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FEMA Regional Administrator Landed on St. Croix Wednesday for First-Hand Assessment of Sargassum Situation

The USVI Joint Information System has announced that Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 2 Administrator David Warrington arrived in the Territory on Wednesday, August 3, to make an in-person assessment and get updates on the impact the heavy influx of Sargassum seaweed is having on the V.I. Water and Power Authority’s water production operations on St. Croix. According to the release, while water production and capacity has remained at almost normal levels, the joint operation between FEMA and other federal partners and Government of the Virgin Islands agencies and departments continue their contingency efforts to mitigate any adverse effects from the seaweed. As the situation remains manageable, the joint federal and local team has also begun talking about longer-term, more permanent, solutions to avoid future incursions or impacts on water production from the annual migration of Sargassum seaweed into the territory’s waters, the JIC said.“As we continue to face the reality of...