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Tropical storm Elsa battered Jamaica and Cuba with winds and rain Sunday after claiming at least…

UN warns that impact of Caribbean volcano could affect other islands

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The humanitarian and economic crisis unleashed by the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano…

Tropical storms Nana, Omar form in Atlantic on same day

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Tropical storms Nana and Omar formed Tuesday as the Atlantic hurricane season nears its peak,…

Hurricane Dorian appears to spare Puerto Rico, heads for Florida

by Ivelisse Rivera FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (AFP) -- A strengthening Hurricane Dorian appeared to have largely spared Puerto Rico Wednesday,…

Frenchman sets sail across Atlantic – in a barrel

BORDEAUX, France (AFP) -- 71-year-old Frenchman set sail across the Atlantic on Wednesday in a barrel-shaped orange capsule, hoping to…

Irma strengthens to dangerous Category 4 hurricane, nears Caribbean: NHC

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Hurricane Irma surged to a dangerous Category Four storm Monday as it churned toward the…

Hurricane damage forces Haiti to delay voting yet again

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- The Haitian authorities have postponed presidential and legislative elections originally set for Sunday because of the…

Global database for women exposed to Zika

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Swiss doctors have asked thousands of colleagues worldwide to provide data for the…

Bahamas issues travel warning for US, citing racial tension

NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) -- The government of the Bahamas has urged its citizens to be careful when traveling to the…

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