…is intensifying across the northeastern Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center continues to indicate that redevelopment into a tropical cyclone is unlikely. At 2 a.m. Sunday, the NHC described Dolly’s remnants as a strong tropic…
…forecasters currently consider that risk lower. The latest National Hurricane Center outlook early Saturday placed the remnants of Dolly several hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands, moving west to west-northwest at approxima…
…two major disruptions to the Virgin Islands economy: the 2017 hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in 2020. With the territory having largely recovered from those events, “it’s important for us to update that model,” she…
…He recalled that Mr. Mapp’s leadership was “tested” following Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017 and said public figures should be recognized while they are still able to receive those expressions of appreciation. “I believed then,…
…from Tuesday into the middle of the week. Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring three separate areas of low development potential across the Atlantic, according to its 2 a.m. Saturday Tropical Weather Outlook. Non…
…that ultimately placed D&S Trucking in charge of lumber intended for hurricane relief. Because HUD is the investigating agency in the prosecution, defense attorneys argue that the agency’s public comments cannot be separated from …
…record now extends to horse racing. Following the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Southland Gaming invested an initial $16.5 million to rebuild the Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack on St. Thomas and now provides $100,000 in p…
…deteriorated. Cash reserves were depleted following the 2017 hurricanes and during an 18-month period of the COVID-19 pandemic when WICO received no cruise ships. At a January hearing before the Committee on Economic Development a…
…Development Board found that economic shocks including the 2017 hurricanes, the closure of the Limetree Bay refinery and the Covid-19 pandemic had contributed to population losses and reduced the number of people available to work…
…through much of the past week have disappeared from the National Hurricane Center’s development outlook, but their underlying tropical waves have not entirely disappeared from the regional weather picture. As of 2 a.m. Sunday, the…
The National Hurricane Center has sharply lowered the development potential of two tropical waves in the Atlantic, including the system now near the Windward Islands, whose formation chance has fallen to 10 percent even as strong …
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