The governors of Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina all preemptively declared states of emergency. Forecasters predicted Ian will turn toward those states as a tropical storm, likely dumping more flooding rains into the weekend, after crossing Florida....
Hurricane Ian started out as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa. Over the course of a couple weeks, this disorganized wave would move westward, eventually arriving in the Caribbean Sea. On the morning of September 23rd, south of the the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispañola, Ian woul...
Staci Stevens' boat business in St. James City, Florida, went from recreational to recovery after Hurricane Ian crashed onshore in late September. Now, the only fishing being done is by cranes fishing badly damaged boats out of her marina, which has become a boat emergency room. Florida's ...
President Joe Biden on Thursday approved a major disaster declaration for Florida, allowing additional federal aid to flow to the state. In Key West, the most severe damage resulted from flooding and fires. MORE: Hurricane Ian statistics show why it will come to be known as...
The Center added that Ian could be a category four hurricane by the time it strikes Florida’s western coast, with some 2.5 million people in the state currently under evacuation orders. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday has declared a state of emergency for the state and has activated...
This was the case when Max Defender 8 first launched the wobble tracker for Hurricane Ian, a Category 5 hurricane that was originally expected to make a direct hit on Tampa Bay but “wobbled” further south to its landfall in Charlotte County, Florida. ...
SEATTLE (Waste Advantage):FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell is in Florida meeting with Gov. Ron DeSantis and surveying damages from Hurricane Ian. She visits the state the day after a major disaster declaration was approved allowing survivors in the hardest hit areas to begin applying for federal...
On October 9—a day before Hurricane Michael made landfall—President Donald Trump signed an emergency declaration for Florida, which authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate disaster efforts, with Thomas McCool serving as Federal Coordinating Officer in the state. The dec...
causing what one official said was "unprecedented" damage to structures before it raked across the central part of the state as a tropical storm. Nicole sent multiple homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean and threatened a row of high-rise condominiums in places whereHurricane Ianwashed away sea...
City Manager Douglas Baber said the entire city is in a flood zone and officials expect anywhere from 6 to 12 feet of storm surge. “I think they saw stuff during Ian that made them think twice about leaving their boats out,” Baber said in regard to residents who have taken official’...