The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has issued an alert that could impact holidaymakers who plan to go away between now and November.
Among its many duties, as the government’s foreign affairs departments, the FCDO regularly updates Brits about travel to more than 220 nations and territories. And in a new alert issued on X, formerly Twitter, Foreign Office chiefs warned of destinations that may have “frequent tropical storms”.
The post in full reads: “Hurricane season is normally from June to November.
“If your holiday destination has frequent tropical storms, remember to monitor local news and check World Meteorological Association weather reports.”
Popular destinations that are known to experience such weather events include Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the Philippines. However this is not an extensive list, so it is worth checking the FCDO advice for the country you are heading to.
On its website, the FCDO advises: “It’s sometimes difficult to predict where, when and at what strength an extreme weather or other event will strike, and therefore what the scale and type of disaster may be.
“For example, tropical cyclones can veer off-course, change speed or suddenly intensify or weaken. The course of a tropical cyclone cannot always be accurately predicated and there may be a degree of uncertainty (a ‘margin of error’) in the cyclone’s path of up to 50 miles.”
People who are planning to travel to regions commonly affected by such weather are urged to make sure they have adequate travel insurance, find out more about local procedures, and keep up to date with FCDO travel advice by signing up for alerts.
Travellers should also check weather forecasts and warning systems, and consider how travel plans could be affected by an event – and what you can do if such weather does arrive.