…provide a more robust restoration of service following the impact of hurricanes and other windstorm events. The projects, at critical locales on St. Croix, are federally funded through hazard mitigation grants from FEMA and HUD. T…
…and, in Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, the bays of Hurricane Hole. The previous and expanded areas now encompass about 90 percent of the boat mooring areas in the park. Weekly samples provide a general indicator for …
…the right and natural thing to do. “As we are still rebuilding from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, it is especially important to us to provide funds to help improve our health services during these perilous times,” Mr. Berry said. “Ha…
…ship RFA Argus, has set sail for the Caribbean ahead of this year’s hurricane season to assist with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic across the region. Although the vessel’s deployment to the Caribbean had been scheduled for …
…pathogen that brought the local economy — still recovering from the hurricanes of 2017 — to a near halt. The USVI's main product, tourism, has been placed in hibernation, non-essential business have closed, and the workforce is dw…
…of a workforce and a local economy barely left standing after 2017 hurricanes Irma and Maria. And just as with past natural disasters, the territory's public and private sectors are dependent on the federal government for any hope…
…increased each month since May 2019. This problem stems from our hurricane ravaged automated metering system having not been fully restored to pre-hurricane functionality," WAPA said. “We again reiterate that WAPA will not disconn…
…was off-line for tourists because of a different sort of disaster. Hurricanes Irma and Maria slammed the dozens of guest rooms and the Iggies bar and restaurant. Bolongo hosted hurricane relief workers for months after the storms,…
…behind or why an automated metering system, destroyed in the 2017 hurricanes, has not yet been restored. Mr. Kupfer and WAPA's senior officials have repeatedly blamed the billing woes on the non-working automated metering system b…
…the many transient workers who work/visit the island for both hurricane-related rebuilding and work to open the Limetree [Bay] refinery. "Each one of these individuals brings the potential of COVID-19 transmission to our community…
…to perform repairs to the homes of five families in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria, according to a release the department issued Monday afternoon. Attorney General Denise George said Special Agent Leonardo Carrion Sr. …
…purification methods are working. During the recovery from the 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria, people became more aware of the value of finding out if their water contained bacteria above the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …
Search VIC
Stories, topics, people and places — including the archive.