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Reporter Returns Home To St. Croix To Assess Hurricane Damage
ResumeMonths after Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit, more than 33,000 U.S. Virgin Islands residents are waiting for Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance — more than one-third of the territory's population. Seventy-three percent of people there are still without power.
USA Today reporter Fredreka Schouten (@fschouten) grew up on St. Croix, and family members including her brother still live there. Schouten joins Here & Now's Robin Young to talk about her recent trip home.
This segment aired on November 14, 2017.