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At least one person is killed as Tropical Storm Imelda makes landfall in the Bahamas and Cuba.
2025-09-29

Hurricane Isaias heads toward the Bahamas and the U.S. as a category 1 hurricane, after causing floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. A hurricane warning is issued for Florida's Atlantic Coast.
2020-07-31

Seven Americans, including coal billionaire Chris Cline, are found dead in a helicopter crash in the Bahamas.
2019-07-5

Irma has killed at least 14 people. The storm, still at Category 5 strength with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km-h), is moving west-northwest at 16 mph (26 km-h). It has reached the dual-country island of Hispaniola and is forecast to pass over the Turks and Caicos Islands as it heads towards The Bahamas and Cuba. The eye did not directly hit Puerto Rico; still casualties are reported and around two-thirds of its 3.4 million population are without electricity.
2017-09-7

Voters in the Bahamas go to the polls to elect all 39 members of the House of Assembly.
2017-05-10

The eye of the hurricane moves over the western end of Grand Bahama, the northernmost island in The Bahama Archipelago.
2016-10-6

U.S. Coast Guard searchers, looking for the 790-foot El Faro cargo ship missing since Thursday, locate multiple objects, including life jackets, life rings, containers, and an oil sheen in the waters off The Bahamas. Connection to El Faro is not immediately confirmed.
2015-10-4

The hurricane is expected to pass The Bahamas tomorrow, bringing tropical-storm-force winds, storm surges, coastal flooding, and 5-10 inches of rain. While the European forecast model suggests Joaquin will avoid the U.S. East Coast, the American model predicts it will ram into Virginia, Maryland, or North Carolina this weekend.
2015-09-30

Former Prime Minister Perry Christie's Progressive Liberal Party wins in a landslide, with Christie expected to become the next Prime Minister on May 8.
2012-05-7

Colton Harris-Moore, otherwise known as the "Barefoot Bandit", pleads guilty to illegally landing a plane in The Bahamas, and currently faces jail or deportation.
2010-07-13