Natural Disasters

Army Corps: How We Are Working to Help U.S. Virgin Islands

A video feature on the recovery effort after Hurricane Irma

Corps in Virgin Islands.png — Jacobs will guide construction of power, water and wastewater utilities, hospitals, schools and transit corridors as part of the "Rebuild USVI" project.
Image: Courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, Commanding General and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, discusses recovery efforts in the Virgin Islands following Hurricane Irma. The US Army Corps of Engineers says it is working in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's national response to the storm. Click here for video feature.

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