This is very important to me. The Virgin Islands is American territory still reeling from the devastation caused by the 2017 hurricane season, and still at early stages of working through the process provided by law to not only recover, but to permanently rebuild.
Plaskett emphasizes the ongoing recovery challenges in the U.S. Virgin Islands post-hurricane.
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