The Met Office has warned of “potential danger to life” as Hurricane Ophelia makes its way towards the British Isles. It has issued an amber warning in Northern Ireland, where all schools are to be closed on Monday. The Republic of Ireland’s counterpart office, Met Eireann, issued a red wind warning across the country. The…
The scope and scale of misery caused by Irma continues to grow, including its human toll. Irma, at one point the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the open Atlantic, has claimed the lives of dozens of people across the Caribbean and southeastern United States. Victims include two women in Havana, Cuba, who died when…
As you read this, Hurricane Irma would have roared into Florida, and Hurricane Jose and Hurricane Katia would have slammed into the Americas — the Caribbean Islands (once again) and Mexico, respectively. These storms accompanied by torrential rainfall and floods come barely a fortnight after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston, a disaster that the Texas governor estimated would call…
