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As Tropical Storm Debby moves westnorthwestward across the Atlantic, Cayman residents are reminded that the peak of storm season has arrived.
Today’s Editorial, August 7: Hotel numbers don’t lie
The good news continues to pour in for the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism.
Today’s Editorial, August 3: Storm should be a warning
The first possible hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season is lurking in the Eastern Caribbean.
First storm dubbed Alberto
The weather system that has now been dubbed Tropical Storm Alberto left the Cayman Islands soaked and forced the postponement of Saturdays Queens Birthday parade. Before the system left the Caribbean and ventured into the Gulf of Mexico it dumped 8.7 inches of rain on Grand Cayman from Wednesday to Monday morning.
Today’s Editorial May 23: Good, bad hurricane news
The good news is that the 2006 Hurricane Season isn't predicted to be as bad as it was last year. The bad news is that we could see between four and six major hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico this year.
Test storm alert causes stir
A test National Hurricane Centre alert stating Tropical Depression 1 had formed in the northwest Caribbean Friday afternoon caused some media in hurricane-nervous New Orleans
A look back at 2005
January 2005 arrived in the Cayman Islands with everyone looking at the mounds of debris left over from Hurricane Ivan and wondering if it would ever all be cleaned up.
Hurricane season ends
The seemingly never-ending official 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ends today, even though Tropical Storm Epsilon is currently spinning away in the central Atlantic and is expected to survive into next week.
Wilma still whipping Cayman Islands
The slow moving Hurricane Wilma will continue to affect the Cayman Islands, particularly with pounding surf, through the weekend.
Driving caution urged
Drivers on Grand Cayman are being urged to use extreme caution today because several roads are flooded or damaged, a result of Hurricane Wilma.
Wilma watch
Schools will be closed today and businesses have been urged to close because of forecast tropical storm conditions in Grand Cayman from Hurricane Wilma's passage through the Caribbean Sea.
Wilma wallops Jamaica
Heavy rains are expected to continue affecting Jamaica for the next two days as the broad band of showers associated Hurricane Wilma lingers over Jamaica.
TS Wilma plods Caribbean
The Cayman Islands remained under a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch Monday because weather watchers aren't sure what Tropical Storm Wilma is going to do.
Wilma has CI on alert
Authorities urged people in the northwest Caribbean to be on alert Tuesday as Tropical Storm Wilma neared the Cayman Islands, gathering strength as it cut a path that threatened western Cuba, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Florida.
Rita disrupts travel
Travel plans were thrown into disarray yesterday because of Tropical Storm Rita's passage by South Florida.
Ivan remembered
When Tropical Depression No. 9 formed on 2 September 2004 in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, some 555 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, residents of the Cayman Islands - safely thousands of miles away - had no way of knowing that Nature had set in motion -
Travel delays a possibility
Cayman Airways cancelled two Miami flights yesterday evening (Thursday) because of the impending Tropical Storm Katrina, travelling towards Florida.
One to watch
Tropical Depression Nine in the open Atlantic Ocean continues to move toward the WNW but shows no signs of strengthening.
More hurricane supplies coming
George Town's hurricane supplies stores are rushing in more goods to cope with an expected heavy demand again this weekend.
MC running out of time
MC Restoration, which was instructed to stop Hurricane Ivan debris processing more than nine weeks ago, said it needs to get back to work soon or it will ship its specialty equipment off the island.
Today’s Editorial: Keeping hurricanes in perspective
Hurricane Dennis started in an area that was crossed by Hurricane Ivan, travelled a similar route, and ended up making landfall in the United States at almost the same place as Ivan.
Tropical Storm Emily strengthening, moving slowly.
At 11am, the centre of Tropical Storm Emily was near latitude 11.0 north and longitude 51.3 west or about 575 miles east-southeast of Barbados.
NHC Downgrades Warning
08-JUL-2005: 7am - The Hurricane Warning for Grand Cayman has been discontinued as of 7:00am this morning.
Dennis inches towards Cayman
Tropical Storm Dennis continued its track across the Caribbean yesterday, moving closer to the Cayman Islands, with Cayman Brac and Little Cayman close to the storm's path.
Dennis could menace Cayman
Tropical Storm Dennis, the fourth named storm of the year in the Atlantic Basin, formed in the south-eastern Caribbean Sea late Monday and is on a track to take the system between Cuba and Little Cayman.
Cayman under Hurricane Watch
The Cayman Islands is under a Hurricane Watch as Tropical Storm Dennis makes its way west north-west or 300 degrees at 14 KT. At 5am the storm was located near 15.1N 70.3W.
Cayman can expect wind, rain
The Cayman Islands can expect winds and rain from Tropical Storm Dennis as it makes its way west-northwest to Jamaica and the Caymans.
NHC Makes Preparations for Tropical Storm Dennis
The Cayman Islands National Hurricane Committees preparations for TS Dennis are moving into full gear as the storm continues to travel towards the Cayman area.
Dennis upgraded to hurricane
Shortly before 5:27pm, Tropical Storm Dennis was upgraded to a hurricane by the National Hurricane Center.
Storms, rainfall prompt anxiety
Recent storms and heavy rainfall are fuelling a rise in anxiety levels, but it's important for people to know that this is a normal reaction, says a local mental-health professional.
Rough seas halt cruise business
Tropical Storm Arlene put a stop to four cruise ships anchoring off Cayman shores on Thursday and seas were still too rough Friday morning for the one scheduled ship's passengers to disembark.
Arlene soaks Cayman
The first Atlantic tropical storm this hurricane season dumped heavy rain on the Cayman Islands Wednesday and Thursday, problems for residents, schools and government offices.
Office accommodations a priority
The new government has stated, and with good cause, that bringing public-education infrastructure up to an adequate level is a priority on its agenda.
Get prepared for weather
It may be too soon to panic.
Tropical storm coming from Pacific
The first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific season was on an unusual, dangerous track toward the Central American coast on Wednesday.
It’s hot, hot, hot
Blame Ivan on global warming. The year 2004 was the fourth hottest year on record, extending a trend that has seen the 10 warmest years beginning in the 1990s, a UN weather agency said Wednesday.
