Editor’s Note: The Royal Navy has announced that RFA Mounts Bay has now completed its 10-day humanitarian mission to the hurricane-hit Bahamas after distributing all of her stores, which included 3,000 ration packs, nearly 100 tonnes of water, over 900 emergency shelter kits, and 1,000 hygiene...
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U.S. House Panel Probing Commerce Secretary Ross Over Trump’s Hurricane Forecast Snafu
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel on Wednesday opened an investigation into U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ potential role in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s decision to rebuke an Alabama weather service office for dismissing a warning...
Scores of Well-Meaning Aviators Clogging Skies Over the Bahamas as Dorian Victims Struggle
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew surveys the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas on Sept. 7, 2019. US Coast Guard Photo
NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS — With 700 islands spread over 180,000 square miles of bright blue ocean, it’s difficult to imagine the airspace over the Bahamas becoming crowded. But so many U.S. military, government, private and other aircraft have flown to the rescue in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian that the skies are “tight,” according to one Coast Guard pilot.
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MSC pledges support for Hurricane Dorian relief in the Bahamas
MSC’s announcement:
MSC Group’s efforts, in addition to providing and delivering goods of primary necessity, will initially focus on semi-permanent prefabricated modular housing for the population as well as making available MSC geared ships for cargo relief service from the U.S. to the Bahamas. A high-level delegation comprised of members of MSC Group’s U.S. senior management team as well as leadership of its philanthropic arm, the MSC Foundation, is on its way to Nassau for meetings with local...
Hurricane Dorian makes landfall near Halifax
The storm churned up 20 meter waves which pounded the coast near the port city that is home to Canada’s Atlantic fleet.
Dorian made landfall in Canada on Saturday night south of Halifax with ferocious 155 kph winds and torrential rains, meteorologists said, toppling trees and whipping up debris.
The storm churned up 20 meter waves which pounded the coast near the port city that is home to Canada’s Atlantic fleet.
As it moved north from the U.S. after devastating the Bahamas, the storm was now...
https://container-news.com/hurricane-dorian-landfall-halifax/
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 9, 2019
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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Sept. 9, 2019, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.
Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:290Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 46 | 34 | 80 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet Forces | 3rd... |
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USS Bataan, 26 MEU Join Coast Guard for Aid Mission in the Bahamas a Week After Dorian
Coast Guardsman passes water to those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas on Sept. 8, 2019. Coast Guard Photo
THE PENTAGON – Over the weekend, amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) joined the international effort delivering supplies, transporting U.S. relief personnel and providing medical evacuations from the Bahamas a week after Hurricane Dorian slammed into the island nation.
Since the storm moved past the Bahamas, the U.S. Coast Guard has rescued more than 300 people in the...
Trump’s Dorian Forecast Leads to Dispute Within Weather Agency
(Bloomberg) –As President Donald Trump dragged the brawl over his forecast for Hurricane Dorian into a sixth day on Friday, a U.S. agency released a statement bolstering his account — prompting a scathing response from the leader of an agency union. Trump has repeatedly and defiantly continued to...
Conditions ‘Rapidly Deteriorating’ in Bahamas After Dorian -Aid Group
By Nick Brown and Zachary Fagenson NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Thousands of displaced people are living in “rapidly deteriorating” conditions in the worst-hit parts of the Bahamas six days after Hurricane Dorian made landfall, the United Nations World Food Programme warned on Saturday. The...
Marine Corps Assesses Hurricane Damage in Carolinas, Navy Ready To Assist Bahamas
The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) sails in the Atlantic ocean Aug. 28, 2019. Navy photo
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The U.S. Air Force, Coast Guard and even Customs and Border Patrol crews are in the Bahamas assisting with search and rescue efforts and damage surveys, while the U.S. Navy’s USS Bataan (LHD-5), with a fleet of ship-to-shore connectors and a 600-bed hospital, sits on the sidelines of the international aid effort.
Friday afternoon, Air Force officials surveyed the damage...