President Donald Trump has declared another emergency in US Virgin Islands after declaring same on Tuesday in Puerto Rico. The latest emergency declaration became imperative following Hurricane Maria which made landfall in Puerto Rico early Wednesday morning and is on a progression to the island as a Category 3 storm.
America’s National Hurricane Centre has predicted Maria which has battered the Dominica Republic upon leaving Puerto Rico will reach the US Virgin Islands on Thursday evening.
A tweet from the White House reads: “President Donald J. Trump Approves U.S. Virgin Islands Disaster Declaration”
President Donald J. Trump Approves U.S. Virgin Islands Disaster Declaration: https://t.co/Y6e4N2T654
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 21, 2017
According to a statement from the White House, President Trump in a bid to limit the wrath of Hurricane Maria has ordered Federal aid to supplement recovery efforts in the territory and made Federal funding available to affected individuals on the island of St. Croix.
The funding will ensure assistance which includes grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.
Federal funding is equally available to the territory and to certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work in all of the islands in the territory.
The President, however, named William L. Vogel as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected areas.
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