…weeks facing dialysis patients following the devastation of the 2017 hurricanes. The storms “exposed the vulnerability of our local health care system due to lack of sufficient interconnectivity with mainland healthcare organizati…
Six years since hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the territory in September 2017, causing widespread devastation, the USVI continues its rebuilding process. At Monday’s meeting of the Public Finance Authority, several agencies pro…
…in a press briefing focused on disaster preparedness for the 2023 hurricane season. After reminding the public of the department's role as one of the territory’s 15 Emergency Support Functions, providing mass care, housing, emerge…
…agencies in the U.S. Virgin Islands for recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria. The grants, totaling $45.3 million, will be awarded to the Virgin Islands Fire Service on St. John, the V.I. Department of Education on St. Croix, and…
…Islands are still in a state of disrepair more than 5 years after hurricanes Irma and Maria swept through the territory, members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Justice, and Public Safety heard yesterday from V.I. Te…
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a slow-developing tropical wave in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, which N.H.C. says could see slow development in the coming days as conditions encouraging further development appear somewh…
…and while it is forecast to gain intensity quickly and become a hurricane by Friday, rapid deterioration is expected soon after, according National Hurricane Center forecasters. According to the N.H.C.'s most recent forecast, the …
…of the USVI have partnered to provide services throughout the 2021 Hurricane Season, among them a series of initiatives during Hurricane Preparedness Month. Viya on Saturday donated $5,000 to the local chapter of the American Red …
…in federal funds to help prepare the U.S. territory for future hurricanes and other disasters, officials said Tuesday. The money assigned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would be used for infrastructure pro…
…As a result, concern for their payment protection during this hurricane season was brought up by Senator Allison DeGazon. “I’m happy to hear that the $2.5 million was made available for the haulers in order to avoid a strike,” Mr.…
…— even as FEMA-provided resources for the territory's rebuild after Hurricanes Irma and Maria were not approved for non-U.S. jurisdictions. In its response, BVIEC did not deny it received materials from WAPA following the 2017 sto…
…a possible tropical storm over the weekend. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that an area of low pressure is expected to form near the Bahamas during the next 24 hours and the BDM said that islands that would b…
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