Now heading for Windward Islands, Dorian could reach Puerto Rico as a hurricane
By Bob Henson from Weather Underground Watches and warnings have been hoisted for much of the Windward Islands and Puerto Rico in advance of Tropical Storm Dorian, which is gradually organizing over the warm waters of the western Atlantic deep…
UPDATED: New Tropical Disturbance just formed in Atlantic moving west
A new disturbance heads for Lesser Antilles By Bob Henson From Weather Underground A tropical wave in the central tropical Atlantic, dubbed Invest 99L and located about 750 miles east of the Lesser Antilles Islands at 8 am EDT Thursday…
Tropical Storm Harvey could become hurricane, threaten Texas
By Taylor Ward CNN From nbc-2 (CNN) — Tropical Storm Harvey could be making a comeback. If it does, it could possibly even become a hurricane. Harvey initially formed just east of the Windward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. It…
Dutch Caribbean heritage goes digital
From The Daily Herald St Maarten ~ Documents up to 1954 widely accessible ~ LEIDEN–The Dutch Caribbean Digital Platform of the Leiden University and the University of Curaçao with more than half a million scans that were made of old…
Warning for Caribbean countries as sea level continues to rise
From Jamaica Observer ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Director of the Environmental and Occupational Health Track of the Public Health Department of St George’s University is predicting a bleak future for the Caribbean amid concerns that the rate of sea…