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'More than 100 residents on VG still displaced'- Sister Islands Coordinator

More than one hundred residents of Virgin Gorda are still displaced following the monster hurricanes of September 2017. Photo: Youtube/File
According to Sister Islands Coordinator Vincent O. Wheatley the many persons still displaced on Virgin Gorda is a ‘big concern’ since the next hurricane season is some 5 months away. Photo: Facebook
According to Sister Islands Coordinator Vincent O. Wheatley the many persons still displaced on Virgin Gorda is a ‘big concern’ since the next hurricane season is some 5 months away. Photo: Facebook
Large numbers of persons on Tortola were displaced after their homes were destroyed by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Photo: VINO
Large numbers of persons on Tortola were displaced after their homes were destroyed by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Photo: VINO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It is a well-known fact by now that hurricanes Irma and Maria displaced many residents when they hit the Virgin Islands with brute force in September 2017.

Residents, including children, on Tortola are still displaced and have been seeking shelter at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex and even Peebles Hospital as previously reported by this news site.

The situation is also similar on the sister island of Virgin Gorda, where more than one hundred persons are still displaced, although the official shelters are now closed.

This was revealed on the radio show Honestly Speaking on ZBVI 780 AM on January 23, 2018 and confirmed to this news site by Sister Islands Coordinator Vincent O. Wheatley.

“There are no one in the official shelters; however, there are persons at the North Sound Community Centre, Gordian Terrace and Leverick Bay in North Sound, Chris Yates apartment in the Copper Mine, Mango Bay, Bay View and other personal houses in the Valley,” Mr Wheatley told our news room today, January 25, 2018.

He had shared with the guest-host of Honestly Speaking, Mr Gerard St C. Farara QC, that it is “a big concern to us in Virgin Gorda, how [are] we going to get these folks out of shelter before the next hurricane season.”

The 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season will officially start on June 1, 2018 and end on November 30, 2018.

It was estimated that approximately 8000 persons were displaced throughout the Virgin Islands following the Category 5 hurricanes, Irma and Maria, and with the delay in pay-outs from insurers, the issue of being under insured and the scarcity of building materials in the region many homes have not been rebuilt.

5 Responses to “'More than 100 residents on VG still displaced'- Sister Islands Coordinator”

  • just asking..... (25/01/2018, 10:27) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    Where is the district representative?
  • Gumption.Official (25/01/2018, 11:51) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    I do hope the physical $17+ that was raised in Boston on November 16th actually physically goes where we raised it to go. I just hope the bit of a Million that I’ve helped raised on December 1st actually physically goes to where it was promoted to go. I will feel so ashamed and broken if it didn’t. So many people like myself still don’t have a home. So many people are under pressure and have to be out from somewhere by the end of the month. So many people still getting wet or feel cold at night. A lot of people still can’t afford to financially help themselves. I trust my gut that my community will benefit from the money raised. The $17k was for VG direct but the 1M was raised for the BVI.
  • NezRez (27/01/2018, 12:57) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Years ago, In St Croix, USVI, the government brought in shipping containers, secured them to a strong foundation and made small one bedroom apartments for their displaced residents. They painted them, covered the roofs with wood and tin to make them cool inside and the residents kept the area neat, which was one of the conditions, so it wouldn’t become a rat infested ghetto. We have sooooooooo many containers here that when done right, can give a person a home for a few years so they can get back on their feet without the cost or worry of having to build a house for thousands upon thousands of dollars.


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