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Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center remained closed Tuesday but appeared to have weathered Hurricane Irma well. The same holds true at adjoining Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Power was restored to NASA and Air Force facilities but water service was still out Tuesday. Until that’s restored, officials said Kennedy would stay closed to non-essential personnel. Inspection […]

Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

With Irma having weakened into inland rainstorms, Floridians are beginning a mass migration back to a battered, water-logged state where millions remains without power. But traffic maps, social media reports, gasoline trackers and the ever-reliable eye test all say it isn’t an easy trip Tuesday and won’t be in the days ahead. “As soon as […]

Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

Thanks to reconnaissance by a neighbor who stayed behind, Pam Szymanksi knows Hurricane Irma blew out the living room window of her southwest Florida home, but she isn’t sure when she’ll get to see the damage for herself. “All I know is we have to check out of here tomorrow, because they’re booked,” she said […]

Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

Officials in Miami Beach allowed residents to return to their homes Tuesday morning after Hurricane Irma pounded Florida with wind and rain. A long line of cars amassed on Interstate 195 at 6:55 a.m. Tuesday, waiting for the road blocks to be taken down. The entryways have been blocked since Sunday night so crews could […]

Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

Residents were allowed to return Tuesday to some islands in the hurricane-hit Florida Keys as officials pieced together the scope of Irma’s destruction and aid rushed into the drenched and debris-strewn state. It has been difficult to get detailed information on the condition of island chain where Irma first came ashore over the weekend because […]

Associated PressSeptember 11, 2017

Authorities sent an aircraft carrier and other Navy ships to Florida to help with search-and-rescue operations Monday as a flyover of the hurricane-battered Keys yielded what the governor said were scenes of devastation. “I just hope everyone survived,” Gov. Rick Scott said. He said boats were cast ashore, water, sewers and electricity were knocked out, […]

Associated PressSeptember 11, 2017

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State and federal environmental regulators issued a blanket waiver on Monday for Florida electricity companies to violate clean air and water standards without penalty for the next two weeks. The Environmental Protection Agency said the so-called No Action Assurance granted through Sept. 26 came at the request of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The […]

Associated PressSeptember 11, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott says he flew over the Keys and saw a lot of flood damage and boats that had washed ashore. He says there is “devastation” and he hopes everyone who stayed behind survived Irma. He said almost every mobile home park in the Keys had overturned homes. Scott also flew over the west […]

Associated PressSeptember 11, 2017

Maya Kogul was in California when Hurricane Irma began twirling toward Florida. She knew stores would run out of key supplies before she got back to her downtown Miami home earlier this week, so she placed an order for three cases of water through a Nestle water delivery company. She waited and waited, but the order didn’t […]

Associated PressSeptember 11, 2017

With the arrival of what is potentially one of the most devastating storms to ever hit Florida, officials have set aside 3.2 million liters (0.85 million gallons) of water, filled 67 trailers with meals, and amassed 24,000 tarps. They also have asked the federal government to kick in 11 million meals and millions more liters […]

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Alexandra Islas. Image via New College of Florida.

Kennedy Space Center remains closed, but spared major damage

After Irma, reverse migration back to Florida begins

After Irma, Florida’s evacuees contemplate return trip

Miami Beach residents allowed to return home

Access restored to displaced residents of Upper Florida Keys

Aircraft carrier is rushed to the hurricane-battered Keys

EPA grants pollution waiver to Florida utilities after Irma

Rick Scott says lots of damage in Keys

Floridians say online retailers let them down ahead of Hurricane Irma

Irma recovery could require 11M meals, 24,000 tarps and more