St. Croix Endures Rainy Day as Flood Watch Continues Through Thursday

Wednesday’s wet weather proved disruptive to the rhythm of life on St. Croix - the hubbub of school and work was replaced by the sounds of rain on pavement and flood waters swishing through roadways.

Before sunrise, the Department of Education made the decision to close schools across the territory after alerting parents on Tuesday night to the possibility, and asking inter-island commuter students not to make the ferry trip between St. Thomas and St. John.

The judiciary announced that the Superior Court on St. Croix would close from noon, but the continuous rain resulted in the closure of the rest of the court facilities on St. Croix around 2:30 pm. Non-essential government workers were asked to make their way home at 2:00 p.m.

Footage of vehicles traversing roadways covered with water a few inches deep made the rounds on social media, as gutters and gullies proved unable to handle the torrents of water pouring from the sky.