Tag: Virgin Islands

Tropical Storm Dorian strengthened to a hurricane Wednesday afternoon as it threatened the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with forecasters predicting it could become a Category 3 hurricane by the time it hits Florida over the weekend. » Subscribe to…

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Donald Trump said on Friday that his I.Q. is “even higher” now that he knows that the United States Virgin Islands are part of the United States. “Quite frankly, a few weeks ago, when I learned that Puerto Rico was a part of the U.S., I thought that that boosted my I.Q. to a whole new level,” Trump said. “If there was a question about that on an I.Q. test does not exist that can accurately measure his ballooning intelligence.

. U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — The clean-up efforts for U.S. territories following Hurricane Maria are expected to be far more complicated and lengthy than those for Florida and Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, according to the head of the National Guard Bureau. “Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are not Texas and Florida. “Two [Category] 5 hurricanes come through, 12 days apart," Mapp told reporters in St. Croix. “We need a lot of support in terms of how we’re going to coordinate getting food here. The islands are now 90 to 100 percent without power, and Lengyel expects it will be “more than a month” until electricity is fully restored. The Virgin Islands, meanwhile, have roughly 1,200 troops — 800 from out of state — across St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John. After the meeting, Lengyel told reporters Mapp was happy with the support he was receiving from the federal government and was asking for more security forces to combat looting following Maria. Another 1,000 to 1,500 troops are expected to be in the Virgin Islands in the coming days.