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Districts and subdistricts of the US Virgin Islands. In 1917, Saint Thomas was purchased (along with Saint Croix and Saint John) by the United States for $25 million in gold ($595 million today), [21] as part of a strategy to maintain control over the Caribbean and the Panama Canal during the First World War. The transfer occurred on March 31 ...
Climate change in the United States Virgin Islands encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. territory of the United States Virgin Islands. [1] The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has noted a variety of expected consequences of this phenomenon.
This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands is home to one of the smallest TV markets as defined by Nielsen market research, with only 5 full-power stations on Saint Thomas and Saint Croix.
Tropical Storm Ernesto is steadily growing stronger as it slams the northern Caribbean with heavy rain, gusty winds and rough seas Tuesday, lashing the Virgin Islands and heading toward Puerto Rico.
The U.S. Virgin Islands had about 46,000 out of power at one point on Wednesday — nearly all customers. As of Saturday morning, that number was down to about 7,000, according to PowerOutage.us .
Saint Croix (/ krɔɪ / KROY; Spanish: Santa Cruz; Dutch: Sint-Kruis; French: Sainte-Croix; Danish and Norwegian: Sankt Croix; Taino: Ay Ay) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Saint John (Danish: Sankt Jan; Spanish: San Juan) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Saint John (50 km 2 (19 sq mi)) is the smallest of the three main US Virgin Islands. [4]
The Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The islands fall into three different political jurisdictions: British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory, United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States,