A day of solid rain has brought flooding to low-lying areas as a surprising Tropical Storm that upgraded to a hurricane, began dumping rain over the Turks & Caicos Islands while gradually moving towards the Bahamas chain.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Joaquin packing maximum sustained winds near 85 miles per hour with higher gusts, and which has been heading to the southwest, has been generating some high surf and battering waves.
Michael Stubbs, senior forecaster at the Met Office in Nassau, told RTC News that much of this weather is associated with the Lunar Eclipse that the Turks and Caicos and the rest of the world witnessed last Sunday – conditions that are likely to last through Friday.
A release from Mr. Derek Been of the Ports Authority of the Turks and Caicos Islands, confirmed to RTC News this afternoon that a small Haitian Trading Vessel – the M/V Remembrance – that was moored at South Dock in Grand Turk, was completely destroyed by high waves and winds associated with Tropical Storm Joaquim during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday September 30, 2015).
“We are most thankful that there were no casualties or life threatening injuries to the crew of the vessel. Clean up efforts commenced this morning and is ongoing,” Been said.
Meanwhile, the department of Meteorology in Nassau Bahamas in its alert #6 at 6pm today, said Joaquin has strengthened some more as it moves toward the central Bahamas…
