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September 15, 2017

U.S. Virgin Islands at Risk of Bankruptcy Amid Hurricane Devastation
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In the U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor Kenneth Mapp says the islands of
Saint John and Saint Thomas are still nearly entirely without power, and
that Irma destroyed schools and the main hospital on Saint Thomas.
Officials warn the U.S. territory could be forced to declare bankruptcy
under the process that Congress created last year for nearby Puerto
Rico. We'll have more on Hurricane Irma and the U.S. Virgin Islands
later in the broadcast.


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