Tropical Storm GRACE Public Advisory
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM GRACE ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072015
1100 PM AST SAT SEP 05 2015
...GRACE MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...12.8N 27.5W
ABOUT 320 MI...520 KM SW OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22...
LIAT announces new Winter schedule
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, September 05, 2015 – LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, has launched its new Winter schedule, which will come into effect from 15th September 2015. The Winter schedule has been brought forward due to the acceleration in the fleet transition process, and the unfortunate situation which currently exists in Dominica.
Antigua and San Juan will benefit from a daily...
Twenty years after Hurricane Luis: “People started to cry when they heard the sound of the wind”
By Hilbert Haar / TODAY NEWSPAPER
GREAT BAY – “I did not know what a hurricane was. I was in the radio business and I thought, I am going to drive around. I was on Bush road when at 3 p.m. all hell broke loose. I saw one of those heavy freezers that stand in front of supermarkets twenty meters...
Eye4weather Update: Partly Cloudy & HOT with slight chance of a brief shower
By eye4weather
Local Weather
Partly Cloudy & HOT with slight chance of a brief shower.
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Winds: are from the south-east at 2 to 10 miles per hour.
Seas: Gentle with wave heights up to 3 feet.
Special Weather
Fred is still a tropical storm, yet remains no threat to the Caribbean and is still spinning in the far Eastern Atlantic.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic...
The tropical...
Remembering Hurricane Luis… 20 years ago
Hurricane Luis...
Today marks exactly 20 years since Hurricane Luis wreaked havoc in St. Maarten(5-9-95)! It was the 12th named storm, 6th hurricane, and 2nd major hurricane (above Cat. 3) of the 1995 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
Quick Facts...
The center (or eye) of Hurricane Luis passed about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of St. Maarten, and it produced:
about 6 inches (165 mm)...
Splash Jewelers in Pelican got robbed
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The St. Maarten Police Force are still on the hunt for the persons responsible for robbing a jewelry store in Pelican Friday.
Initial reports stated that the robbers entered the establishment and caused significant damage during their crime before escaping in a car.
No description of the vehicle was given.
Police spokesman Inspector Ricardo Henson confirmed the robbery...
The Judge of Instruction extended the pre-trial detention of Jovanni Leon with sixty more days
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - The Judge of Instruction extended the pre-trial detention of J.L, the second suspect in the Oro Diamante robbery investigation for an additional sixty days.
J.L and R.D. are accused of being responsible for the robbery on August 5 that led to the death of Police Sergeant Gamali Benjamin. J.L fled after the robbery and went into...
Samuel B. Yates a ex-student at AUC, who also is the suspect in the bomb threat: Pretrial detention was extended with eight more days
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Judge of Instruction extended the pretrial detention of the suspect in the bomb threat against the American University in Cupecoy by eight days yesterday afternoon.
Press Prosecutor Karola van Nie confirmed the ruling but declined to give any other information about the suspect, like his name or age.
But reliable Sources confirm 721news that the suspect...
Plenary session for the Closing of the Parliamentary Year 2014-2015 on Monday
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The House of Parliament will hold Plenary Session on September 7.
The public Plenary Session is set for Monday, at 10.00am in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.
The Chairperson of Parliament will close the parliamentary year 2014-2015, and prior to that each faction leader will deliver a speech.
Members of...
Road closures on Monday and Tuesday for Opening of the new Parliamentary Year
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – A number of road closures will be in place on Monday, September 7 and Tuesday, September 8 for the annual traditional Opening of the new Parliamentary Year 2015-2016.
The Wilhelmina Straat in front of the House of Parliament will be closed on Monday, September 7 from 3.00PM to 12.00AM.
The closure is in connection with a...
