Extreme weather is slamming the Caribbean and the southeastern United States all at once, creating a week so chaotic that even veteran meteorologists are shaking their heads. It’s not just one crisis unfolding — it’s several, overlapping, amplifying each other, and hitting communities that were already stretched thin. Earthquakes, crushing floods, suffocating dust, and brewing storms are all converging across the region, and every one of them is making the others worse.
It started with an earthquake near Trinidad. Not the kind that levels cities, but strong enough to rattle nerves and remind people how fragile everything already is during an active storm season. Families rushed outside, phones lit up with frantic calls, and social media flooded with videos of shaking walls and swaying light fixtures. The damage wasn’t catastrophic, but the anxiety it triggered came at the worst possible moment — right when the region is dealing with one weather blow after another.
