Beachgoers and small craft operators in the USVI have been warned that marine conditions are still hazardous, despite the subsidence of the northerly swell that has been affecting regional waters for the past week. A briefing from the National Weather Service in Puerto Rico (NWS) issued on Sunday night indicates that choppy seas and hazardous marine and coastal conditions will continue into Monday. A high rip current risk exists across the U.S. Virgin Islands, with breaking waves of between 6 to 10 feet creating dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. Rip currents, the NWS warns, can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Off shore, the NWS is reporting seas up to 7 feet, as high as 8 feet on occasion, creating marine conditions that are hazardous to small craft. Advisories have been issued for small vessels…
Northerly swells will continue to stream across the regional waters, maintaining hazardous marine and…
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Government House announced Saturday that Governor Albert Bryan and VITEMA Director Daryl Jaschen will hold a press conference at 3:00 p.m. today to update residents about Tropical Storm Grace, which c...
The National Hurricane Center on Friday issued a tropical storm watch for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra as Tropical Depression Seven has formed and is projecte...
Government House announced Tuesday that all government offices would remain open and maintain regular operational hours Tuesday, August 10, while the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Ag...
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources announced that as of Thursday night the territory was not being impacted by volcanic ash from the La Soufriere volcano in St. Vincent, which is an upda...
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Monday said that there was a “large explosion” at the La Soufriere volca...
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through mid-morning Thursday as deep tropical moisture lingers over the area. Additional showers are expected with the most significant rainfall occurring during ...
An active weather pattern is forecast to continue across the area as the combination of very deep tropical moisture and a tropical wave generate rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall activity. A Flash ...
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