Grand Turk - wind speeds of 86 mph

[CA_Cruzing]

https://worldcam.eu/webcams/north-america/turks-and-caicos-islands/5051

 

let's hope the eye passes far from Grand Turk.

 

86 mph winds is bad but not like St. Martin experienced.

[coevan]

Turks and Caicos are bad, expecting 15-20' storm surge, airport closed until Sunday

[OCruisers]

Gosh, very FLAT so expecting massive damage .... :(

[Brad1972]

Now it's showing 104 mph winds. And it's already passed through. The very edge of the eye brushed grand Turk.

[Davey Wavey]

Is that webcam current? It looks all cleaned up like nothing happened at the cruise center on Grand Turk.

[cruisekitty22]

That's a still picture of Grand Turk Cruise port. Its been the same picture for days. I doubt the camera will be working anytime soon. I check it everyday too.

[evandbob]

Provo sustained major damage, per a weather channel report. I haven't heard any reports from GT, but I'll assume that all the Turks & Caicos isles, which barely rise out of the ocean, were heavily damaged by both heavy winds and storm surge.

[CA_Cruzing]

Twitter reports show downed trees power lines and local flooding in Provo. Water is off due to some breaks in the clean water supplies.

 

From the pics posted, Provo fared well, all things considered.

 

Very few twitter updates from GT.

 

 

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[CA_Cruzing]

https://mobile.twitter.com/search/live?q=%23GrandTurk&src=typeahead_click

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/search/live?q=%23turksandcaicos&src=typeahead_click

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/search/live?q=%23providenciales&src=typed_query

 

 

 

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[CA_Cruzing]

reports from Grand Turk: https://www.facebook.com/GrandTurkIrmaUpdates/?ref=br_rs

 

"I just got off the phone with Amber Webster, who is the executive assistant to the CEO of Chukka. She was gracious enough to confirm and clarify information and has offered to call me back as more news arrives. Here is what I know:

- Chris Myles did contact them this morning via sat phone

- The damage was not as extensive at the port as they thought. No information on the pier itself.

- Comms are down, but there have been no reports of loss of life.

- The lighthouse is still standing but some doors were lost.

- The horse farm was also lost, but the horses were all moved and there was no loss of horse life (of theirs anyway)

Separately, I have heard from Charlotte Cullen who spoke to her family via satellite phone that Closehaul Road is flooded (which is to be expected). Jackie Thomas, Les Peters and Pat and Neil Saxton are known to be safe."