George Town
moderate rain
89.6 ° F
89.6 °
87 °
58 %
3.5mph
40 %
Fri
88 °
Sat
86 °
Sun
85 °
Mon
84 °
Tue
84 °

US government shutdown will not affect hurricane forecasting

The US government shutdown will impact many of that country's government services, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) mission-critical tropical cyclone forecasting...

AI reshaping hurricane forecasting

AI is increasingly being used by weather forecasters as a method of predicting the generation, path and intensity of hurricanes.

Temperatures hot, but hurricanes not

Despite hotter than normal temperatures, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has been quiet so far for the Cayman Islands.

Hurricane Erin shows threat posed even by storms that pass far away

Large and powerful hurricanes like Erin can generate huge waves that can batter coastal areas hundreds of miles from the centre of the storm.

Government struggles to maintain early warning systems

A number of sensors that measure sea level, tides, tsunamis, earthquakes and storm surges in the Cayman Islands have been damaged and are no longer transmitting data.