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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 21:14 UTC

Tag: US National Hurricane Centre

  • Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 07:00 UTC

    Merciless Hurricane Maria lashes across the Caribbean leaving thousands homeless

    Maria’s 255 kilometer per hour winds had already roared into the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica on Tuesday

    Hurricane Maria slammed into the US Virgin Islands on Tuesday, lashing the archipelago with rain as Puerto Rico braced for the Category Five storm’s expected landfall on Wednesday. On St John Island, which was also battered by Hurricane Irma two weeks ago, locals reported seeing trees dramatically swaying in swirling winds, with rain pouring “sideways.”

  • Wednesday, October 5th 2016 - 11:24 UTC

    Cruise ships forced to divert Caribbean schedule by Hurricane Matthew

    The 2,124-passenger Carnival Pride, which departed Baltimore, Maryland has sailed northward to New York and Canada instead of southward to the Caribbean

    Hurricane Matthew is forcing a growing number of cruise ships to alter course as it barrels northward toward Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. Cruise giant Carnival has rerouted half a dozen ships scheduled to visit ports in the region over the next few days, including the Carnival Sensation, Carnival Splendor and Carnival Ecstasy.