Hurricane Irma
Long journey home: the stranded sailboats in a race to beat the hurricanes
Covid-19 has marooned people living on small boats worldwide. Now hundreds of anxious sailors are preparing to make dangerous voyages home across the Atlantic
Susan Smillie
12, May, 2020 @6:00 AM
The case for bailing out Thomas Cook | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to the collapse of the travel company
Letters
24, Sep, 2019 @5:54 PM
What if the Caribbean refused royal visits until reparations were paid? | Nalini Mohabir
Charles and Camilla are the latest to arrive and help whitewash the injustices of slavery and empire, says Nalini Mohabir of Ryerson University, Toronto
Nalini Mohabir
20, Mar, 2019 @3:55 PM
From Harvey to Michael: how America's year of major hurricanes unfolded
The past year has been marked by storms of record ferocity, apocalyptic damage and thousands of deaths
Oliver Milman
16, Oct, 2018 @6:00 AM
Caribbean states beg Trump to grasp climate change threat: 'War has come to us'
As warming temperatures caused by climate change is strengthening hurricanes, leaders in the region plead with Trump to rejoin the Paris climate deal
Oliver Milman
07, Aug, 2018 @10:00 AM
Work on Caribbean island airport halted by court ruling
Critics say airport and resort would do more ecological harm to Barbuda than Hurricane Irma
Diane Taylor
02, Aug, 2018 @7:09 PM
Britain 'will strengthen response to hurricanes in Caribbean'
Foreign secretary Boris Johnson plans improved coordination with other countries
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
04, Jul, 2018 @4:07 PM
Lloyd’s of London slides to £2bn loss after major hurricanes
Insurance market moves into the red for first time in six years as earthquakes also make impact
Julia Kollewe
21, Mar, 2018 @3:45 PM
An Island Parish: After the Hurricane review – battered Anguilla keeps the faith
The usual stroll-around-a-parish format takes on extra poignancy when the programme revisits the Caribbean island in the wake of hurricane Irma
Sam Wollaston
24, Feb, 2018 @6:30 AM
Weatherwatch: wildlife calls change volume as hurricanes pass
Recent research has recorded how creatures modified their calls in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria – with some surprising results
Kate Ravilious
23, Feb, 2018 @9:30 PM
Harvey was second-most expensive US hurricane on record, official report says
Harvey caused $125bn in damage in year and killed 68 people in year that saw three enormous hurricane-strength storms
Joanna Walters and agencies
25, Jan, 2018 @10:53 PM
Barbuda fears land rights loss in bid to spread tourism from Antigua
As the tiny island destroyed by a hurricane tries to rebuild, the PM of neighboring Antigua aims to revoke centuries-old rights
Gregory Scruggs in Codrington
27, Dec, 2017 @9:00 AM
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