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July 3rd, 2021
Hurricane Elsa could bring showers for the remainder of Saturday - DDM

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is forecasting lingering moisture and instability from the passage of Hurricane Elsa for Saturday, July 3, 2021.

July 2nd, 2021
Elsa now a Category 1 hurricane

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Tropical Storm Elsa strengthened into a hurricane early Friday, July 2, 2021, and it still has Florida in sight for early next week, although the National Hurricane Center stressed that the forecast is uncertain this far out.

July 1st, 2021
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Elsa forms

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Tropical Storm Elsa, the 5th named storm of the year, has formed in the Atlantic Ocean with maximum sustained winds increasing to near 40 mph as of 5:00 am today, July 1, 2021.

June 26th, 2021
Cloudy spells with stable weather forecasted for Saturday

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Weather forecast information coming out of the Virgin Islands (VI) Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is that the weather for Saturday, June 26, 2021, some instability and trailing moisture could generate cloudy spells and showers mainly during the morning period.

June 22nd, 2021
Tropical wave expected to move through Southern Windward Islands today

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A tropical wave has developed in the east-southeast of the Windward Islands and is producing disorganised showers and a few thunderstorms.

June 20th, 2021
Hurricane 2021: Plan evacuations now should storms arrive - DDM

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is urging residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) to start making emergency evacuation plans now, ahead of the arrival of potential storms for the 2021 Hurricane season.

May 23rd, 2021
High chance of showers across VI today, May 23, 2021

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Moisture and instability associated with a frontal trough will heighten the chances of showers across the Virgin Islands (VI) today, May 23, 2021.

May 15th, 2021
2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season gets ‘unofficial' early start

MIAMI, Florida, USA – The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) which focuses on the Atlantic Hurricane Seasons has issued alerts for hurricane preparations to begin today, May 15, 2021, ahead of the official June 1, 2021 start of the hurricane season.

April 13th, 2021
SVG volcanic emission could reach VI- DDM

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The chance of volcanic emissions from La Soufriere in St Vincent reaching the [British] Virgin Islands is low but there is a reasonable worst-case scenario of it happening, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has said.

April 11th, 2021
Above average hurricane season predicted for 2021

COLORADO, USA- After the most ferocious hurricane season on record in 2020, top hurricane forecasters on Thursday, April 8, 2021, said we should expect another active, above-normal season again this year.

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