The V.I. Water and Power Authority announced Saturday evening that rotating power outages remain in effect across the St. Thomas–St. John district as crews continue urgent repairs.
At 5:00 p.m., WAPA outlined scheduled outages as follows:
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5:00–7:00 p.m.: Feeder 7b and a portion of feeder 7e
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7:00–9:00 p.m.: Feeder 9c and part of feeder 10b
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9:00–10:00 p.m.: Feeder 7c
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10:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m.: Feeder 9o
Customers can monitor updates by signing up for WAPA alerts at waba.vi.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Erin has intensified into a Category 5 storm, the first such storm of the 2025 Atlantic season. According to the National Weather Service in Puerto Rico, at 5:12 PM AST, a wind gust of 56 mph was recorded in Buck Island, St. Thomas.
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC):
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Erin’s maximum sustained winds have reached 160 mph, with rapid weakening expected after Sunday evening.
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The hurricane currently tracks west-northwest and will turn north early next week, passing north of the Leeward Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
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Its outer bands are already impacting the region, producing heavy rain, dangerous surf, and rip currents.
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Forecast models predict Erin could double or triple in size by midweek, significantly worsening ocean conditions across the western Atlantic
