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Tropical Wave Expected Late Wednesday Afternoon
A dry air mass will be observed Wednesday morning ahead of the leading edge of a tropical wave late in the afternoon. Hazy skies are also expected during the morning and early afternoon. As the wave approaches, showers and thunderstorms will develop late in the afternoon and into the evening
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Man living in poverty fears his house could cave in on him
Nigel Townsend is fearful that his life could be cut short while sleeping at his Maxfield Avenue
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Nightingale Grove on edge as active storm season looms
AS THE 2020 hurricane season begins in another two days, residents of Cedar Avenue in Nightingale Grove, St Catherine, have reflected on some scary experiences they have had in the past when heavy rains pounded the
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Mainly Dry Conditions Friday, With Passing Showers
A drier air mass with some Saharan dust is forecast across the local area Friday and Saturday. A tropical wave is slated to enter the region on Sunday, increasing the potential for shower activity followed by a more vigorous wave during the first half of the next workweek. For Friday, mainly dry
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Partly Cloudy With Potential for Rain Friday
Skies are expected to be partly cloudy and hazy Friday morning with the potential for scattered shower activity. Winds will increase during the day and average 10-20 miles per hour. Friday's daytime high temperatures are forecast to be slightly warmer than usual. Mariners can expect seas to sev
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St. Augustine Catholic Church, New Orleans, Louisiana (1841- )
St. Augustine Catholic Church of New Orleans was the first black church in Louisiana and the first black Catholic church in the United States. In the 1830s a group of free African-American New Orleanians began organizing to create a Catholic church in Tremé, a historically black and multicultural
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Coronavirus Live Updates: CDC Chief Issues Stark Warning On Possible Second Wave And More Lockdowns As Global Cases Top 5 Million | The Oklahoma Eagle
As the world reached 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said he can’t guarantee whether a second round of lockdowns is coming as a possible second wave of the virus
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Cloudiness, Passing Showers Likely on Tuesday
Cloudiness moving in from the east may bring some passing showers to the local area on Tuesday. Daytime highs are expected to reach the upper 80s to low 90s with winds from the east at 10-20 miles per hour with higher gusts. Seas to six feet and winds to 20 knots are likely Tuesday. There is a mo
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Northern Cameroon Under Water | Africanews
Over 1,500 families in Northern Cameroon have been displaced as overwhelming floods - from heavy rainfall in the town of Maroua the last few days, have destroyed their homes, washed away livestock and devastated
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$800m flood bill
Flood damage in at least six parishes swamped by rains unleashed by the diverting Tropical Storm Elsa has been preliminarily billed at $800 million, but that figure is set to mount as more comprehensive reports stream in, highly placed government...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Get ready, says DEM - Barbados Today
Residents across Barbados are being warned to leave nothing to chance as officials continue to monitor a “strong” tropical wave approaching the island chain. Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds, today urged residents to pay close attention to weather advisories
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Tropical Storm Elsa soaks NYC as it races up East Coast
Fast-moving Tropical Storm Elsa hit the New York City region with torrential rains and high winds as it churned up... View Article The post Tropical Storm Elsa soaks NYC as it races up East Coast appeared first on TheGrio.
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Hurricane Ida Continues to Wreak Havoc, Called Deadliest Storm in the History of New Jersey • EBONY
Hurricane Ida has continued to wreak havoc across the country. After it devastated New Orleans and its surrounding areas—which is still hurting from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, Ida slammed the Northeast on Wednesday with a combo of tornadoes, torrential rainfall, and massive
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Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is a celebrated American actress, comedian and human rights advocate. She was born as Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955, in New York City and was raised by a single mother in a housing project of Manhattan. Her father abandoned the family and her mother struggled to raise
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Agriculture Gives Tips on Protecting Livestock, Horses From Hurricanes and Floods
Do not confine or tie animals during the storm because they can get trapped, injured or killed in the event of building collapse or flooding.
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Tropical Storm Iota forms in the Caribbean
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) — Just as the remnants of Eta finally blew out to sea on Friday, another storm formed that could follow its path of death and destruction into Central America this weekend, and Tropical Storm Theta was moving...
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Byck Foundation Honors Mayor With Donation To The United Way COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund
United Way of the Coastal Empire received a $10,000 contribution from The Byck Foundation to honor the outstanding job Mayor Van Johnson and his team did to protect Savannah during Sunday’s peaceful
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42% of residents less likely to evacuate for major hurricane – Florida Courier
BY ANTHONY MAN SUN SENTINEL/TNS FORT LAUDERDALE – As forecast models predict an above-average hurricane season, the coronavirus pandemic has made four in 10 Floridians less likely to evacuate for a major storm this year. Concern over catching the virus is the reason, according to a survey released
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FEMA, VITEMA, GVI Are Partners in Preparation for 2021 Hurricane Season
This five-day series of workshops and discussions served as one of the major milestones for the territory’s 2021 hurricane preparedness efforts.
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Tropical Wave Expected Late Wednesday Afternoon
A dry air mass will be observed Wednesday morning ahead of the leading edge of a tropical wave late in the afternoon. Hazy skies are also expected during the morning and early afternoon. As the wave approaches, showers and thunderstorms will develop late in the afternoon and into the evening
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JPS activates emergency operations ahead of Elsa
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says it is activating its emergency operations to facilitate a timely response to any damage to its power delivery infrastructure as Hurricane Elsa approaches the island. Winsome Callum, director of corporate...
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Hurricane Ida: two reasons for its record-shattering rainfall in NYC and the Northeast
Ida had weakened well below hurricane strength by the time it reached the Northeast, so how did it still cause so much rain? Source
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Eta expected to be hurricane and strike Florida Keys
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta sliced across Cuba yesterday and was aimed at the southern tip of Florida, where officials braced for a storm that could hit at hurricane force after leaving scores of dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America.
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Caribbean islands will need to be treated differently after COVID-19 | New York Carib News
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ALONG CAME LARRY: NHC Tracking 4 Disturbances In The Tropical Atlantic
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Kate formed today in the Atlantic, hurricane forecasters said. It is one of four disturbances they are tracking, including Ida, which hit Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane yesterday. As of 11 a.m., Ida had weakened into a tropical storm and was moving northeast over
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Trinidad and Tobago under yellow-level adverse weather alert - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad and Tobago is currently under an adverse yellow level weather alert as another tropical wave approaches the country. The Met Office announced on Thursday afternoon that the alert will be in effect until Friday. It said there is an 80 per cent chance of wind gusts over 55 km per hour
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NOAA hurricane forecast predicts busy 2020 season –
The federal government’s hurricane season forecast predicts an above-average season, offering little hope of a break from strong storms in an already challenging
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Storm drenches US south
MARYLAND, United States (AP) Tropical Storm Cristobal could soon renew its strength by uniting with another storm system coming from the west to form one giant cyclone, forecasters said yesterday.After drenching much of the south, forecasters now expect the remnants of Cristobal to bring fierce
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The storm is coming, now what?
PINELLAS COUNTY — The time to put your survival plan into action is when forecasters predict a hurricane is headed toward Pinellas
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