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Virgin Islands National Park: America's Paradise 维尔京群岛国家公园:美国的天堂 This week on our national parks journey, we leave the United States mainland and travel down to the Caribbean. There, you will find three islands that make u
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the U.S. Virgin Islands so hard. Let's travel there now with NPR's Greg Allen to see how people on the islands are doing. GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: At the beach in Magens Bay, the party is back on. (SOUNDBI
Many parts of the United States were first territories with the plan that they would someday become states. Former territories include Oklahoma, which became a state in 1907; New Mexico and Arizona, which became states in 1912; and Hawaii and Alaska,
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's been many months since hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the Virgin Islands, but hospitals there are still recovering. Even now, patients are being flown to the U.S. mainland for certain surgeries and specialized care, as
Meanwhile, across the Caribbean, at least three dozen people are dead in Irma's wake. Officials are struggling to get aid to the region's islands devastated by what was then a Category 5 storm. In the British Virgin Islands, thousands have no electri
Explanation: When most people think of the United States, they think about the 50 states, but they often forget that other parts of the world are part of the United States, too. A U.S. territory is an area of land that belongs to the U.S. government