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Hundreds of passengers stranded amid violent protests at Martinique airport

October 11, 2024 11:09 pm

Since Monday, Martinique has been gripped by a new wave of protests over the high cost of living.

Beryl heads to Cayman islands and Mexico after lashing Jamaica

July 04, 2024 6:32 pm

Beryl has so far left at least 10 people dead but that number was widely expected to rise as communications are restored on islands devastated by flooding and powerful winds.

Why Beryl is a bad sign for this year’s hurricane season

July 02, 2024 5:18 pm

Last fall, a study in the journal Scientific Reports found that Atlantic hurricanes from 2001 to 2020 were twice as likely to grow from a weak storm into a hurricane of Category 3 or higher within 24 hours than they were from 1971 to 1990.

Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islands

July 02, 2024 4:11 pm

Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou in Grenada as the earliest Category 4 storm in the Atlantic, then late in the day the National Hurricane Center in Miami said its winds had increased to Category 5 strength.

Museum of London Docklands to have new display featuring history of Indian indenture in British Caribbean

March 25, 2023 7:28 pm

The exhibition titled — Indo + Caribbean: The creation of a culture — also aims to shed light on the Indo-Caribbean culture that exists in London today.

These are the best tropical islands for remote work

July 28, 2022 4:05 pm

The Dutch-Caribbean island of Curacao ranked first on the top-10 list, with comfortable average temperatures and WiFi speeds that top the US average

During the royal tour of the Caribbean, William and Kate received a much-needed reality check

March 26, 2022 9:45 am

Put plainly, William and Kate's two-day trip to Jamaica has been a PR disaster.

Coffee Caye: Investors buy the Caribbean island to start their own country

March 14, 2022 9:48 pm

A crowdfunding campaign named 'Let's Buy an Island' helped raise $250,000 in 2019 to complete the purchase of this 1.2-acre uninhabited island

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Magnitude 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries

January 29, 2020 8:02 am

Dr. Enrique Arango Arias, head of Cuba's National Seismological Service, told state media that there had been no serious damage or injuries reported on the island.