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Weather Updates
…threat to the reefs which can protect many islands from the worst of hurricane-induced sea swells and adverse marine conditions. While coral can recover from some level of bleaching, severe or extended heat stress makes death more…
Senate
…build a public K-12 school which could also be used as a temporary hurricane shelter. Another amendment seeks to preserve access to the waterway known as Funghi Passage for public recreational and commercial purposes. Together, th…
Senate
…supermarkets in the territory. Harking back to before the passage of Hurricane Hugo in 1989, the senator recounted a set schedule of deliveries, “1000 pounds of cucumbers on Mondays, 1000 pounds of zucchini on Wednesdays, and 1000…
Disaster Recovery
…previous Arthur A. Richards Jr. High School was severely damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, necessitating its demolition. The new school, a sprawling $163 million project, will offer state-of-the-art learning spaces spa…
Community Center
…wake of an increase in emergency backup generators due to frequent hurricanes, storms, and tropical depressions affecting the Virgin Islands. While its goal is to prevent the release of additional harmful air contaminants and cont…
Senate
…& Procurement is asking for $300,000 for generators as part of its hurricane preparedness measures. All appropriation transfer requests were unanimously approved by the lawmakers. Yet the meeting left unresolved the lingering ques…
Disaster Recovery
…still have at least three or four more developments to do, and 200 hurricane repairs to do, and another 200 houses for St. Croix alone. We don’t have the people to build these things. We need to find people.” The labor crunch has …
Hurricane Season
…other Caribbean islands later this week. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the system is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorm activity to the south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental cond…
Business
…as the island’s power infrastructure has been precarious since Hurricane Maria ravaged it in 2017. Efforts to rebuild the grid have only recently begun. The debt restructuring plan is a crucial step toward resolving one of the las…
Senate
…approved a $100,000 disbursement to allow the agency to procure hurricane preparation supplies. “VITEMA definitely wants to have sand and sandbags available for the islands of St. Croix, St. John and Water Island and for St. Thoma…
Government
…of responsible agencies to respond swiftly in the aftermath of the hurricane may incentivize frustrated homeowners to respond to offers to purchase, but made it clear that forced sales would not be included as a part of this progr…
Government
…the Castle Burke trailers placed as temporary housing following Hurricane Hugo in 1990. She argued that people in areas like Castle Burke often struggle to obtain financing for building homes. "Do not transfer as-is certified demo…
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