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Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Faces Brief Torrential Rain Showers As Invest 92L Tries To Develop To The North

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Regardless of whether the Atlantic Basin’s next tropical depression forms in the coming days, downpours will stream across the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico still enduring…

John McCarthy October 15, 2017

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LAST THING WE NEED: A ‘Weak Disturbance’ Invest 92L Has Formed East Of The Virgin Islands And Puerto Rico

INVEST 92L: 2017 VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS STORM TRACKER CHRISTIANSTED -- The last thing the Virgin Islands needs now is more bad weather. But there is a weak tropical disturbance…

John McCarthy October 14, 2017

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Some 13,700 U.S. Department of Defense Personnel Arrive In Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico To Aid In Relief Efforts

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON — About 13,700 Defense Department personnel are now in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria ravaged the region three weeks ago, Pentagon spokesman Army Lt. Col.…

John McCarthy October 14, 2017

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U.S. Attorney Hewlett Says Department of Justice Is On The Lookout For Disaster Fraud In The Aftermath of Irma and Maria

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the formation of a task force comprised of local and federal agencies to combat illegal activity related to Hurricanes Irma…

John McCarthy October 12, 2017

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Gladhander-In-Chief Mapp Thanks Stephenson Family For $5 Million Donation From ICMC For Hurricane Relief Efforts

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- To assist with hurricane recovery efforts in the territory, the Stephenson Family Foundation – led by Cancer Treatment Centers of America founder Richard J. Stephenson –…

John McCarthy October 12, 2017

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Mapp Says Schools Will Be The Priority For Electrical Restoration After Hospitals, Towns And Airports

DEMOLISHED! John H. Woodson Junior High School near Mon Bijou on St. Croix. CHRISTIANSTED -- “Getting school open was a big step in the direction towards some sense of normalcy,”…

John McCarthy October 12, 2017

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CROSSFIRE HURRICANES! Irma and Maria Knock St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John Off The Grid … Again

FREDERIKSTED -- Three weeks after Hurricane Maria demolished St. Croix as a Category 5 storm at least 90 percent of the island still does not have electricity and many residents…

John McCarthy October 11, 2017

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BRACE FOR IMPACT! Beaten Hard By Irma, The Virgin Islands Hopes To Survive Yet Another Knockout Blow … This Time From Hurricane Maria

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Another Category 5 storm is making no mistake about where the U.S. Virgin Islands are. Catastrophic Hurricane Maria, fresh off of clobbering Dominica last night, continued…

John McCarthy September 19, 2017

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Powerful Hurricane Maria Forecast To Pass Within 10 Miles Of St. Croix Early Wednesday Morning As A Category 4 Storm

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- A hurricane watch was issued for the territory on Sunday as Maria left residents of Irma-battered St. Thomas and St. John racing to prepare for yet another…

John McCarthy September 18, 2017

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National Hurricane Center Projects That Hurricane Maria Will Pass South of St. Croix As A Category 3 Storm On Wednesday Morning

HURRICANE MARIA'S PROJECTED TIME PATH THRU THE CARIBBEAN REGION AS OF SUNDAY. [ad name="HTML-68"] SAN JUAN -- Tropical Storm Maria formed Saturday in the western Atlantic Ocean, prompting a hurricane…

John McCarthy September 17, 2017