Departure cities like Miami, Port Canaveral, Brooklyn, New Orleans and even Mobile, Alabama, are awash in short-haul cruise bargains. We found three- and four-night Bahamas cruises as low as $60 a night,

Two American tourists were injured after an apparent shark attack while swimming in the popular Bahamian resort area Bimini Bay in February. Bimini Bay is part of the westernmost island in the Bahamas, some 50 miles from Miami.

Police said "a 63-year-old male resident of the USA was spearfishing when he was attacked by a shark, sustaining severe injuries."

After weakening a bit, Erin continues to strengthen and grow. A tropical wave could become the next depression or storm.

The man was yanked from the water with severe injuries and rushed to a local clinic before being airlifted to the US for additional treatment, police said.

Two Americans have died from apparent drownings in separate incidents on the same day at the same Bahamas resort, officials said on Sunday.

The hurricane’s behavior in recent days makes it one of the fastest-strengthening Atlantic hurricanes on record.

That platform is the Bahamas, beautiful, tropical islands in our backyard. One scientist believes he has found the answer. And it involves the iron-rich dust off the Sahara in the Saharan Dust Layer.