Two more tropical systems trail Hurricane Erin, which is following a projected course that brushes past the East Coast without making landfall.

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

Two Carnival Cruise Line passengers drowned Friday while swimming at the company's new Bahamas resort. Police said both were Americans.

A U.S. tourist was attacked by a shark while spearfishing in the Bahamas on Aug. 17. The 63-year-old man sustained 'severe injuries,' according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Even though Carnival Cruise Line has been hosting guests at its new private island in the Bahamas for less than a month, two guests have already died by drowning. Both deaths happened on Friday at Celebration Key — Carnival’s private island — and both incidents involved visitors in their 70s.

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Carnival Cruise Lines is facing a double tragedy after a 79-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman from two different ships died within hours of each other at its new Celebration Key resort in the Bahamas,