Danny Heads to Caribbean, Weakens to Tropical Depression

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - August 23, 2015

Storm downgraded

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The storm known as Danny was set to make landfall in the Caribbean early Monday, after being downgraded first from a Hurricane, then to a Tropical Storm and finally, early Monday, to a Tropical Depression.

The center of the storm was expected to pass through the southern Leeward Islands early Monday, although maximum winds had been decreased to just 35 miles per hour.

Danny is still expected to produce 2 to 4 inches of rain over the Leeward Islands, the US and British Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico through Tuesday, the NOAA said in its latest advisory Monday morning.

Despite the weakening, the storm’s approach had led to the cancellation of a number of flights by regional carriers including WINAIR, Seaborne and LIAt, among others.

WINAIR earlier announced the cancellation of all flights on Monday, although it expected to resume normal flights on Tuesday, weather permitting.

LIAT had cancelled a number of flights for Monday and Tuesday, while Seaborne had cancelled seven flights on Monday and one flight on Tuesday.

Tropical storm watches had been discontinued for Guadeloupe, St Barth and St Martin.

The largest international carriers to the region, JetBlue and American Airlines, had not yet made any official statements on the storm or affected flights potentially affected.

On Sunday evening, JetBlue told Caribbean Journal that had not yet been any Caribbean cancellations for Monday.

American Airlines said on social media that its flights to the Caribbean on Monday had not been impacted.

American did say that it would be waiving its one-time ticketing fee for travel changes for certain airports including Antigua, St Kitts, St Thomas, St Croix and St Maarten, subject to restrictions found here.

See the full list of canceled LIAT flights below:

LIAT Cancellations – Monday Aug. 24

FLIGHT	ROUTING
LI 362	Barbados to Antigua
LI 368	Antigua to Anguilla
LI 369	Anguilla to Antigua
LI 364	Barbados to Dominica to Antigua
LI 309	Antigua to St. Lucia
LI 771	Antigua to St. Lucia
LI 581	Antigua to Dominica to Barbados
LI 328	Barbados to St. Kitts
LI 521	Antigua to Barbados
LI 329	St. Kitts to Barbados
LI 310	St. Lucia to Antigua to St. Maarten to Tortola
LI 315	Tortola to St. Maarten to St. Kitts to Antigua
LI 523	Antigua to Dominica to Barbados
LI 512	Barbados to Antigua
LI 526	Antigua to St. Kitts to Tortola to San Juan
LI 560	Barbados to Dominica to San Juan
LI 561	San Juan to Dominica to Barbados
LI 524	Barbados to Dominica to Antigua
LI 550	Antigua to St. Kitts to St. Maarten to St. Thomas
LI 553	St. Thomas to St. Maarten to Antigua
LI 508	Antigua to St. Kitts to St. Maarten to Tortola
LI 509	Tortola to St. Maarten to St. Kitts to Antigua

SLIAT Cancellations for Tuesday, August 25:

FLIGHT	ROUTING
LI 527	San Juan to Tortola to St. Kitts to Antigua
LI 560	Dominica to San Juan
LI 561	San Juan to Dominica
LI 550	St. Maarten to St. Thomas
LI 553	St. Thomas to St. Maarten

Seaborne Cancellations

Monday, August 24, 2015