Earl pounds the VI
The Virgin Islands braced for the worst and hoped for the best Sunday night, as Hurricane Earl spiraled toward the territory. It grew as it approached, and eventually reached sustained gusts of more than 125 miles per hour before brushing Anegada with the southern edge of its eye on Monday afternoon.
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Sister islands stand up to Earl
At the Anegada Reef Hotel the dinghy dock — like most docks on the sister island — is mostly destroyed. Parts of the hotel’s roof are missing and debris from the ocean and fallen trees litter the coast.
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Insurers busy after the storm
Like many VI residents, Maria Vieira was driving around Tortola on Tuesday afternoon assessing damage from Hurricane Earl. But unlike those gaping at felled trees and downed power lines, Ms. Vieira — like many of the territory’s insurance professionals — was there on business: She was preparing for the flurry of claims likely to be filed in the coming days.
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Sister islands toured by copter
At about 10:30 on Tuesday morning, Governor Boyd McCleary and acting Public Works Department Director Dr. Drexel Glasgow had just finished taking an overhead look at the sister islands aboard the HMS Manchester’s Royal Navy helicopter.
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Schools delayed by storm
If Hurricane Earl had not hit the Virgin Islands, primary and secondary school students around the territory would have reported to class this week.
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Guv tours 2 sister islands
Governor Boyd McCleary visited the sister islands for the first time last week, travelling first to Virgin Gorda last Thursday, and then Jost Van Dyke the following day.
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