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Photos: Heavy rain hits U.S. Virgin Islands as monster Hurricane Erin charges nearby
FOX Weather
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August 16, 2025
Hurricane Erin has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane late Saturday morning with maximum sustained wind speeds of 165 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Hurricane Erin is bringing heavy rain to...
Browenfield Ag Weather Today
Brownfield Ag News
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August 18, 2025
Weather Browenfield Ag Weather Today Hurricane Erin, which over the weekend produced as much as 2 to 6 inches of rain and wind gusts as high as 40 to 60 mph while passing less than 150 miles north of Puerto Rico and the northern U.S. Virgin...
Extraordinary Erin expands its reach over the northwest Atlantic
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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August 18, 2025
On its third day since rocketing to Category 5 strength, Hurricane Erin continued to churn across the northwest Atlantic on Monday, maintaining Cat 4 strength while building an unusually expansive wind field. Erin’s center remains firmly on track...
Hurricane weakens as it nears Caribbean
The Mining Journal - Michigan
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Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, gives an update on what was then Tropical Storm Erin at the National Hurricane Center on Aug. 14 in Miami. (AP photo) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3...
Guam joins other territories in petition opposing deep seabed mining in American Samoa
Pacific Daily News
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Guam residents have joined over 2,000 other people in a petition to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management opposing the imposition of deep seabed mining in the waters of American Samoa. Right to Democracy, who is organizing the petition with...
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism Welcomes New Leadership with Jennifer Matarangas-King
Breaking Travel News
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August 10, 2025
The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism proudly welcomes the nomination of communications and public affairs executive Jennifer Matarangas-King as the next Commissioner of Tourism. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced the nomination during a...
Hurricane Erin weakens to a Category 3 as forecasters wait
The Lewistown Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds. While Erin’s maximum winds diminished, the...
Disney, Carnival, more cruise lines reroute ships away from Hurricane Erin: See changes
AOL
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Cruise lines are rerouting ships away from Hurricane Erin, which regained power after weakening over the weekend. The Category 4 storm is expected to bring heavy rain to parts of Hispaniola on Monday, Aug. 18 and to the Bahamas and Turks and...
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
Just Security
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August 18, 2025
The Timeline below examines decades-long failures by federal law enforcement and oversight agencies—including the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Department of the Treasury—in the handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes: child sexual abuse...
Bahamas ready to compete in Billie Jean King Cup
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 18, 2025
By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AFTER staging their first practice in Santa Tecla, El Salvador on Saturday, Sydney Clarke said Team Bahamas is ready to compete in the Billie Jean King (BJK)Cup. Team Bahamas, captained...
Hurricane Erin's life-threatening path revealed in latest spaghetti models as officials order evacuations
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
A State of Emergency has been declared in parts of North Carolina as Hurricane Erin approaches, bringing life-threatening surf and dangerous rip currents. Officials in Dare County, home to more than 38,000 residents, ordered mandatory evacuations...
U.S. Virgin Islands Department Of Tourism Welcomes New Leadership As Jennifer Matarangas-King Is Nominated Commissioner
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) A native of St. Croix and a respected voice in the Virgin Islands community, Matarangas-King brings more than 30 years of experience in strategic communications, public affairs, and organizational leadership across both the...
Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf along East Coast this week
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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MIAMI — A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph maximum sustained winds...
Hurricane Erin intensifies to Category 4, churning up dangerous surf along U.S. coast
KABB - Texas
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MIAMI (AP) — A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph maximum sustained...
Hurricane Erin Triggers Evacuation Orders Along Parts Of North Carolina's Outer Banks
The Weather Channel
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August 18, 2025
Rough Surf, Rip Currents Likely Along East Coast Hurricane Erin isn't expected to directly hit the U.S. East Coast, but by doubling or tripling in size, its impacts threatened the North Carolina Outer Banks, the thin, low stretch of barrier...
US Virgin Islands Nominates Jennifer Matarangas-King as Next Commissioner of Tourism
Caribbean Journal
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August 6, 2025
The U.S. Virgin Islands is poised to enter a new era of tourism leadership with the nomination of longtime communications and public affairs executive Jennifer Matarangas-King as the territory’s next Commissioner of Tourism. Governor Albert Bryan...
US Outer Banks Island Evacuated as Cat 4 Hurricane Erin Threatens Dangerous Conditions
CBN News
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August 18, 2025
MIAMI (AP) - A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph (215 kph) maximum...
Hurricane Erin could bring dangerous surf to U.S. after pelting Caribbean
Global News
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August 18, 2025
A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph (215 kph) maximum sustained...
Hurricane tracker: Erin intensifies to Category 4 storm, emergency declared in parts of North Carolina, evacuation begins
The Economic Times
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August 18, 2025
Hurricane Erin re-intensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph (215 kph) maximum sustained winds early Monday and moved closer to the Southeast Bahamas, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. Erin, the year's first Atlantic...
Update: Hurricane Erin Strengthens, Threatens East Coast With Rough Surf
Insurance Journal
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August 18, 2025
Hurricane Erin has re-intensified as it moves past the Bahamas, with the dangerous storm expected to increase in size and remain over the ocean as it churns off the US East Coast, battering beaches later this week. Erin’s top winds strengthened to...