Caribbean

Still reeling from Hurricane Dorian, Bahamas faces Tropical Storm Humberto

Humberto is forecast to become a hurricane by Sunday night but is expected to stay offshore of Florida's eastern coast as it moves toward open waters.

Tropical Storm Humberto targets hurricane-hit Bahamas

The announcement from the National Hurricane Centre came after it had warned early Friday that a strengthening tropical depression was headed for the same islands hit by Dorian last week.

Tropical storm warning issued for hurricane-hit Bahamas

Bahamian meteorologists said the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, which were the worst-hit by Hurricane Dorian, were in the path of the approaching weather system.

New storm hits hurricane-ravaged Bahamas, could become tropical storm

Early Friday, tropical disturbances swept over the central Bahamas, packing winds of 45km/h and expected to drop 8 to 13cm of rain through Sunday.

1,300 still missing in hurricane-hit Bahamas - officials

Officials in the Bahamas believe that there are 1,300 people missing after Hurricane Dorian plowed into the islands, a sharp decline from the 2,500 listed on the missing registry a day earlier.

2,500 missing in Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian - official

At least 50 people died in the hurricane which slammed into the northern Bahamas as a Category 5 storm while officials say they expect the number to rise significantly.

Death toll from Hurricane Dorian rises to at least 50 in Bahamas

The death toll increased to 50 in the Bahamas, where Hurricane Dorian pummeled 320 km/h winds, according to a spokesman for the islands' National Emergency Management Agency.

Audio transcripts of Khashoggi’s murder released

Moments before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered last October, two of his suspected murderers waiting at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate fretted about the upcoming task, audio transcripts reveal.

Hurricane Dorian death toll in Bahamas rises to 43 – media

NBC, citing a representative for Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, said the official count is now 43 and the number is expected to rise significantly.

Dorian upgraded to major Category 3 hurricane - US forecasters

At 11:00 pm (0300 GMT Thursday), the NHC said Dorian was located 105 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina and moving north at around seven miles per hour approaching the US coast.

Bahamians begin rescues as Dorian moves on toward US coast

At least seven deaths were reported in the Bahamas. The storm's punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters severely damaged thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics.

Dorian hovers over Bahamas, kills five

Hurricane Dorian came to a catastrophic daylong halt over the northwest Bahamas, flooding the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama with walls of water that lapped into the second storeys of buildings. The storm spurred evacuations in southeastern US.