Caribbean hurricane News

Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes Norma and Tammy Hit Mexico and Barbuda

Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda. The storms were each Category …

KCC Estimates Insured Loss From Hurricane Grace: $300M in Mexico, $30M in Caribbean

Catastrophe modeling firm the Karen Clark & Company (KCC) estimates that the insured loss to onshore properties from Hurricane Grace will be around $330 millionโ€”$300 million in Mexico and $30 million in the Caribbean. The estimate is based on the …

Beryl, Season’s First Hurricane, Weakens; Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico Face Uncertainty

Tropical Storm Beryl moved rapidly westward early Sunday, heading for the Lesser Antilles at the eastern entrance of the Caribbean Sea. Although what had been the Atlantic season’s first hurricane was losing power, residents on islands hit hard by storms …

Hurricane Maria Speeds Up, Threatening Already-Battered Caribbean Islands

For the third time this month, a hurricane is spinning toward the already battered Caribbean and gathering strength along the way. The National Hurricane Center upgraded tropical storm Maria to a hurricane Sunday as winds picked up to 90 miles …

Hurricane Matthews Pounds Haiti, Cuba; 1 Death Reported

The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade ripped into Haiti’s southwestern peninsula early on Tuesday, packing 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and storm surges that killed at least one person and damaged homes. The eye of the violent Category …

Powerful Hurricane Matthew Forces Evacuations in Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba

Haiti and Jamaica urged residents in vulnerable coastal areas to evacuate, and Cuba suspended flights on Sunday as torrential rain from Hurricane Matthew, the strongest storm to menace the Caribbean nations since 2007, drenched the Jamaican capital. Matthew’s slow-moving center …