Hurricane Dorian pae i uka ma ka Beritania Virgin Islands ke awakea o ʻAukake 28, 2019 ma ke ʻano he makani ʻino Category 1.
Ua loaʻa nā mokupuni ʻo British Virgin Islands i ka hōʻemi iki ʻia mai ka Hurricane Dorian e like me nā hōʻike mua ma hope koke iho o ka hala ʻana o ka ʻino ma ke ahiahi Pōʻakolu. Ke mālama ʻia nei kahi loiloi hōʻino kikoʻī i kēia manawa, eia nō naʻe ua hoʻomau hou ka ʻāina i nā hana ʻoihana maʻamau ma nā panakō, nā keʻena aupuni a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe o ia wahi ma hope o ka loiloi ʻana o nā pono i kēia kakahiaka. Ua wehe hou ʻia nā kahua mokulele a me nā awa kai, me ke ea a me ke kai e halihali ai i ka lawelawe i hoʻonohonoho ʻia.
Ua wehe hou ʻia ʻo Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport ma 7:30 am, ʻoiai ua hoʻomaka hou nā ferry kūloko i ka lawelawe maʻamau. Ua hoʻomaka hou nā lawelawe moku ferry holoʻokoʻa mai Tortola a i St. Thomas, me Red Hook Terminal.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka noho ʻana o ka pae ʻāina ʻo British Virgin Islands i kahi mākaukau no ka mea i kēia manawa ka piko o ka wā ʻōpala. Ke hāʻawi ʻāpana nei ka ʻāina i nā mea hou o ka pūnaewele ʻoihana Disaster Management ma loko o ka wā ʻo ka pāhili.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- A more detailed damage assessment is currently being carried out, however the territory has resumed regular business operations at banks, government offices and most other businesses in the area after an assessment of facilities this morning.
- The British Virgin Islands continues to remain in a state of readiness for what is now the peak of the hurricane season.
- Ua lele ʻo Hurricane Dorian i ka pae ʻāina i ka British Virgin Islands i ka ʻauinalā o ʻAukake 28, 2019 ma ke ʻano he makani ʻino ʻĀpana 1.
