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Associated PressSeptember 14, 2017

Residents at an assisted living facility in suburban Fort Lauderdale who have been without power since Hurricane Irma are being moved to two facilities across the street that have electricity. Wilton Manors City Manager Leigh Ann Henderson told The Associated Press on Thursday that the Williamsburg Landing assisted living facility has been using generators to […]

Associated PressSeptember 14, 2017

Larry and Elida Dimas didn’t have much to begin with, and Hurricane Irma left them with even less. The storm peeled open the roof of the old mobile home where they live with their 18-year-old twins, and it destroyed another one they rented to migrant workers in Immokalee, one of Florida’s poorest communities. Someone from […]

Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017

Eight patients at a sweltering nursing home died in Hurricane Irma’s aftermath, raising fears Wednesday about the safety of Florida’s 4 million senior citizens amid widespread power outages that could go on for days. Hollywood Police Chief Tom Sanchez said investigators believe the deaths at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills were heat-related, and added: […]

Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017

It was a scene you would never expect to find in the United States, the land of hot dog eating contests and supersized Slurpees — hundreds of people wandering around forlorn, looking for food, against a backdrop of downed tree branches and a flattened gas station with no gas. We were all refugees from Irma, […]

Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017

President Donald Trump will travel to the Naples area as part of a visit to hurricane-damaged Florida on Thursday. Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president will be in the Naples area, in southwest Florida. Few additional details were available. Nearly all of the state was engulfed by the massive Hurricane Irma. The number of […]

Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017

Monroe County officials say water service is slowly being restored to the Florida Keys. County officials said in said in a Facebook update Wednesday: “MORE WATER IS COMING” Water would be turned on for two-hour spurts Wednesday morning and evening in Key West, but officials warned it would need to be boiled before drinking. Key […]

Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017

A Florida nun is pitching in on the cleanup efforts following Hurricane Irma by taking a chain saw to downed trees while dressed in her full habit. Miami-Dade police posted video of Sister Margaret Ann at work on social media taken by an off-duty officer who came across her. Police say the nun was cutting […]

Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017

Parts of Florida inched back toward normalcy on Wednesday with workers restoring power, clearing roads and replenishing gas supplies, even as scenes of destruction emerged from southernmost islands and new dangers emerged for residents without electricity. Residents drifted back from shelters and out-of-state hotels to see Hurricane Irma’s scattershot destruction. Positive signs included some curfews […]

Associated PressSeptember 13, 2017

Florida could recover from Hurricane Irma’s wrath in time for its busy tourism season this winter, but that’s likely not the case for harder-hit Caribbean islands including St. Martin/St. Maarten, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Barbuda, according to travel experts’ early reads. Damage assessments still were underway yesterday, but impacts on Florida’s $100 […]

Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

Hurricane Irma’s devastating storm surge came with weird twists that scientists attribute to the storm’s girth, path and some geographic quirks. A combination of storm surge, heavy rains and swollen rivers sent some of the worst flooding into Jacksonville, Florida, even though Irma roared into the opposite end of the state, had weakened to a […]

Ft. Lauderdale assisted living facility without power evacuated

Irma pushes Florida’s poor closer to the edge of ruin

8 die at Florida nursing home in Irma’s sweltering aftermath

4 motels in 5 nights: Life on the run from Irma

President Trump picks Naples for post-Irma Florida visit

Water service slowly returning to Florida Keys

Florida nun dons habit, grabs chain saw to help after Irma

Florida inches back toward normalcy as teams scour southernmost islands and authorities warn of mass devastation

Irma effect on tourism mixed

Irma made for bizarre storm surge