Hurricanes like Dorian and Maria may be disastrous for humans and their property, but some fish have actually evolved to thrive in severe weather. A team of scientists studied how extreme weather events affect river fish in Puerto Rico. The island is ideal for examining the environmental and human impacts on freshwater fish because Puerto […]
Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. Puerto Rico was ceded to the U.S. by Spain in 1898, and the Island has belonged to the United States ever since. In 1917, Puerto Ricans became U.S. citizens, and everyone born in Puerto Rico is a citizen of the United States. But Puerto Rico is […]
Bahamas – The Ministry of Health Bahamas and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are reassuring the public that none of the islands in the Caribbean country is under quarantine. In a statement the ministry and PAHO said while floods can potentially increase the transmission of water-borne and communicable diseases, there is no cholera in […]
Bahamians attempting to flee the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian have been kicked off a boat headed to the US. People from the Caribbean nation are normally allowed into the US without a visa as long as they fly there, have a passport and hold a clean police record. This rule was extended to also […]
At least 23 of Sidney Poitier’s extended family are feared missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. The actor-director’s nephew Jeffrey Poitier (66) said his sister Barbara and his adult children were among relatives they were awaiting news from in Freeport, Bahamas. The family is one of hundreds scrambling to locate their loved ones a […]
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has confirmed at least five deaths in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas in what he described as a “historic tragedy”. The dead include an eight-year-old boy who drowned as his family tried to relocate from their home in Abaco, as Hurricane Dorian passed over the […]
No major incidents, damage or injuries were reported across Barbados following the passage of Tropical Storm Dorian last Monday night and into early morning. And the public service is set to resume operations, while the Transport Board will resume a staggered servicel. In addition, all polyclinics and 24-hour services in the health care sector will […]
FLORIDA, United States – Forecasters at the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say conditions are now more favourable for above-normal hurricane activity since El Nino has now ended. Seasonal forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Centre have increased the likelihood of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season to 45 per cent (up from 30 […]
CHARLEVOIX, Quebec – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said at the G7 summit here on the weekend that Jamaica has supported climate change adaptation and is about to take steps ” to limit and control plastics and other non bio-degradable materials and consumer waste which threaten our coastline and oceans. “However, we need partnership […]
Hurricane Maria claimed the lives of 4,645 people in Puerto Rico last year and not the 64 long pegged by the island’s government as the official death toll, according to a survey of thousands of residents by a research team led by Harvard University. The researchers estimated that most victims of the storm died between […]
