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University of the West indies, Seismic Research Centre (UWI, SRC) – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME:2023-09-10 07:34 am (Local Time)2023-09-10 11:34 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 5.1 LOCATION:Latitude: 10.90NLongitude: 62.15WDepth: 32 km NEARBY CITIES:Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 75 km, NWArima, Trinidad and Tobago, 100 km, WNWSan Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, 105 km, NW*distance and direction…

Dale C. S. Destin – It is now August Lookout You Must be prepared for the hurricane season. We are in the heart of the Atlantic hurricane season and 268Weather has released its last updated forecast for the 2023 season. The forecast continues to call for this year’s hurricane season to be above normal with…

1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL97): A small area of low pressure is currently located a few hundred miles to the southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. This system is currently producing a small but concentrated area of showers and thunderstorms, and earlier satellite-derived winds suggested a small circulation could exist. However, environmental conditions appear to…

CABINET NOTES – The Cabinet took note of the number of road accidents and fatalities that have occurred in the past weeks.  The nation recorded its sixth road fatality who was a police officer. He died on Sir Sydney Walling Highway.  The Cabinet urges all road users to exercise greater care, to slow down and to abide by the speed limits. Speed kills, the…

WOCA31 TAPA TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 9:00 PM ECT THURSDAY SEP 07 2023 The Antigua and Barbuda meteorological services has discontinued the Tropical Cyclone Alert for Antigua and Barbuda, the rest of the Leeward Islands and the British Virgin Islands since Hurricane Lee has exited the monitored area. However, monitoring…

National Hurricane Center (NHC) – At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Hurricane Lee was located near latitude 17.3 North, longitude 52.4 West. Lee is moving toward the west-northwest near 14 mph (22 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue through early next week with a significant decrease in forward speed. On…

National Hurricane Center (NHC) – At 800 PM CVT (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Margot was located near latitude 16.8 North, longitude 28.3 West. Margot is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph (28 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue over the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 40…

WHCA31 TAPAHURRICANE LEE ALERT STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES11:00 AM ECT THU, SEP 7, 2023 This is for the leeward islands and British Virgin Islands …hurricane Lee will continue to rapidly strengthen and become a very strong major hurricane… … A tropical cyclone alert is in effect for the leeward islands and the British Virgin…

Environmental Awareness Group (EAG) – Redonda has been officially designated as a Protected Area. The Redonda Ecosystem Reserve will cover almost 30,000 hectares of land and sea, including the entire island, its surrounding seagrass meadows and an 18,000-hectare coral reef The area will protect globally important seabird colonies, and threatened and near-threatened species- some of…