Ryan NicolApril 19, 2019
6min614
NOAA scientists conducted a post-storm analysis.
Tag: Florida Division of Emergency Management
Ryan NicolApril 19, 2019
Scott PowersOctober 15, 2018
2min252
The numbers of homes and businesses without electricity was cut by more than half over the weekend to 168,000 with power restored to many in Leon and Bay counties but 11 central Panhandle counties still have major outages five days after Hurricane Michael, with several still more than 80 percent dark Monday morning. The latest […]
Scott PowersOctober 12, 2018
4min227
People at more than 351,000 homes and businesses smashed by Hurricane Michael Wednesday are getting up in the dark for the second morning, though the numbers without power have been trimmed by about 50,000 since the peak of the blackout Thursday morning. And Gov. Rick Scott announced he is authorizing state- and federally-backed push crews […]
Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018
2min302
The numbers of homes and businesses without power dipped only slightly overnight from a peak of 388,000 early Wednesday evening to 366,000 late Wednesday night to 359,000 early Thursday morning as the Florida Panhandle and other parts of the state awake from Hurricane Michael’s fury. Bay County, where the storm came ashore mid-afternoon Thursday with […]
Scott PowersOctober 10, 2018
3min168
More than 388,000 homes and businesses lost power in the onslaught of Michael, with Bay County taking the brunt, according to the first power-outage release issued shortly before 6 p.m. by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. In Bay County, where Michael came ashore, more than 99,000 of the 108,000 homes and businesses were without […]
Drew WilsonOctober 9, 2018
4min276
Hurricane Michael is expected to make landfall in Northwest Florida Wednesday as a category 2 or category 3 hurricane. If the current track holds, Gulf Power said its prepped for a speedy recovery. If the wind, rain and tidal surges brought about by the storm lead to major outages for the North Florida utility’s customers, […]
Scott PowersMarch 29, 2018
5min338
State Sen. Victor Torres, clergy, and others are joining with Puerto Rican activists in Florida to protest the closures of assistance offices for people displaced by Hurricane Maria last year and to renew attention on their plight. Torres and the others, including organizers from VAMOS4PR FLORIDA, a network of statewide Puerto Rican diaspora organizations, are calling […]
Scott PowersJanuary 25, 2018
3min469
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has extended by another 60 days his executive order that has Florida and all 67 counties providing services and cutting red tape to help evacuating Puerto Ricans settle into the Sunshine State because of Hurricane Maria. On Thursday Scott signed Executive Order 18-17, a second 60-day extension of an order he […]
Scott PowersNovember 13, 2017
7min343
The influx of Puerto Ricans evacuating their devastated homes in Puerto Rico are beginning to test the capacities of Central Florida and in particular Osceola County, and more state coordination is needed, a group of local officials told Gov. Rick Scott Monday. Those officials, including Kissimmee Mayor Jose Alvarez, Osceola County Schools Superintendent Debra Pace, […]
Scott PowersNovember 1, 20173min444
Confusion and concern are mounting as Central Florida governments working with Puerto Rican and Virgin Island evacuees await direction from state and federal officials, leaders of Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties warned Wednesday. In a letter Wednesday to Florida Division of Emergency Management Interim Director Wesley Maul and copied to FEMA Administrator William Long and […]
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