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The Virgin Islands’ network of 24 weather monitoring stations helps support preparedness in the short and long term, Department of Disaster Management acting Director Jasen Penn said last week as …
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Having laid in ruin since Hurricane Irma passed in 2017, the National Emergency Operations Centre will soon be demolished, and a state-of-the-art centre will be built in its place, officials …
During the month of February, several more contracts were signed and awarded under the $65 million Caribbean Development Bank rehabilitation and reconstruction loan. Now, nine of 18 consultancy contracts have …
Sharleen DaBreo’s lifelong dedication to the field of disaster management began with, not surprisingly, a disaster: the 1979 eruption of the Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent. “I can still smell …
Three communities in the territory are at the forefront of an initiative that is aiming to make neighbourhoods safer and more eco-friendly in the face of natural disasters. Through a …
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About eight years after plans were initially drawn up for a new Department of Disaster Management building, the agency is now able to move ahead with the design and construction …
The final emergency shelter list issued for this year looks fairly different than usual: There are fewer shelters included, with no building listed for the Road Town area, and two …
Outside the New Testament Church of God in Baughers Bay last Thursday, a woman lay on the ground beside her crashed car, screaming hysterically. “My baby, my baby!” she cried. …
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The Department of Disaster Management has released an “interim” list of shelters that are available for use in case of an emergency during this month and next. Last week, the …
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A week into the 2018 hurricane season, government has not yet released an updated list of emergency shelters, despite past promises from public officials that those details would be provided …
About 50 professionals representing businesses across the territory learned about disaster preparedness at the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Symposium on May 15. The free symposium, sponsored by the Caribbean …
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After the heavy floods last August, more than a few unusual objects made their way into ghuts and washed along the streets of Road Town. “We found mattresses, we found …
Heavy downpours that could lead to flooding are possible in the territory through Saturday, the Department of Disaster Management warned this week. The low-level trough system could bring “abundant moisture” …
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Twenty-four new weather stations are being installed as the government works to re-establish a territory-wide hazard monitoring network. The first stations already have been completed in Cappoons Bay and at …
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Shelter residents at the Multi-purpose Sports Complex had sat in folding chairs outside the building for about six months, waiting to find long-term solutions to their housing problems. Today, the …
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A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Virgin Islands at about 5:21 p.m. this evening, according to Sharleen DaBreo, the director of the Department of Disaster Management. The department received notification …
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