The troubles in Puerto Rico are far better known. But on a per-capita basis, the often out-of-sight, out-of-mind Virgin Islands carry more debt than Puerto Rico. After Irma hit three weeks ago, aid was slow to trickle into St. Thomas and St. John. PhotoPhoto“What it did was send everybody back into shock,” James Smith of St. Thomas, a ferry operator, said of Maria. And what had been a staging ground there for relief operations for St. Thomas and St. John was suddenly thrown into a state of emergency.

Source: New York Times September 27, 2017 21:16 UTC