Power grid collapses as Hurricane Rafael lashes Cuba
HAVANA – Cuba’s national electrical grid collapsed on Wednesday as Hurricane Rafael slammed into the island’s southwest shore, packing sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph) and wreaking havoc on…
Hurricane Rafael barrels through Cayman Islands
Hurricane Rafael is passing through the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean and is forecast to rapidly intensify before making landfall in western Cuba, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.…
Cuba braces for second hurricane amid power crisis
HAVANA – Cuba began preparing on Monday for the predicted arrival of a strengthening tropical depression in the southern Caribbean Sea even as emergency workers are still responding to a…
Hurricane Beryl intensifying as it nears Houston, warning of ‘deadly storm’
Reuters Hurricane Beryl strengthened as it neared the Texas coast on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, forcing the closure of major oil ports, flight cancellations and a…
Mexico girds for hit from Hurricane Beryl
Agence France-Presse Tourist resorts in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula girded Thursday for a hit from Hurricane Beryl, which is still packing ferocious winds after slamming Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Beryl…
Hurricane Beryl, churning toward Jamaica, threatens Haiti and Dominican Republic
Reuters Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday, after flattening homes and devastating agriculture on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, killing at least…