Caribbean

The U.S. State Department updated its travel advisory for The Bahamas on March 31, telling tourists to “exercise increased caution” while visiting the islands.

Several islands and countries urged people near the coastline to move inland but authorities in most places later lifted the tsunami alerts.

The Colorado teenager who lost a leg after she was bitten by a shark while on a diving trip in Belize is determined to return to the ocean after a painstaking recovery.

Chicago police issued a missing persons alert for Taylor Casey, 41, last seen June 19 at a yoga retreat in the Bahamas.

June is National Caribbean American Heritage Month and the Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation is planning several events and activities, including music and food vendors. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Three escaped prisoners accused in the disappearance of sailing couple Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel have been detained. The Virginia couple was likely thrown overboard, authorities in Grenada said.

The announcement is a blow to those who were independently helping search for Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel and had hoped they were still alive.

A married couple who sold their home in Virginia to retire to a life at sea is missing after authorities believe escaped convicts stole their yacht in the Caribbean. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports. 

A married couple who sold their home in Virginia to retire to a life at sea is missing after authorities believe escaped convicts stole their yacht in the Caribbean. 

Authorities say the couple may have been killed after three escaped prisoners hijacked their vessel. News4’s Mauricio Casillas spoke with the couple’s sons. 

Authorities in the eastern Caribbean said they were trying to locate two people believed to be U.S. citizens who were aboard a yacht that was hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada.