New Hazard Mitigation Plan Approved to Bolster USVI’s Resilience Against Natural Disasters

Government House announced on Wednesday that Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has approved the 2024 USVI Territorial Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Plan, which aims to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters on residents, property owners, government agencies, and commercial enterprises. “It goes without saying that we here in the US Virgin Islands are vulnerable to intense storms and other natural disasters," said Mr. Bryan about the plan, which was developed on the recommendation of the V.I. Territorial Emergency Agency. "And, as many of us already know, devastation is an unwelcome possibility — one that we don’t want to face, but we face it we must – head on. This Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Plan is a huge step in the right direction." According the press statement, researchers at the University of the Virgin Islands’ Caribbean Exploratory Research Center and the U.S. Global Change Research Project have observed that elevated temperatures, increased rainfall, and more frequent an...