Associated PressSeptember 18, 2020
9min299
Multiple new systems are now forming in the Gulf and Atlantic.
Tag: Power
Associated PressSeptember 18, 2020
Jacob OglesSeptember 3, 2019
5min272
Forecasts show Dorian "dangerously close" but ready to bypass Florida.
Jim RosicaAugust 28, 2019
8min821
"...It seems contradictory on its face."
Scott PowersAugust 2, 2019
5min290
'He has a lot of influence in Washington. He could stop this if he wants to,' Stewart said.
Peter SchorschMarch 21, 2019
6min514
FIPUG is happy for us to subsidize their electric supply improvements, they just don’t want to pay for ours.
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 […]
Danny McAuliffeOctober 5, 2018
4min920
Tallahassee Mayor and Democratic candidate for Governor Andrew Gillum is hoping to offset the effects of two attack ads questioning his leadership during the 2016 hurricane that struck the capital city. The chosen surrogate to mount a defense: Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil, a Democrat who earlier this week endorsed Gillum’s bid for Governor. McNeil was […]
Associated PressOctober 20, 2017
10min240
Electrical linemen descend from helicopters, balancing on steel girders 90 feet high on transmission towers in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, far from any road. At the same time, crews fan out across the battered island, erecting light poles and power lines in a block by block slog. A month after Hurricane Maria rolled […]
Scott PowersOctober 13, 2017
2min222
Bill Nelson is imploring the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to step up their efforts in Puerto Rico, “before more people die and this becomes a full-blown crisis.” In a letter to acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator responds to news reports in The New York Times and warns that the continued […]
Scott PowersSeptember 14, 2017
2min246
Power outages continue to plague just over one quarter of all the homes and businesses in Florida, though the number fell to almost 2.7 million customers Thursday morning. A 6 a.m. update from the Florida Office of Emergency Management showed that those counties hit first and hardest by Hurricane Irma – Monroe, Collier and Lee […]