Story Highlights: Otto made landfall Thursday afternoon in southern Nicaragua, and has now crossed into the eastern Pacific Ocean. Otto was the record latest-in-season hurricane landfall anywhere in the Atlantic Basin. Otto was also the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record this late in the season. Tropical Storm Otto is now in the eastern Pacific Ocean [...]
Tropical storm Otto was forecast to become a hurricane again on Thursday before weakening over central America after landfall, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. Otto, which had earlier weakened into a tropical storm after intensifying into a hurricane on Tuesday, was located about 220 miles (350 km) east-southeast of Bluefields Nicaragua [...]
Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican ancestry living in other places, especially the United States. It is acknowledged internationally in many other cultures. The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to [...]
Update on Hurricane Matthew. Even though the storm weakened overnight, it is still a category three hurricane with sustained winds of 120mph (193km/h) and is bearing down on the US east coast. Hurricane Matthew roiled along the central coast of Florida Friday but avoided making a direct hit. The storm caused the deaths of more [...]
Hurricane Matthew, the strongest in the Atlantic in almost a decade just left Cuba behind. Continuing its course towards the Bahamas and into Florida. Matthew, now category 3, made landfall on the east of Cuba late evening on Tuesday right after hitting Dominican Republic, where four people died, and in Haiti were the reports mention [...]
"It's much too early to know how bad things are but we do know there are a lot of houses that have been destroyed or damaged in the south." Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, director of Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency expressed. Hurricane Matthew made landfall at around 11:00 GMT in the southwest of Haiti. Its is one [...]
As of right now Hurricane Matthew (category 4) holds winds up to 140-mph. This brings a high potential for destruction in Haiti and other islands as it moves north through the Caribbean Sea. Latest reports on the phenomenon say southwestern Dominican Republic could expect up to 25 inches of rain with isolated downpours of 40 [...]
We are proud to announce Vicente Miranda, Colombian Insurance Professional, is joining R&G Espinosa as Commercial Manager based in our London Office. Vicente has over 20 years experience, having worked in Bogota, London and Miami; holding Senior positions at large reinsurance and broking companies such as Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Marsh Ltd. and JLT Specialty [...]
Tropical Storm Darby has made landfall in Hawaii. Even though the storm is quickly losing strength, up to 400mm of rain is expected to have fallen across parts of the islands.
