Virgin Islands residents and visitors can get real-time mobile alerts about storms, earthquakes and other hazards from the Department of Disaster Management’s new emergency alerting app.

Government agencies and key partners pledged to continue to work in close partnership to ensure that the Virgin Islands is as prepared as possible for the hurricane season during the annual meeting of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC) held June 22.

Residents of Tortola are notified that the water supply will be shut off from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on 20^th June.

Residents of East End on Tortola are notified that the water supply will be shut off from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on 20^th June.

Residents of Jost Van Dyke are notified that the water supply will be shut off from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on 21^st June.

Residents of Virgin Gorda are notified that the water supply will be shut off from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on 20^th June.

Government officials from several departments were trained in a two day workshop to preview the underwater survey processes that were used to create the updated Coastal Resources Atlas.

Uncertainty is the watchword for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season, forecasters have shared as part of the Tropical Weather Conference taking place in San Antonio, Texas.

Thirty-five persons have received training from Ambipar Response in best practices for managing oil spill events.

The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) encourages residents of the Virgin Islands to join the annual earthquake and tsunami exercise Caribe Wave on March 23.