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ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands - Time is running out for Virgin Island hurricane survivors to sign up with Operation Blue Roof for free temporary roofing repairs to their homes. Friday, November 3, is the final day for residents on all U.S. Virgin Islands to apply.
In recent days Cubans have struggled to take in the news of the reduction of US embassy staff in Havana and the indefinite suspension the processing of visas for Cubans desiring to travel to that country. The diplomatic thaw announced in December 2014 by both governments is currently experiencing a glaciation that could worsen in the coming days with new measures from Washington.
We end today's show where we began the week: in Puerto Rico . Doctors say the island's health system remains crippled two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit the island , leaving more than 90 percent of the island without electricity and half of its residents without drinking water.
We are constantly being fed updates on the situation in Puerto Rico, and the aid being sent there, but not one word about the U.S. Virgin Islands. St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas are all part of the United States.
I was stunned as I walked through the darkened and humid arrivals terminal at San Juan's International Airport two days after Hurricane Maria blasted its way across Puerto Rico. It was quiet.
The United States said it was cutting its diplomatic presence in Cuba by more than a half because of mysterious "attacks" against its embassy personnel and was therefore halting regular visa operations. Photo - Reuters The United States said it was cutting its diplomatic presence in Cuba by more than a half because of mysterious "attacks" against its embassy personnel and was therefore halting regular visa operations.
Cubans said they were both heartbroken and enraged by the United States' decision yesterday to stop processing visas at its embassy in Havana that would further tear at the seams of families already divided by the Florida Straits. The United States said it was cutting its diplomatic presence in Cuba by more than a half because of mysterious "attacks" against its embassy personnel and was therefore halting regular visa operations.
Trump delivers remarks on proposed changes to the U.S. tax code at the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis on Wednesday. ALBANY - President Trump, whose been criticized for his administration's response to the emergency in Puerto Rico, vowed Wednesday "we will be there every step of the way until this job is done."
Five C-130 H aircrafts and one C-17A will land throughout the day on Wednesday at the 188th in Fort Smith. The aircraft will transport equipment and personnel to the U.S. Virgin Islands to help out with hurricane relief efforts.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency's continues to coordinate federal support for U.S. Virgin Islands' and Puerto Rico's response efforts. Federal partners are aggressively working to meet and overcome challenges to opening ports and restoring power to bring additional life-saving commodities and personnel into disaster-affected areas.
They eye of Hurricane Maria was nearing the Turks and Caicos early Friday as Puerto Rico sought to recover from the storm's devastation. Two days after Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, flooding towns, crushing homes and killing at least two people, millions on the island faced the dispiriting prospect of weeks and perhaps months without electricity.
Hurricane Maria is expected to soon create dangerous waves and strong rip currents along parts of the southeast U.S. coast as the Category 3 storm moves away from the Bahamas and into open water. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Maria continues to have maximum sustained winds of 125 mph .
U.S. Northern Command is fully engaged with federal, state and local mission partners as the command provides support to the response efforts for Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. Northcom has begun search and rescue and damage assessment flights in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with six Navy helicopters and three U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft launched from the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group.
20, 2017. The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 yea... . Power lines are down after the impact of Hurricane Maria, which hit the eastern region of the island in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept.
The sky was darkening Thursday afternoon as 10-year-old Sarah Jimenez laid out three plastic buckets on her grandmother's patio in hopes of capturing rainwater. A day after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, flooding towns, crushing homes and killing at least two people, millions of people on the island faced the dispiriting prospect of weeks and perhaps months without electricity.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to supplement the Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Maria from September 17, 2017, and continuing.
Prosecutors arguing the federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said on Wednesday that the senator purposely failed to report flights taken on co-defendant Salomon Melgen's private jet in 2008 and 2010. As per U.S. law, senators are required to fill out annual disclosure forms detailing gifts valued at over $335.
Under normal circumstances, the sailors aboard the USS Kearsarge would be training for their primary job - putting Marines ashore in an amphibious operation to attack a target, and support them until the mission's done. But it's not normal circumstances that brought the USS Kearsarge and the other ships of the U.S. Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group 2 - otherwise known as ESG-2 - to the waters of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Hurricane Maria became a Category 4 storm on Monday afternoon as it barreled toward Dominica in the Caribbean's Leeward Islands and took aim for the US territory of Puerto Rico. "We want to alert the people of Puerto Rico that this is not an event like we've ever seen before," Gov. Ricardo RossellA3 told reporters Monday.
Amid widespread devastation leftover from Hurricane Irma , the U.S. Virgin Islands feels left out of mainstream media coverage despite being the hardest hit by the Category 5 storm. Over the last week, affected Caribbean Islands remain without electricity, cell phone service and basic necessities like food and water.