…preparations and mitigation plans remain organized for this hurricane season which is also layered with the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season is off to an early start with May already seeing two named Tropical …
Signifying what meteorologists expect will be an above average 2020 hurricane season, the first tropical storm of the year, named Arthur, has developed in the Atlantic Ocean and is projected to affect parts of North Carolina, name…
…— even as FEMA-provided resources for the territory's rebuild after Hurricanes Irma and Maria were not approved for non-U.S. jurisdictions. According to the suit, Mr. Pelle invited WAPA upper echelon's ire when he sought informati…
…are still awaiting millions of dollars in federal funds for Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm that hit in September 2017. “We’ve had enough,” said 82-year-old Iris Guardiola as she waved a tiny Puerto Rican flag. “The people are…
…discovery of a warehouse filled with emergency supplies dating from Hurricane Maria. The removal of Housing Secretary Fernando Gil and Department of Family Secretary Glorimar Andújar came a day after the governor fired the directo…
…Prepare, which will offer a community-based approach to preventing hurricane-related deaths and injuries in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The pilot project targets residents under 5 and over 65 because these individuals are especially …
…Virgin Islands is prepared for, and able to respond to the impact of hurricanes in the territory. On July 29 and 30, the agency began facilitating a week-long territory wide multi-agency hurricane preparedness walkthrough and tabl…
…its customers and FirstNet subscribers connected during the 2019 hurricane season. Touting its nearly 30 years of experience responding to large-scale events, the communications behemoth said it has proven time and time again that…
…has been recognized for their extraordinary service, following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. In September of 2017, the VI-USAO became the only USAO to encounter two Category 5 hurricanes in less than two weeks. Staff members were wit…
…the island I love was left in disrepair. On September 19th, 2017, Hurricane Maria unleashed a wrath some have never seen. She moved in as a Category Five, many feared they wouldn't be left alive. Winds blowing, rain pounding, hear…
The U.S. Virgin Islands Hurricane Recovery and Resilience Task Force on Thursday published its revised, final 273-page report to help guide reconstruction and resilience efforts in the territory in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and …
…Affairs, announced on Tuesday $3 million in fiscal year 2018 Hurricane Supplemental Funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands to create and fund an Office of Disaster Recovery in support of a priority request from the territory. “The Vi…
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