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Get the St. Croix, NS local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Two of the three U.S. Virgin Islands – St. John and St. Croix – were completely in the dark Wednesday and six cell towers were knocked offline, according to territory officials.
Hugo's path in the Caribbean. Hugo was the strongest storm to traverse the northeastern Caribbean since Hurricane David in 1979. [3] [11] The Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) model estimated that storm surge from Hugo led to coastal water levels 3–4 ft (0.91–1.22 m) above normal tidal heights along Saint Croix and the eastern end of Puerto Rico. [26]
Potential Tropical Storm Sara, right now Tropical Depression 19, is expected to continue moving westward until Friday, possibly making landfall in Honduras, according to the hurricane center.
Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Irene originated from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that began showing signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles.
In St. Croix, 309 people rode out the storm in shelters. [11] Officials opened eight shelters in the British Virgin Islands. [20] There, airlines and hotels assisted in evacuating tourists from the area. [24] Governments across the eastern Caribbean issued hurricane warnings as far south as Montserrat. [1]
The highest storm surge reported was 6.6 ft (2.0 m) in St. Thomas and 6.0 ft (1.8 m) in St. Croix. According to NOAA, The storm surge in the U.S. Virgin Islands reached 6 to 7 ft (2.1 m), with an isolated storm tide of 11.7 ft (3.6 m) reported on St. Croix. In St. Croix and St. Thomas, rainfall totals reached about 10 in.
At least four people are dead after powerful storms tore through the waterlogged and storm-weary South. More storms in the coming days will raise the risk once again of flash flooding, damaging ...