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Caribbean is hot to trot: Islands ready to welcome tourists after last year’s hurricanes
The Bahamas is now famous for its swimming pigs, which you can find on Rose Island THE BAHAMAS Head for Nassau and New Providence, where Atlantis Resort’s Dolphin Cay is offering new snorkelling, paddleboard and kayaking with dolphin experiences in their 11-acre lagoon with beaches and connected pools. But the most famous Bahamian animals nowadays […]
Hurricanes McDermott and Short put 2 onto the roof
Video Hurricanes McDermott and Short put 2 onto the roof0:58 BBL: Crazy scenes at Blundstone Arena where Hurricanes Ben McDermott and D’Arcy Short have hit sixes onto the roof. January 4th 2018 2 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Cricket news and galleries/ Cricket England capitulate at the end of Day One3:03 January 4th 2018 13 […]
Short powers Hurricanes to first BBL win
WHAT a difference a couple of days can make. On Saturday the Sydney Thunder cruised to an easy 57-run win over the Hobart Hurricanes in Tasmania but just two days later that result was turned on its head when the visitors saved their season with a nine-run victory. Set 190 to win, Englishman Jos Buttler […]
Colts coach answers question about team’s struggles with bizarre ramble about ‘Groundhog Day’ and hurricanes
Clark Wade/Indy Sports/Twitter Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano on Monday gave a strange rambling answer to a question about his team’s struggles. Pagano jumped on a reporter’s reference to the movie “Groundhog Day” and began talking about specific scenes. Pagano then compared the struggles to a hurricane, diving into the science of storms. The […]
So You Want to Geoengineer the Planet? Beware the Hurricanes
A new study gives fascinating insight into how pumping sulfur into the stratosphere could affect hurricanes. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a0a41afa15438537c70b26b/master/pass/earth-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
Nate makes nine Atlantic hurricanes in a row—unprecedented in modern era
Enlarge / Hurricane Nate, now in the Gulf of Mexico, makes nine Atlantic hurricanes in row. (credit: NOAA) On August 9th, deep in the southern Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Franklin reached 85mph winds before moving into Mexico. Although the storm dropped some heavy rains over the Mexican state of Veracruz, Franklin’s effects were relatively moderate, […]
Hurricanes Irma and Harvey Spur the First Employment Decline in 7 Years
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. labor market shed 33,000 jobs in September—the first decline in the total number of paid positions in the economy in seven years. The unemployment rate, however, fell to 4.2 percent from 4.4 percent. (The unemployment rate doesn’t directly measure job loss, rather reflects the […]
Puerto Rico may not get power for another 6 months — here’s a look at the hurricane’s devastating effects
Reuters/Alvin Baez Puerto Rico is still suffering from the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria that left 3.5 million people without power. Hurricane Irma, which hit Puerto Rico earlier this month, left one million Puerto Ricans without power. The island was still recovering from the storm’s aftermath when Hurricane Maria hit, crippling the entire island’s […]
Why you shouldn’t cancel your Caribbean trip because of the hurricanes just yet
Julie Schwietert Collazo September 28, 2017 Share this article Along with other Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico has been utterly devastated by Hurricane Maria. The island that makes a living from tourism is already thinking: What will the hurricane mean for their already ravaged economy? On the night of Tuesday, September 19, Paulina Salach Antonetti was, like most […]