Weather

Hurricane Irma Leaves Devastation in Caribbean While Florida Prepares

by skift.com Hurricane Irma left a wake of destruction behind in the Caribbean while those in the path — Cuba, cruise ships, the entire state of Florida, and swaths of the Southeast United States — prepared for a hit. Residents and tourists in Florida continued to flee north...

Florida Ports Close Ahead of Hurricane Matthew

by seatrade-cruise.com Florida ports are battened down for Hurricane Matthew. PortMiami, Port Everglades, Port of Palm Beach, Port Canaveral and Port of Jacksonville are all closed. On Thursday morning the storm was approaching Andros Island in the Bahamas and outer rain bands were nearing Florida. A hurricane warning remains...

Cruise Lines Keeping an Eye on 99L Storm

By Jeff Tavss of local10.com Meteorologists and homeowners aren't the only ones keeping an eye on a storm that could potentially threaten South Florida and the Caribbean. Cruise lines with ships, possibly sailing near what is now being called 99L are monitoring the system as it approaches from the east. The Port...

Cruise Ship Cancellations Not Unusual

by Liz Graves of mdislander.com The height of the cruise ship season here happens to correspond with the height of the Atlantic hurricane season. Even storms that don’t come near the coast of Maine can stir up enough rough weather to force cruise ship captains to cancel planned...

Cruise Ships Switch Itineraries to Avoid Joaquin

by Dave Berman of floridatoday.com Cruse lines with itineraries from Port Canaveral and other East Coast ports whose ships have scheduled stops in the Bahamas have been scrambling to change their itineraries to avoid Hurricane Joaquin. Among them are six Port Canaveral-based ships — Carnival Cruise Lines' Sensation, Sunshine...

Flights and Cruises Impacted as Hurricane Danny Approaches the Caribbean

by Michael Isenbek of travelpulse.com Hurricane Danny may be downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it reaches the Caribbean’s Leeward Islands, but that doesn’t mean the region isn’t battening down the hatches, the Associated Press reported. As of Saturday afternoon, the Category 1 storm was 635 miles east...

Hurricane Season Cruising: What to Know Before You Go

By huffingtonpost.com Summer activities are winding down. Kids are back in school. The unrelenting heat of summer has started to fade. Sounds like the perfect time to book a Caribbean cruise. Then you turn on the weather report only to learn that Mother Nature is sending a wallop...

Hurricane Season…Hurricane Questions

by Phil Reimer, Ports And Bows of o.canada.com It never fails. Within hours of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s hurricane forecast for the year, emails start arriving in my inbox...