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Shark Attack: 2 American Women Seriously Injured At Bahamas Resort
Two American women suffered injuries in a rare Bahamas shark attack. The tourists were swimming in Bimini Bay, a popular resort, when the incident happened early Friday evening, Feb. 7, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. After receiving initial treatment, they were airlifted to a hospital. One of the women, both of whom are from Florida, suffered severe injuries and underwent three surgeries, ABC News reports. The incident is under investigation. Bimini, a chain of islands, is the westernmost district of the Bahamas located about 50 miles east of Miami. Ch…
Politics
Ex-Congressional Candidate On Long Island Illegally Funded Campaign, Feds Say
A former congressional candidate in New York is accused of illegally funding her campaign. Michelle Bond is charged with conspiring to cause unlawful campaign contributions in connection with her failed congressional bid in 2022, according to an indictment unsealed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday, Aug. 22. Bond ran as a Republican for the 1st District seat, representing eastern Long Island in Suffolk County. She ultimately lost the nomination to current Rep. Nick LaLota. According to federal prosecutors, shortly after launching her congressional …
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Tropical System In Atlantic Could Become Named Storm, Affect East Coast: What To Know Now
A new tropical rainstorm in the Atlantic may strengthen into a named storm and affect parts of the East Coast. According to the National Hurricane Center, a tropical depression could form late this week while the system is near the Greater Antilles or the Bahamas. (See the first image above.) It could become a named storm as soon as this weekend. If that's the case, it will be called Debby. “Right now, this tropical rainstorm has a 60 percent chance of strengthening into a named storm no sooner than this weekend or early next week," AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno …
Obituaries
Community 'Heartbroken' After Mass Woman Killed By Shark In Bahamas
Coworkers and friends of the 44-year-old Massachusetts woman who was killed by a shark while on vacation in the Bahamas say they are heartbroken and shocked by her death. Lauren Van Wart, of Lowell, located northwest of Boston, was attacked by a shark on Monday, Dec. 4, about a mile from Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort while she was paddleboarding with a relative, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said. Van Wart worked at Curriculum Associates, an educational material company in Billerica. Rob Waldron, CEO of the company, said she was a beloved member of the company. …
News
Boston Woman Killed By Shark In Bahamas
A 44-year-old Boston woman was killed Monday, Dec. 4, while paddleboarding in the Bahamas after she was attacked by a shark, multiple media outlets reported. The woman and her husband were about a mile from the five-star Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort when she was attacked, Royal Bahamas Police Force Spokesperson Sergeant Desiree Ferguson said in a news conference. Related: Woman Killed By Shark In Bahamas ID'd By Police A lifeguard who spotted the couple went out in a boat after the incident began to unfold, according to CBS News. Related: 'It Violently Turned At M…
Weather
Hurricane Lee: NY National Guard Making Preparations As Storm Strengthens
State leaders are preparing for possible impacts from Hurricane Lee as the storm continues to strengthen on its trek northward. Related story - Hurricane Lee Track Shifts: Threat To Northeast Grows, Chance Of New England Landfall Increases On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that 50 soldiers from the New York National Guard have begun preparations on Long Island ahead of possible dangerous high surf, rip currents, coastal flooding, and beach erosion along parts of the East Coast later in the week. Dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents will affect portions of …
Police & Fire
Shark Attack: Connecticut Woman Loses Part Of Leg In Caribbean
Shark Attack Update: Details Emerge On Connecticut Woman Who Lost Part Of Leg In Caribbean A young Connecticut woman is in serious condition after losing part of her leg to a shark attack while snorkeling in the Caribbean region. The shark bit off her leg while snorkeling near a resort around 3 p.m., Wednesday, May 24, said The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police. Police did not know what type of shark attacked the 22-year-old or what town or city in Connecticut she is from. The woman was rushed to a hospital where she is listed in serious condition, police said. The Turks and Cai…
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$3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Westchester Admits Role In Scheme
An attorney from Westchester has admitted to laundering money in order to make payments to maintain six US properties owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, federal officials said. Pelham resident and attorney Robert Wise pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 25 to participating in a scheme to make around $3.8 million in payments to maintain six properties in the US that were owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a sanctioned Russian oligarch, according to the US Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York. According to federal officials, Vekselberg was designated …
Weather
Nicole Expected To Become Hurricane, Bring Drenching Rain, Gusty Winds To Northeast
Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to strengthen to hurricane status before bringing drenching rain and gusty winds to the Northeast. Packed with maximum sustained winds of around 70 miles per hour with higher gusts, the center of Nicole will move near or over the Bahamas by midday Wednesday, Nov. 9, and approach the east coast of Florida within the hurricane warning area Wednesday night, the National Hurricane Center said. For the latest projected timing and track for Nicole from AccuWeather.com, click on the first image above. Nicole's center is then expected to move across…
Weather
Hurricane Watch Issued In Florida As Nicole Heads Toward US: Here's New Projected Timing, Track
This story has been updated. A Hurricane Watch has been issued along Florida's East Coast as now Tropical Storm Nicole makes its way toward the East Coast. Nicole, located about 380 miles east-northeast of the Bahamas as of early Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, is moving northwest. A turn toward the west and west-southwest is expected later in the day, and that motion should continue through Wednesday, Nov. 9, the National Hurricane Center said. A turn toward the northwest and north-northwest is expected Thursday, Nov. 10. Nicole now has maximum sustained winds of around 50 miles pe…
Weather
Subtropical Storm Nicole Forms In Atlantic, Heads Toward US: Here's Projected Timing, Track
With three-and-a-half weeks left in the 2022 hurricane season, a new subtropical storm has formed in the Atlantic. Nicole, located about 490 miles east of the Bahamas as of early Monday afternoon, Nov. 7, is moving northwest. A turn westward or west-southwestward is forecast Tuesday, Nov. 8 through early Thursday, Nov. 10, the National Hurricane Center said. AccuWeather meteorologists "expect this sprawling storm to take a turn and hit Florida’s east coast -- as a hurricane — later this week before it takes a run up the Eastern Seaboard." Nicole now has maximum sustained winds of aro…
Weather
Here's Timing For Cold Front Bringing Change To Region, Latest On Storm Brewing In Atlantic
There will be one more day of a springlike stretch of weather before a cold front moves through the region followed by potential impacts from a storm system developing in the Atlantic. The high temperature on Monday, Nov. 7 will reach the mid-70s under mainly sunny skies before the front moves across the region during the day, according to the National Weather Service. "However the colder air won't start to filter into the area until late afternoon and evening," the weather service said. The front will bring temperatures back to more seasonable levels on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov…
Weather
Cold Front Will Bring Change In Weather Pattern As New Storm System Develops In Atlantic
A springlike stretch of weather will finally come to an end as a cold front moves through the region followed by potential impacts from a storm system developing in the Atlantic. The cold front is gradually approaching on Sunday, Nov. 6, and will move through on Monday, Nov. 7, according to the National Weather Service. Before the front pushes through, high temperatures will rise into the 70s on both Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, there will be light showers at times, especially in areas farther west, said the weather service, which noted that the chance of showers will expand overnig…
Obituaries
Sidney Poitier, First Black Actor To Win Oscar, Longtime Westchester Resident, Dies
Trailblazing, Sidney Poitier, the first Black actor to win an Oscar, a longtime New York resident has died. Bahamian Prime Minister Phillip Davis made the announcement that Poitier died on Thursday, Jan. 8 at the age of 94. A native of Cat Island in the Bahamas, Davis said: "The whole Bahamas grieves the celebrated life of a great Bahamian." Poitier, who grew up on a tomato farm and taught himself to read and write, became a resident of Westchester County, moving to Mount Vernon in 1956. He won the Oscar for "Lilies of the Field," in 1963, in which he played a migrant worker wh…
Weather
Epsilon Strengthens To Hurricane Status, Generating Large Waves That Will Affect East Coast
The latest hurricane in what has been one of the most active seasons in decades is now packing 110 mile-per-hour winds as it churns in the Atlantic Ocean. Epsilon is about 250 miles east-southeast of Bermuda early Thursday morning, Oct. 22. According to its newly projected track, Hurricane Epsilon is projected to remain over the open waters and will generate large waves that will affect Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, the Leeward Islands, the east coast of the United States, and coastal Canada the next few days. Epsilon will make a close approach to Bermuda Thursday n…
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Covid-
19: Costa Rica To Open Borders To Residents Of 6 US States
Costa Rica is re-opening its borders to Americans who reside in six specific states. Residents of Vermont, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut may all begin traveling to Costa Rica again starting Sept. 1. Many countries have closed their borders to American tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. Costa Rica’s re-opening strategy is unique in its targeted border opening. As of Aug. 3, these countries were among the ones Americans could still visit during the pandemic, according to National Geographic: Albania, Brazil, Camb…
Weather
Isaias Becomes Hurricane: Here's Latest Projected Path
Isaias has become a hurricane ahead of schedule with a new projected path that takes the Category 1 storm up the East Coast. The second named hurricane of the season, the storm is expected to move through the Bahamas on Friday, July 31 before moving close to Florida's east coast then heading up the Northeast. At 5 a.m. Friday, the center of now Hurricane Isaias (pronounced "ees-ah-EE-ahs") was located about 15 miles south-southwest of Great Inagua Island, the National Hurricane Center said. It's packing maximum sustained near 80 miles per hour. Earlier report: Newly Released Forecas…
Weather
Newly Released Forecast Cone For Tropical Storm Isaias Includes Northeast
Tropical Storm Isaias is projected to gain hurricane strength as it nears the southern United States coast and with its track expected to move farther east, its latest projected forecast cone includes New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. A tropical storm watch was issued at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 30 for the east coast of Florida by the National Hurricane Center. At the time of the advisory, Isaias was about 250 miles south of the Bahamas. Earlier report: Tropical System With Uncertain Long-Range Track Nears US Coast The storm is expected to strengthen to Category 1…
Weather
New Tropical Storm Warning For Hurricane-Ravaged Bahamas As System That Could Affect US Nears
Just a week after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas and made a major impact on parts of the East Coast, a new system expected to become a tropical storm could follow a similar path. A Tropical Storm Warning has just been issued for the Bahamas, where the storm could hit as soon as overnight Thursday night, Sept. 12 into Friday, Sept. 13. A look at the projected path of the system, released Thursday night, appears above. If it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Humberto. It's expected to dump heavy rain on the northern islands in the Bahamas, the same area most severely affec…
Weather
Two Weather Systems In Atlantic Ocean Could Become Tropical Storms
Hurricane Dorian has finally headed out to sea, moving off the southeastern Canadian coastline. Now, forecasters are watching three separate storm systems in the Atlantic Ocean during the height of hurricane season, two of which could be threats to the East Coast. The next tropical storm to emerge will be named Humberto. Experts say it could form by the end of this week from a new system that emerged over the week. It's projected to move over the Bahamas, which was just devastated by Dorian, and Florida. A second system is also approaching the Caribbean and may become a tropical depre…
Weather
Tracking Dorian: Advisories Issued For Parts Of Area As Hurricane Moves Up East Coast
Advisories have been issued for parts of the New York metropolitan region as Hurricane Dorian moves up the east coast. The now Category 1 hurricane with 90 mph winds made landfall on North Carolina's Outer Banks around 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 6 after devastating the Bahamas earlier in the week. It's now on a path back off the coast moving north. A Coastal Flood Advisory is in effect from 1 p.m. Friday until 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 for Long Island and southern Westchester and Fairfield counties. (See first image above.) A High Surf Advisory and High Rip Current Risk Advisory are in ef…
Weather
Tracking Dorian: Here's How Major Hurricane, Back To Cat 3 Status, Will Affect Area
After leaving an unprecedented trail of destruction in the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian has picked up speed as it makes its way up the Atlantic Coast. Early Thursday morning, Sept. 5, the eye of the hurricane, now back to Category 3 status, was about 60 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, moving north at about 10 miles per hour off the coast with high winds of 115 mph. While the New York metropolitan area won't feel the true wrath of the storm, Dorian will bring rain, gusty winds, coastal flooding, high tide, rough surf and high waves to the areas shown in the first imag…
Weather
Severe Storms Could Sweep Through Area Followed By Possible Effects From Dorian
The area is at risk for a round of severe thunderstorms during the afternoon into the early evening on Wednesday, Sept. 4, before effects from Hurricane Dorian could be felt here to end the week. The main threat with any thunderstorms Wednesday will be strong, damaging winds and hail, the National Weather Service said in a Hazardous Weather Statement. An isolated tornado can not be ruled out. It will be a mostly cloudy day with a high temperature in the low 80s. The storm chance will start around noontime. The New York metropolitan area is in the range for Tropical Storm-force wi…
Weather
Tracking Dorian: Hurricane Could Bring Tropical Storm-Force Winds To Area
Major hurricane Dorian is expected to slowly approach the eastern Florida coastline late in the day on Tuesday, Sept. 3, before starting a days-long northerly trek that could affect the New York area with Tropical Storm-force winds at the end of the workweek. Dorian will remain a large and dangerous hurricane as the storm tracks northward near or just offshore the Florida east coast through Wednesday, Sept. 4, the National Hurricane Center said in a new advisory issued Tuesday morning. The slow-motion nature of the storm will bring long-duration rain, storm surge, damaging winds, and …
Weather
Tracking Dorian: Here's How Deadly Hurricane Is Expected To Affect US
This story has been updated. Catastrophic Hurricane Dorian turned deadly as it barreled over the Bahamas on Sunday, Sept. 1. The storm, the strongest ever in the Bahamas, made landfall on three different islands with sustained winds of 185 miles per hour and gusts up to 225 mph. Late Sunday night, a 7-year-old drowned in Abaco in the northern Bahamas and his sister remains missing as the historic storm is causing flooding, missing rooftops, snapped trees and overturned vehicles. At 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 2, Hurricane Dorian was centered 35 miles east of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, a…
Weather
Tracking Dorian: Slow-Moving, Monster Storm Now A Category 5 Hurricane With 175 MPH Winds
With maximum sustained winds of 175 miles per hour as it nears the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian was upgraded to Category 5 status at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1. The slow-moving monster storm is about 200 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida, meandering at about 8 mph. In its latest advisory, issued at 8 a.m. Sunday, the National Hurricane Center still predicted Florida would avoid a direct hit, with the eye of the storm remaining about 70 miles offshore. “Since Dorian is forecast to slow down and turn northward as it approaches the coast, life-threatening storm surge and dangerous hu…
Weather
Latest Projected Path For Hurricane Dorian: Storm Strengthens As It Takes Aim On Florida Coast
Hurricane Dorian is strengthening into a major storm that is now taking aim on the East Coast after brushing over the Caribbean Islands, doing limited damage to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. is expected to intensify and grow in size as it nears Florida's coast, where it is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. toward the end of Labor Day Weekend. Dorian is projected to become a major hurricane on Saturday morning, Aug. 31 when it is still over open water in the Atlantic. It is then expected to cross the Bahamas on Sunday, Sept. 1 before making landfall in…
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