Heavy rain and 185 mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's north-east coast on Wednesday as Hurricane Irma roared through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida.

US adventurer and animal enthusiast Coyote Peterson captured an amazing moment while trekking through the jungle in Costa Rica.

More than ever, sport in the US is becoming intertwined with politics and societal behaviour, with the NFL especially blinded by the glare of public opinion.

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I read your report (Jan 29) on an article by John Martin of the Center for Research and Globalization in Montreal, Canada on a part of our history that is not on the national consciousness yet, like the Great Famine. But it is getting there.

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Tropical Storm Rafael has formed over the eastern Caribbean Sea, and warnings have been issued for numerous Caribbean islands.

A man who has sailed the wrong way round the world to avoid pirates will get a hero’s welcome when he sails in to his home town this weekend.

A still-growing hurricane lashed a large area of the Caribbean today, wrecking homes and sending tourists rushing for shelter.

THE news from Haiti is always terrible. No Haitian news doesn’t mean good Haitian news, merely that the long, slow Haitian catastrophe is continuing as usual.

A powerful earthquake toppled dozens of homes in Honduras and Belize, killing at least six people and injuring 40 as terrified residents fled their homes across much of Central America.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Bertha likely will become the Atlantic season’s first hurricane today.

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega says he is breaking off relations with Colombia over the country’s raid on a guerrilla base in Ecuador.

HURRICANE Dean grew into a major storm with 200km/h winds yesterday after it smashed into the Caribbean islands, knocking out power and setting off landslides before heading toward the oil and gas rigs of the Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Dean roared through small Caribbean islands today, tearing away roofs, flooding streets and killing three people.

Hurricane Dean is heading towards Caribbean islands today with 100mph winds.

Virgin Atlantic will take over the London to Kingston route of Jamaica’s national airline and reduce daily service to two round-trip flights each week, company chairman Richard Branson said.

DETECTIVES probing the murder of cricket coach Bob Woolmer said investigators were nowhere near identifying suspects as Pakistan’s shell shocked team prepared to head home yesterday.

FLORIDA and the Caribbean islands were last night braced for the first hurricane of the season, although scientists believe that there will be no repeat of last year’s record-breaking devastation.

Hurricane Wilma, the most intense storm to form in the Americas, lashed the coasts of Central America and Caribbean islands today as it lumbered toward Mexico’s Cancun resort and Florida.

Hurricane Ivan left Grenada a wasteland of flattened houses, twisted metal and splintered wood as it bore down on Jamaica with deadly winds and monstrous waves, prompting the Jamaican government to order half a million people to flee their homes.

Hurricane Ivan, with winds of more than 140 mph, was barrelling across the Caribbean toward more holiday isles tonight after devastating Grenada.

Two hurricanes were swirling in the Atlantic Ocean today, one weakening in the shipping lanes near Canada and the other strengthening near Caribbean islands.

The number of British visitors to the island of Ireland is predicted to rise 6% this year, it was revealed today.