hurricane Irma

Florida orange industry hit

New York - Muslimchronicle

Hit by Hurricane Irma and a citrus ailment known as "Yellow Dragon Disease," Florida orange growers are bracing for potentially the worst harvest in more than a half century. Forecasters are projecting a yield of 46 million boxes of oranges for the 2017-2018 Florida orange season, a drop of 33 percent from last year and the lowest output since at least 1944-1945,Read more

Raul Castro to step down as Cuba's president in April 2018

Havana - Muslimchronicle

Cuban President Raul Castro will step down in April 2018 straight after his successor is chosen by a top governing council, according to a vote Thursday in the island state's National Assembly. The vote by lawmakers pushed back the date of general elections, which were initially to be held at the end of February. The delay was necessary due to disruption causedRead more

hurricane, bitcoin and sex scandal

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Hurricane Irma, bitcoin, sex scandal and royal romance made up some of the hot topics explored this year at internet giant Google. Irma, the devastating storm, was the top trending topic globally when it came to news or searches at Google, according to rankings of top trending topics and people release on Wednesday by the California-based company. Stories about cryptocurrencyRead more

Hurricane survivors swap Caribbean seas

Preston - Muslimchronicle

When they signed up to study in the Caribbean they thought they were heading for an island paradise. But when Hurricane Irma devastated Sint Maarten, they ended up being transferred to drizzly northern England instead. When the Category Five storm destroyed the island's infrastructure last month, more than 700 students and staff at American University of the Caribbean School ofRead more

Tropical Storm Maria to intensify into hurricane on way to Caribbean islands

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Tropical Storm Maria is expected to become a hurricane Sunday as it heads toward Caribbean islands battered by Hurricane Irma earlier this month, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday. Maria was centered about 655 km east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles and was moving west-northwest at 24 km per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 100 km per hour, accordingRead more

France's hurricane-hit St Martin

Pointe-à-Pitre - Muslimchronicle

The French-Dutch island of St Martin, where white sands and turquoise waters once drew foreign visitors in droves, is now attracting a different kind of population: rats and mosquitoes. Just over a week after Hurricane Irma devastated the island and neighbouring St Barthelemy, killing 15 people, pools of stagnant water and mounds of trash seem to be the new normal.Read more

Floridians return to shattered homes as Irma crosses into Georgia

Marco island - Muslimchronicle

Shocked Florida residents returned to their shattered homes on Monday as the weakened Hurricane Irma pushed inland, flooding cities in the northeastern part of the state and leaving millions without power. Downgraded to a tropical storm early on Monday, Irma had ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes recorded. It cut power to millions of people and rippedRead more

Quarter of houses in Florida Keys destroyed

Miami - Muslimchronicle

Irma destroyed a quarter of the houses in the Florida Keys, where it first made landfall in the United States as a Category Four hurricane, the US emergency response chief said Tuesday. "Some of the initial estimates are -- and this is why we asked people to evacuate, largely from storm surge - 25 percent of the houses in theRead more

Cuba counts the cost of deadly Hurricane Irma

Havana - AFP

Cuba emerged from a 72-hour thrashing by Hurricane Irma on Monday with three-quarters of the population without power, as the country began the task of restoring basic infrastructure and services. A death toll of 10 made this the deadliest hurricane to strike the island since Dennis in 2005, and authorities said that provisional figure could rise. Among the worst-hit areasRead more

Irma: downed trees and sunken boats, but sighs of relief in Miami

Miami - AFP

Residents of Miami awoke Monday to fallen trees and branches, broken traffic lights, closed roads and sunken yachts. Despite that, there was widespread relief that the storm surge triggered by Hurricane Irma, which swamped the city's business district, had not caused the catastrophic damage that had been predicted by meteorologists. Clean-up teams were out at daybreak to clear the streetsRead more