Published 17 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
The National Hurricane Center announced the development of Tropical Storm Don at 5 p.m. Monday. It may briefly stir up some trouble in the Lesser Antilles but a swift demise is predicted thereafter.
Published 27 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
Forecasters Watching Two Potential Storms in the Atlantic
FLORIDA, United States, Monday July 17, 2017 – Weather forecasters are monitoring two systems in the Atlantic, one of which has “medium” potential to become a tropical storm.
The one which currently has the bigger chance of developing into Tropical Storm Dan is an area of low pressure located about 750 miles east of the Windward Islands. The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami said this morning that it has a 50 percent chance of developing in the next two days.
“The associated shower and thunderstorm activity continues to show some signs of organization, but the system appears to lack a well-defined centre at this time,” it said. “Environmental conditions are conducive for some additional development before the system reaches the Lesser Antilles late Tuesday or early Wednesday.”
After that, less favourable upper-level winds are expected to hinder additional development.
Regardless of development, the NHC stressed, the system is expected to bring heavy rainfall and gusty winds to portions of the Lesser Antilles beginning late tomorrow.
The other system is about 800 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
The NHC said some gradual development of that system is possible over the next few days while it moves slowly toward the west-northwest or northwest over the open Atlantic Ocean.
Its chance of formation is around 20 percent within the next two days, or 30 per cent in the next five days.
Published 15 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
Football superstar Messi Chooses Antigua For Honeymoon
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Saturday July 15, 2017 – Barcelona football ace Lionel Messi recently chose to spend some of his first days as a married man in Antigua and Barbuda.
Published 9 July 2017
Buckke Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News.
As Sunday night falls, further chaos erupted at the Georgetown Prison and its environs, fire and prison officials have confirmed.
Numerous shots rang out as police and soldiers sought to prevent several of the prisoners who were moved to the officers mess from the burning jail as a holding area. A number of the inmates also burnt the prison officers mess.
Meanwhile, numerous inmates were shuttled away in open back truck trays and enclosed vehicles to other prisons and police lockups.
Two prison officers were chopped and three shot, reportedly, and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
At Buxton, police cordoned off a ditched car that might have been used by a number of escapees. Reports are that shortly after the fire four men hijacked a car on Bent and George Streets and fled the scene.
Virtually all of the wooden buildings that made up the Georgetown Prison were burnt to the ground. They include the capital block and part of the administrative building.
Prison Chief, Gladwin Samuels said he received a report of an escape and he was on his way to the maximum security jail.
Fire fighters said they were unable to enter the prison compound because the prisoners are armed with guns and the situation is very volatile.
Several months ago, 16 prisoners were killed in a fire there.
More details coming up in this developing story
Published 7 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News.
Antigua flights diverted to St. Kitts after sudden closure
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 6TH 2017 – St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport hosted American and British Airways flights headed for Antigua after the sudden closure of Antigua’s V. C. Bird International Airport Thursday afternoon.
