…of dollars in Community Disaster Loans to the territory following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, FEMA must first grant its approval before the local government could secure additional borrowing. On FEMA's action to block the loan, Ms.…
…said Thursday it will be conducting door-to-door interviews for a hurricane recovery survey on March 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Staff members from the department will be interviewing residents using a rapid assessment tool called CASPER, …
…there some construction ongoing on the site to repair damage done by Hurricane Maria in 2017, which Mr. Nelson said will facilitate even more activities. "We will be getting closer to what we were [before Hurricane Maria] and cont…
…station’s existing structures will consist of the installation of hurricane-rated shutters; impact and wind rated, single and double glass steel entry and garage bay doors; hurricane straps to harden the roof to wall connections a…
…Islands Police Department (VIPD) for the Leander Jurgen Command Hurricane Wind Retrofit Project to mitigate the risks associated with hurricane winds and wind-driven rain, the Office of Disaster Recovery (O.D.R.) has announced. Th…
…with their oversight – painted a rosier picture of the territory’s hurricane recovery than members of the Senate are seeing in their districts, two years after sister storms Irma and Maria ravaged the islands. The Virgin Islands S…
…by a challenged local economy and service territory (already before hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017) and vulnerability to weather-related events such as hurricanes. "We also note that VI WAPA has a very large unfunded pension li…
…Karen formed in the Atlantic this morning, according to the National Hurricane Center's 5:00 a.m. advisory, and the storm is expected to approach the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday. N.H.C. said a tropical storm wat…
…of the northern Leeward Islands, the storm -- which the National Hurricane Center has said will become a hurricane today -- could bring tropical storm-force winds and heavy rainfall to parts of the northern Leeward islands tonight…
…to the southern continental United States by the end of the next hurricane season and reaching other U.S. territories by the following hurricane season," SpaceX told the FCC. The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1 to Novem…
…WAPA’s shockingly low initial damage estimates from the 2017 hurricanes Irma and Maria. Ironically, WAPA’s administrative offices were powered by generator during the emergency board meeting. The St. Thomas-St. John district was i…
…its employees and customers that in the event of a severe storm, hurricane, natural or man-made disaster, it is important that they tune to local radio stations, television stations and connect to social media to stay abreast of w…
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