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US newspaper story creating a Caribbean storm
AN article in the Washington Post could become the first "storm" to hit the Cayman Islands and the rest of the Caribbean in the hurricane season, which officially began on 1 June.Appearing in the 4 June edition is a story headlined "Storm Warning: Choose Your Caribbean Island Wisely" which sought to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of holidaying in the region at this time.
Written by staff writer Gary Lee, the article stated that the cheap low-season hotel discounts are very attractive but they came at a time when "treacherous" weather is predicted.
"At least one study is predicting that the run of storms in 2006 will be as treacherous as last year's record season," he wrote.
There has so far been no response from tourism organisations in the Caribbean on what could possibly be bad press for a region slowly recovering from the fallout from the September 11 terror attacks in the US in 2001, as well as the impact of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004.
Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas was listed as the one most likely to be hit by a storm, given that it has been struck by 40 hurricanes in the past 150 years for an average of one every four years.
Low Pressure Near Bahamas Could Become Next Tropical System
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Forecasters are carefully watching an area of low pressure about 200 miles east of the Bahamas for signs of tropical development.Channel 4 meteorologist Richard Nunn said satellite imagery and surface observations indicate that the low become better organized Friday morning and upper-level winds are favorable for development.
The low-pressure area is moving slowly to the west-northwest.
"Over the course of the weekend, it's possible this could be the next tropical development," Nunn said on the local station at noon.
An Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft may investigate the system on Saturday.
Nunn said weather conditions are favorable for at least a 50 percent chance of rain in the greater Jacksonville area on Sunday, but that is not related the low pressure in the Bahamas.