Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett has announced $30 million in FEMA funding to assist the the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority with management costs. "This grant will benefit the Virgin Islands tremendously with our ongoing rebuilding efforts and making the Virgin Islands whole again after experiencing two devastating hurricanes,” Ms. Plaskett said in a prepared statement Tuesday. The Federal Emergency management Agency grant helps cover WAPA’s indirect costs and administrative expenses. Eligible management cost activities may include: Solicitation, review, and processing of sub-applications and sub-grant awards. Sub-application development and technical assistance to sub-applicants regarding feasibility and effectiveness, BCA, and EHP documentation; Geocoding mitigation projects identified for further review by FEMA; Delivery…
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Staff Consortium February 05, 2020The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a grant totaling $10.6 million to the Virgin Islands…
PUERTO RICO, AP — A magnitude 5.0 aftershock rattled southern Puerto Rico on Tuesday, causing some cracks but no reported injuries in a region that has been shaken by continuing quakes for more than...
Governor Albert Bryan announced Thursday a $69 million obligation from FEMA to fund the demolition and replacement of residential buildings at the Tutu High-Rise housing community. According to a Gov...
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Gov. Wanda Vázquez fired the heads of Puerto Rico’s housing and family departments Sunday in the latest fallout over the discovery of a warehouse filled with emergency supplies...
Aftershocks rattled off the southern coast of Puerto Rico early Sunday morning following another powerful earthquake on Saturday, this time at magnitude of 5.9 (originally calculated as a magnitude 6....
Every day for the past week, the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency's phone and email alert system has been advising residents of destructive earthquakes occurring in neighboring P...
Puerto Rico can't seem to catch a break as deadly earthquakes continue to mercilessly pummel the already struggling island commonwealth. At 6:26 p.m. Friday, the U.S. territory was hit with a 5.2-magn...
Just this morning at 4:05, a 4.8 earthquake affected Puerto Rico. It was one of seemingly countless shocks to the island commonwealth since Monday, which started with a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that r...
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