The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is requesting the tourists to delay their trips to the Caribbean territory while they can work to assess the effects of the storm.
The Department of Tourism is working their best to look into the wreckage left behind in St. Croix, while St. Thomas and St. John are still working to recover, as Associated Press reported.
The entire island of Puerto Rico was shut out of electricity, making the conditions worse. The director of the State Agency for Emergency Management and Disaster Management, Abner Gómez, said that 100 percent of the subscribers of the island’s Electric Energy Authority are affected, Primera Hora reports. St. Thomas is affected by major flooding.
President Donald Trump declared states of emergency for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands following the devastated condition and also alerted the residents and tourists to be prepared for the possibility of another strike from a major hurricane. The declaration allows federal assistance to be made available to the islands for response efforts, the president said in a statement.
The National Weather Service in San Juan requested the public to please stay in place as major flooding and hurricane-force winds will occur across all of Puerto Rico. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said that half the city is flooded and chances are so that the destination might have to stay without electricity for 4 to 6 months.
