Amy Vaughn, a representative from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) provides an update on the earthquakes in Puerto Rico.
The tsunami warning horns install throughout the Virgin Islands, have been inoperable since Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. In March 2019, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) obligated $1.6 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the tsunami early warning system. FEMA said then that work would start on the system in June of the same year. "no update on when the sirens would be in operation again.
On Jan. 11 46-year-old Reynaldo Rafael Rivera, who was incarcerated on unrelated charges in Atlanta, GA, was placed under arrest pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by the Superior Court after being extradited to St. Thomas. Rivera was charged with 1st Degree Murder in the killing of Kenric Troy Mason, who was shot and killed on Dec. 26, 2001 in the area of Market Square East. No bail was set for Rivera, and he was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending his Advice of Rights hearing
Waste Management Authority normal operations have resumed as of Saturday, January 11 at the Anguilla Landfill on St. Croix. The landfill stands ready to accept commercial and public solid waste. Haulers contracted to collect commercial solid waste, household waste, as well as waste from public bin sites, have also resumed normal operations.