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September 22, 2017
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Governor Kenneth Mapp held a press conference on Thursday evening at Government House, to update the territory on his administration’s relief and recovery effors following Hurricane Maria. Here are the important pieces of news from the conference: The curfew for St. Thomas, St. John and Water Island...
By Staff /
September 21, 2017
ST. CROIX — On Social media Tuesday night and in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, you would be forgiven for becoming emotionally overwhelmed. Dozens of St. Croix residents, terrified after their homes had been compromised by Hurricane Maria’s winds and the torrential rainfall that accompanied...
By Ernice /
September 20, 2017
Hurricane Maria has arrived in the U.S. Virgin Islands with sustained hurricane-force winds of 175 miles per hour, pummeling St. Croix, which was spared damage two weeks ago when Hurricane Irma laid waste to St. Thomas and St. John. As of 11:16 p.m., violent winds whistled from the east to west side...
By Staff /
September 19, 2017
Approximately two weeks ago, the St. Thomas-St. John District of the U.S. Virgin Islands was slammed with punishing wind and rain from Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. St. Croix was by and large spared the storm’s wrath, and the island’s residents immediately...
By Ernice /
September 19, 2017
At an 11:00 a.m. press conference at Government House today, Governor Kenneth Mapp said Hurricane Maria’s projected impact on the territory, particularly St. Croix, had become more dire. Mr. Mapp urged everyone who could, to take shelter. Maria is expected to impact St. Croix from east to west...
By Staff /
September 19, 2017
DOMINICA — It will be days, maybe weeks and even months before a true assessment of Hurricane Maria’s damage to the island of Dominica can be made. But reports emanating from the Nature Island, as Dominica is called, have not been encouraging, and foretells of destruction caused by a storm...
By Ernice /
September 19, 2017
Hurricane Maria has quickly moved from a category 4 to a powerful and potentially catastrophic category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 8:00 p.m. advisory, and was on path to directly impact Dominica Monday night. The powerful storm is barreling towards the USVI less than...
By Ernice /
September 18, 2017
Governor Kenneth Mapp said during a brief press conference at Government House St. Croix today, that Hurricane Maria, as of 2:00 p.m. today, was projected to make landfall in the territory in the wee hours of Wednesday morning as a category 4 storm, and he warned residents to take the weather event seriously....
By Staff /
September 18, 2017
People across the U.S. Virgin Islands, feeling helpless in the face of a storm that is expected to grow into a “major, dangerous hurricane” before it makes landfall here — and as residents in the St. Thomas–St. John District were attempting to rebuild their lives following Irma’s...
By Ernice /
September 18, 2017
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