Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for 61 counties on Tuesday to help agencies prepare for the storm. The governor also requested a pre-landfall emergency declaration from FEMA. On Tuesday,several counties issued mandatory evacuationsfor their residents and additional evacuation or...
Hurricane Idalia: Florida counties under state of emergency The office of the governor added coastal and inlandcounties in Central and North Floridato its state of emergency. These include Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia...
knapp said in an email. in counties under state of emergency orders, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are required to have enough emergency generator fuel to power life-saving equipment and keep indoor temperatures at a safe level for 96 hours...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday issuedan executive orderdeclaring a state of emergency for 12 counties in the northern part of the state affected by the storm. Astatementon the Tallahassee government’s website said crews were scrambling to repair 100 broken power poles while half the ...
Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for all of Florida on Saturday as Tropical Storm Ian gained strength over the Caribbean and was forecast to become a major hurricane soon on a track toward the state. DeSantis had initially issued the emergency order for two dozen counties on ...
The folks who work for the state government! The two counties up around Tallahassee voted Democrat 65:34 and 60:39. Orlando and Fort Lauderdale weren’t too far behind. Palm Beach County was evenly balanced with 49.9:49.2 in favor of the correct candidate. ...
"It's going to be powerful, so please take the appropriate precautions," said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during a news briefing after issuing a state-of-emergency declaration for 51 counties. "This has the potential to have a lot of damage." ...
The two large self-funders have helped out national Republicans immensely by allowing them to focus their resources elsewhere. The GOP can probably afford to let Scott get outspent some in Florida, a state that is trending red. As one of the richest members of...
There has been measles activity in at least three Florida counties — Broward, Polk, and Orange — in the past month. Yet the state Department of Health’s website homepage has a single measles alert. The 105-word advisory, which is dated Feb. 23, mentions an unspecified number of cases...
Milton’s high winds and intense rains continued into Thursday morning. Florida's central Gulf Coast was hardest hit by the outages, including Hardee, Sarasota, Hillsborough and Manatee counties. Hurricane Milton weakens to Category 1, but danger remains in Florida ...