Hurricane Gonzalo has gathered strength as it moves away from the eastern end of the Caribbean, and forecasters say it could become a powerful category 4 storm as it heads towards Bermuda.

A woman wants answers after discovering the wrong body in a coffin that should have contained her mother, who died unexpectedly while on holiday in St Maarten.

Tropical Storm Rafael has lashed the eastern Caribbean with heavy rains which are expected to unleash floods on islands around the region.

A teenage sailor from the Netherlands has completed a year-long solo journey around the world.

A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to lash much of America’s East Coast, forcing Labour Day holidaymakers to rethink spending the traditional last week of summer at the beach.

Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the north-eastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds as it rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm and threatening the US.

Hurricane warnings went out across a large part of the Caribbean today as a major storm grew in force.

A teenage sailor who ran away from home and travelled alone to the Caribbean can remain in her father’s custody, a Dutch court said today.

A teenage sailor faced the possibility of being removed from her father’s custody today as she returned to the Netherlands after disappearing from home and flying to the Caribbean.

Runaway teenage sailor Laura Dekker will face questions from Dutch police and social services today after her 5,000-mile trek to a Caribbean island.

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

MANY flights were cancelled yesterday as a volcano on Montserrat plunged surrounding islands in the Caribbean into a gritty haze.