STORM WATCH: 5:00 am update
The centre of Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to pass Barbados about 730 am. Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams and Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds issued this update. A tropical storm warning is issued when sustained winds of 34 to 63 knots (39 – 73 mph; 63 – 118kmh) associated […]
FLASH-FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT
A flash flood warning is in effect for Barbados. This alert message is valid from 3AM and will be updated at 11AM or sooner if conditions warrant. A flash-flood warning is issued when rapid flooding due to heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time (generally less than 6 hours) is occurring or […]
STORM WATCH: 2:00 am update || Tropical Storm Elsa nears Barbados
At 2:00 AM the center of Tropical Storm Elsa was located near latitude 12.1N longitude 57.2W or about 175 MI (280 KM) east- southeast of Barbados. Maximum sustained winds are near…50 MPH…85 KM/H with higher gusts. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km) mainly to the north of the center. Strong winds […]
STORM WATCH: 11:00 pm update || Abrahams wants public off roads
Minister of Home Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams, tonight made an urgent plea for Barbadians to get off the roads. He says the county can expect rainfall and gusty winds by 1 am. At 11:00 PM the center of Tropical Storm Elsa was located near latitude 11.8N longitude 55.9W or about 260 MI (420 KM) east- southeast […]
Tropical Storm Elsa Forms to the East
The system to the east of Barbados is now Tropical Storm Elsa. Stetson Babb has the latest update from the Met Office.
TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS
The Meteorological Service of Barbados has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Barbados, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines. A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours. At 5 PM the disturbance was centered near latitude 9.6 North, longitude 43.7 West. The system is moving […]
Charges dropped against Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby will walk out of a Pennsylvania state prison a free man, after the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court issued an opinion to vacate his conviction today. The former comedian had appealed to the court in December when his lawyers argued that Cosby’s entire life was put on trial that caused him to suffer unquantifiable […]
Flash flood warning in effect || no face to face classes
A flash flood warning is in effect for Barbados. A flash-flood warning is issued when rapid flooding due to heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time (generally less than 6 hours) is occurring or is imminent in the warning area. The Met Office says maximum rainfall accumulations of 25.0 to 50.0 mm […]
Warren Mottley passes away
Warren Mottley, brother of Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has died. He died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where he had been admitted after suffering complications from a procedure he had undergone at another facility. Prime Minister Mottley issued a statement on his passing.
MET office on guard
Barbados Meteorological Services is monitoring two systems to the east. The greater concern is about the system that should reach here on Friday, Director of the Met Office, Sabu Best, issued an update.