U.S. Virgin Islands Braces For Impact Of Tropical Storm Grace Tomorrow

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SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Grace formed to the east of the Leeward Islands this morning and continues to move west towards the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Grace has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is moving west. Impacts to the Leeward Islands will begin as early as tonight and into Sunday morning.

The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are bracing for impact tomorrow.

Strong winds, heavy rain and flash flooding are possible for these areas over the next few days.

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John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.