By Deandrea Hamilton & Shanieka Smith

Editorial Staff

#Cuba, June 6, 2022 – Caribbean countries should now be alert because weather warnings are being issued. The hurricane season officially began Tuesday (June 1) and according to a report by AccuWeather, “meteorologists say there is already some risk that the burgeoning tropical rainstorm, which would be named Alex…”

On Friday, islands in the northern Bahamas were put under Tropical Storm Warning; the air and seaports were closed. These were discontinued by noon on Sunday.  Localised flooding was the worst of it for the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco still trying to recover from 2019’s Hurricane Dorian; there was an audible sigh of relief.

 It was a far more harrowing story for Cuba, which had a deadly encounter.

“Strong, heavy rain and electrical storms have been affecting the western and central regions of Cuba with accumulations greater than 200 millimeters (eight inches), which will continue for the rest of today and tomorrow, Saturday,” the Cuban Weather Office forecast.

Agatha crashed into southern Mexico and the Atlantic with potential to redevelop as a tropical storm, the Miami-based US National Hurricane Center said.

“The death of two people in the province of Havana and a missing person in Pinar del Río are regretted,” said the Cuban News Agency.

By Monday, that death toll was increased to three and hundreds of homes damaged by fast moving water and flooding.

Bermuda met up with Tropical Storm Alex once named, and as it excited The Bahamas.  The storm on Sunday night and into Monday, with winds at 60 mph, slapped the tiny British overseas territory with huge sea swells.

Tropical Storm Alex rushed past, moving 29mph in an ENE direction and north of Bermuda; thankfully a relatively uneventful encounter.