Irene had previously churned through St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where more than half of the inhabitants are still without power, said Christine Lett, emergency management spokeswoman. In the Dominican Republic, officials assured residents they had food available for 1.5 million people i...
The implementation and validation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hazus Hurricane Model for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are presented in this paper. Previous versions of the model addressed 22 hurricane-prone states in the United States but lacked the necessary data sets for...
Amid the search, the Coast Guard warned beachgoers and boaters of high surf and "life-threatening rip currents" that are expected through the weekend in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. "This month has been deadly when it comes to beach drownings in the area of Puerto Rico," ...
All 50 states as well as the U.S. Virgin islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico have received a federal disaster declaration. American Samoa is the one U.S. territory that isn't under a major disaster declaration. The designation by the Federal Eme...
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is a regional, inter-governmental agency for disaster management in the Caribbean. Members include the Virgin Islands, Barbuda and Dominica—all territories devastated by the recent storms. Donations to the CDEMA Hurricane Relief...
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands The project will reconstruct and modernize the Wilfred “Bomba” Allick marine terminal in St. Croix. The project includes the replacement of pile caps, repair of concrete piles, concrete and steel deck repairs, repairs to mooring foundations, replacement of moorin...
Veterans Integrated Services Network 8 includes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. VISN 21 includes Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and Philippines. The figure presents regression-adjusted estimates of mean appointment wait times, controlling for regional differences in stop code mix. Data were obtained...
4 Forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands mandate that professionals who have contact with children report suspected child maltreatment to Child Protective Services (CPS).6 An estimated 3.4 million children...
The second-most catastrophic hurricane in the Atlantic basin for 1998 was Category 2 Hurricane Georges which struck Sept. 20. Georges ravaged Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Florida Keys, and the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Some areas had totals of1 to 2 feet...
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