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• Caribbean islands brace for Omar
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands - Schools and businesses closed and shelters Wednesday on several Caribbean islands in the path of Hurricane Omar, which could rev up into a Category 2 storm before coming ashore after nightfall. U.S. Virgin ...
• Global warming may make some spots inviting
Popular beaches in the Caribbean and along the Atlantic Coast in the U.S. — particularly in southern Florida — may be submerged as the ocean creeps inland. Southern Louisiana, Miami, the Bahamas, Savannah and Charleston, S.C. could be fully ...
• On the chocolate trail in Belize
Coral House Inn, on the highest point of Punta Gorda's shoreline, has four rooms overlooking the Caribbean, a small pool, and a bar area ( coralhouseinn.net , double from $83). Cotton Tree Lodge hosts day tours year-round ($79) and two Chocolate Week ...
• Satellites collect data on sea temperatures
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday its Coral Reef Watch network has been expanded from 24 to 190 locations, including sites in the Florida Keys, the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, the Indian and Pacific oceans, Indonesia ...
• Sail away on Holland America’s new ship
Holland America’s latest addition, the ms Eurodam, embarked on its maiden voyage in July and has since officially settled in for its schedule of fall and winter runs in the Bahamas and Caribbean. Set sail to tropical destinations aboard the elegant ...