77°F
Weather Updates
Experts Warn of 'Super-Charged' Atlantic Hurricane Activity in 2024
AccuWeather's team highlights a potentially unprecedented hurricane season due to climatic shifts
Find your story.
Explore VIC reporting, the archive, obituaries and public notices.
Use quotation marks for an exact phrase, such as “St. Croix”. Add a minus sign to exclude a word: water -bottled.
3,209 results for Hurricane · Page 14 of 268
Hurricane Season
Tropical Storm Lee Expected to Rapidly Intensify into an Extremely Dangerous Hurricane; Leeward Islands Urged to Monitor
Tropical Storm Lee has formed in the Atlantic, and the National Hurricane Center is forecasting rapid intensification into an extremely dangerous hurricane by the weekend. Although current projections suggest the hurricane will pa…
Hurricane Season
Bermuda Braces for Hurricane Teddy as Storm is Expected to Pass East of British Territory
…CMC — Storm surge began hitting Bermuda’s south shore on Sunday as Hurricane Teddy continued to head towards the island, but forecasters expect it to pass to the east. Even so, residents on the 21-square-mile British Overseas Terr…
Hurricane Season
Gonzalo Projected to Become Hurricane Today; Hurricane Watch Issued for Barbados
…that started taking form over the weekend is expected to become a hurricane today, according to the National Hurricane Center (N.H.C.). A Hurricane Watch its in effect for Barbados, N.H.C. said. A Hurricane Watch means that hurric…
Top Stories
Caribbean Region to See 57 Percent Chance of Landfall for Cat. 1-2 Storms, 42 Percent Chance Landfall for Major Hurricanes in 2020, Says CSU
…it's calling the "Qualitative Discussion of Atlantic Basin Seasonal Hurricane Activity for 2020", which includes probabilities on what should be expected for the 2020 Hurricane Season. CSU's first quantitative forecast for 2020 wi…
Weather Updates · Archive
Storm Surge, Not Strong Winds, Is The Deadliest Threat From Hurricanes, NOAA Says
The 2019 hurricane season starts in two weeks, and the National Hurricane Center has been honing in on ways to help those most likely to be affected get prepared. One way is understanding what are the deadliest threats from a hurr…
Disaster Recovery · Archive
32nd Legislature To Observe Hurricane Maria Anniversary Thursday
…In commemoration of the anniversary of one of the most unprecedented hurricane seasons in the history of the Virgin Islands, Senate President Myron Jackson has invited the community and first responders to join the members of the …
Hurricane Season · Archive
Helene Is Now A Hurricane; Tropical Storm Isaac Projected To Become Hurricane Tonight
…Ocean continue to gain strength, with Helene now a Category 1 hurricane and Isaac projected to become one by tonight. According to the National Hurricane Center's 5:00 p.m. advisory, the center of Tropical Storm Isaac was located …
Disaster Recovery · Archive
FEMA Was Unprepared For Hurricane Maria's Aftermath In Puerto Rico, Report Says
…Emergency Management Agency disaster plan vastly underestimated Hurricane Maria's impact on Puerto Rico, because it was based on a focused disaster such as a tsunami and not a Category 5 hurricane affecting an island of over 3 mil…
Hurricane Season · Archive
2018 Hurricane Season Expected To Be Above Average With 14 Named Storms, 7 Hurricanes
The 2018 Hurricane Season will be slightly above average, according to the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project, which has been relied on for decades with its predictions. In its first forecast of 2017, C.S.U. ha…
Business · Archive
Scotiabank Is Hit With Lawsuit For Allegedly Failing To Provide Hurricane-Related Insurance Coverage Under Its Force-Placed Policy
…Islanders ire with insurance companies and banks heat up following Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September, fueled by a belief that they're being treated unfairly because these institutions are weary of paying out millions of dolla…
VIC News · Archive
USVI Brothers, Ages 7 And 8, Awarded Grant To Continue Educating Their Peers About Hurricane Preparedness
In September 2017, after the passage of Hurricane Irma in St. Thomas, 8-year-old Aidan Morris and his 7-year-old brother Ethan Morris of Frederiksted St. Croix, decided that it would be a good idea to help educate their classmates…