Western Union offers relief to Caribbean island of Dominica
Tropical Storm Erika caused deaths and severe infrastructure damage ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payment services, announced zero-fee* and The Western Union Foundation today pledged disaster relief efforts to help the communities in the…
This year’s ‘El Niño’ aims to break a record
By Cory Reppenhagen From ABC Denver 7 News A strong El Niño is developing in the equatorial Pacific, and it has the potential to break the record El Niño of 1997-98, a spokesperson for the National Center for Atmospheric Research…
Cayman Hazard Management: Change of location for CERT due to School Hall closure
From Hazard Management Cayman Islands Due to recent events at the Red Bay Primary School we have been advised that the Mary Miller Hall has been closed to allow the Dept. of Environmental Health to continue their investigation. As a result,…
Tropical storm Erika: Dominica declares disaster and seeks aid
From The Guardian UK Flooding and landslides kill at least 20 people and leave more than 50 missing on Caribbean island Rescue teams worked to reopen roads to remote communities in Dominica on Sunday after tropical storm Erika caused flooding…
When it rains, it pours: going back to the beginning in Grand Cayman
From Alex in Wanderland (http://www.alexinwanderland.com/about/) I was a little nervous about returning to the Cayman Islands. First, I was nervous it might kill me a little to go back, because it’s such an emotionally charged spot for me. I spent…
Severe weather warning for Cayman Islands
Although Tropical Storm Erika has dissipated the Cayman Islands National Weather Service (CINWS) has issued a Severe Weather Bulletin: “Satellite images show extensive area of deep convection associated with Tropical Storm Erika east of Jamaica. Radar images indicate that some of the…
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Community Events 8th Annual CISPA Gala “Back to the Future-Celebrating 45 years of excellence” Date: 10/10/2015 Time: 6:30 PM Ritz Carlton Seven Mile Beach Phone: 749 3360 Register Event Description: The 8th Annual CISPA Gala “Back to the Future-Celebrating 45…
NASA begins to build satellite mission to improve hurricane forecasting
From NASA Engineers begin construction of the first of eight microsatellites for NASA’s CYGNSS mission Ten years after Hurricane Katrina formed in the Atlantic, construction of NASA’s next-generation hurricane-observing satellite mission now is underway in Texas. NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation…
July 2015: Warmest Month on Record Globally
By Jeff Masters and Bob Henson From Weather Underground The Atlantic and Pacific tropics were buzzing with activity on Thursday, but Thursday brought other big news as well: July 2015 was the warmest single month in 1627 months of global…
EU Evaluates Radar Project
Two experts contracted by B&S Europe on behalf of the European Union (EU) and local stakeholders examined salient aspects of the 4-million-euro Kearney Gomez Doppler Weather Radar project at an evaluation workshop, Friday, 7 August 2015. The radar was a…





