Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, made landfall in the Caribbean at 2:00 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, with the storm's eye passing over Barbuda with gusts of up to 155 miles per hou…
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Police Department is seeking the community's assistance in locating four female teen minors, who went missing on August 31 from an all-girls home in Tan Tan Terrace. According to V.I.P.D. Public Inf…
Hurricane Irma is now a category 4 storm whose path has shifted from its west-southwest direction, to a western trail, according to the National Hurricane Center's (N.H.C.) 5:00 p.m. advisory. The storm -- with hurricane-force win…
As Hurricane Irma's west-southwest track becomes more threatening to the U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor Kenneth Mapp announced today a press conference to address the territory on the impending storm's potential impact, as well as …
…Americans with Disabilities Act held its back to school event on St. Croix, called "Cultivating Inclusion: An Afternoon at the Movies for All”. Watch scenes of the affair, held at Caribbean Cinemas. View the original embedded medi…
…Center at 11:00 a.m. today, Government House announced that the first day of school has been postponed until further notice. The public was also advised to standby for updates, and school personnel have been asked to report to wor…
…Irma for the second day in a row has maintained its category 3 status with hurricane-force winds of 115 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center's Monday 5:00 a.m. advisory. The storm, which is expected to gain s…
Hurricane Irma, which on Sunday held steady at 115 miles per hour winds and is projected to grow in strength, is beginning to approach a number of islands and is expected to impact -- though how much remains uncertain -- the north…
…of the preparations of its power plants and electrical and water distribution systems should Irma threaten the Virgin Islands, W.A.P.A. announced Saturday night. “Over the last several days, we have been tracking the developing st…
Hurricane Irma continues to fluctuate in strength and has restrengthened into a category 3 hurricane after losing some steam on Saturday. The storm is expected to gain strength through Monday, as it heads towards the Lesser Antill…
…today, Irma had downgraded to a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of near 110 miles per hour. But the slight downgrade should not be cause for relief, meteorologists say, because the storm is expected to fluctuate …
Governor Kenneth Mapp issued a statement on Friday relative to the potential impact to the territory by Hurricane Irma, a storm with the force to exact immense damage to those in its path. Mr. Mapp said while he did not believe th…
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