Hurricane Maria: U.S. Virgin Islands suspends recovery efforts

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

U.S. Virigin Islands suspended hurricane recovery efforts on the islands 
in order to prepare for potential landfall by Hurricane Maria on 
Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.  Hurricane Maria is expected to 
strengthen to a major hurricane by Monday evening.

Storm preparation efforts on the U.S. VI are being shifted to readying 
shelters and distributing as much food and water to people in advance of 
the storm. The U.S. VI Governor is warning people most of the temporary 
repairs from the last hurricane will be knocked out again when Hurricane 
Maria strikes the islands.

Hurricane Maria will also impact other leeward islands beginning Monday, 
including Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis, and Montserrat, and 
Martinique.