Coming so soon after Charley and Frances had savaged areas of the state only weeks apart, Ivan would be the third hurricane to hit Florida in a month--and would mark the first time since 1964 that three such storms struck the Sunshine State in the course of an annual hurricane season....
"There are some areas with a lot of debris that is there, so if you get hit with a major hurricane, what's going to happen to that debris? It's going to increase the damage dramatically," DeSantis said in a news report fr...
Police said Thursday in a news release that 94-year-old Martha Murray died Wednesday Sep 21, 2017 Rebuilding in Florida's Keys, at what cost? Even residents with insurance now face a painfully long and hard road ahead -- that is, assuming they do rebuild ...
Hurricane Irene hit land in North Carolina before moving up the East Coast, affecting eight other states, perhaps none more so than Vermont. The true beast of the Category 1 hurricane was its torrential rainfall that caused mass flooding.Vermont saw more than 11 inches of rainand more than $...
and storm surges hit nine states. Florida and South Carolina were the most affected. Jacksonville and Charleston had historic levels of storm surge, which caused severe coastal flooding that left millions without electricity. Irma is both the strongest hurricanedocumented outside of the Gulf of Mexic...
AWhite Housestatement said U.S. President Donald Trump is closely monitoring the situation in Florida, and will travel to the state "very soon." "I hope there aren't too many people in that path," Trump said of Hurricane Irma. "We tried to warn everybody. That's a bad path to be...
Florida governor Rick Scott said it could be more devastating than 1992's Hurricane Andrew, a category five storm that is the most destructive ever to hit the state. Image:Preparations are under way in Florida for Hurricane Irma The eye of Irma first roared over Barbuda, also hitting the nea...
Once a car is flooded, it can have shorted-out electronics, stained upholstery and corrosion that's difficult to see. Sep 13, 2017 Nursing Home Deaths Reported In Irma's Aftermath Florida residents struggling to put their lives back together in Hurricane Irma's wake fell victim to new ...
The other three hurricanes to make landfall as Category 5 storms were Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Hurricane Camille in 1969 and the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 that hit the Florida Keys. Several others have reached Category 5 strength, including Hurricanes Hugo in 1989, Mitch in 1998, Ivan in ...
Irma smacked the Keys 57 years to the day that Hurricane Donna hit the same area in 1960, destroying nearly 75 percent of the island chain's buildings. A shelter of last resort set up in the Middle Keys city of Marathon was reported to be without power or running water, and surrounded ...