Hurricane Delta rose to a milestone Category 4 hurricane on its crash through the Caribbean on Tuesday after undergoing a radical rapid intensification that brought it up from a Cat 2 earlier in the morning.
The heir to a foam-cup fortune is believed to own more land than anyone on the storied tax haven of Grand Cayman, just as rising seas threaten to engulf it.
Given the high costs of imported fuel for energy, several Caribbean islands are considering increasing the number of electric vehicles on their roads. But they face several barriers, including high initial costs and stiff import tariffs.
British biotech company Oxitec said its release of GMO aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the Cayman Islands reduced the naturally occurring mosquito population by 62 percent in the project area. Emails reveal Cayman officials disputed that figure.
