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Parts Of U.S. Virgin Islands Still Without Power Weeks After Hurricanes Maria And Irma

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This is a aerial view of St. Croix from Air Force 2, as Vice President Mike Pence, joined by his wife Karen Pence and Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-At Large, fly in to Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Ken Thomas/AP)
This is a aerial view of St. Croix from Air Force 2, as Vice President Mike Pence, joined by his wife Karen Pence and Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-At Large, fly in to Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Ken Thomas/AP)

Many residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands are still living without power or running water almost six weeks after the first of two back-to-back Category 5 hurricanes blew through.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with the Rev. Jeff Neevel, of the St. Thomas Reformed Church, about conditions there.

This article was originally published on October 16, 2017.

This segment aired on October 16, 2017.

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