…material, which many locals expressed a desire to use for repairing hurricane-damaged homes, has been left untouched due to federal restrictions.During the meeting, more than one person spoke about the difficulties Virgin Islander…
…Florida after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of near 150 mph, walloping the state before being downgraded to a tropical storm with winds near 65 miles per hour early Thursday. Florida has…
…churning in the Atlantic, with a total of five — including Cat. 4 Hurricane Fiona and Tropical Storm Gatson — being tracked by the National Hurricane Center, none of these systems currently pose a threat to the U.S. Virgin Islands…
…in rentals was to the significant damage to the housing stock by hurricanes Irma/Maria, the influx of recovery workers with generous housing stipends, and then rise of shared short-term vacation rentals (Airbnb/VBRO/Bonvoy etc.) a…
…electric grid comes four years after the devastating effects of Hurricane Maria. According to the HUD release, parties executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that enhances collaboration among Federal agencies and the Commonw…
…people of the Virgin Islands and for his voice, especially during hurricane events. It is for his service to the Virgin Islands community, that in May 2018, the University of the Virgin Islands conferred an Honorary Doctor of Huma…
…disasters, V.I.H.F.A. made known via release Thursday. “The 2017 hurricanes crippled the Virgin Islands and truly revealed our weaknesses in disaster response. This approval is a major win for the territory because this is the fir…
…residents are bouncing back from the collective impacts of the 2017 hurricanes and Covid-19 pandemic, according to a release issued last week. This study is being conducted through the combined efforts of the University of Florida…
Hurricanes Irma and Hurricane Maria struck the territory 40 months ago and St. Croix’s temporary modular facility, called Juan F. Luis Hospital North (JFL North), still has not been completed, causing the STX hospital to lose mone…
…stem from lapses made during the Mapp administration following Hurricanes Irma and Maria's impact on the territory. Mr. Bryan's comments follow a Consortium report on the matter, which cites a Dec. 7 letter sent to Mr. Bryan from …
The 2017 hurricane season was one of the most challenging missions in FEMA’s 40-year history. In less than three weeks hurricanes Irma and Maria would leave trails of devastation across the entire territory and we would be in the …
…westward across the eastern tropical Atlantic," said the National Hurricane Center in its 2:00 a.m. Wednesday forecast. Governor Albert Bryan said the system is projected to affect the U.S. Virgin Islands in some form or another b…
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