Associated PressOctober 3, 2024
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'We’ll all be on our own,' one resident said. 'We’re used to it.'
Tag: storms
Associated PressOctober 3, 2024
Jesse SchecknerMay 13, 2024
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Nearly 189,000 properties in the state were without power by 3 p.m.
Associated PressJanuary 9, 2024
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More than 200,000 customers were without power in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia.
Associated PressApril 13, 2023
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There have been no immediate reports of injuries or deaths.
Joe HendersonOctober 6, 2021
5min1305
Many Floridians could have tough choices to make about where they will live.
Associated PressFebruary 18, 2021
10min698
The storms and outages that have hit a big swath of the U.S. over the past several days have added a whole new layer of complexity.
Scott PowersApril 18, 2019
6min315
HB 797 requires longterm power-grid hardening, allows rate hikes.
Michael MolineMay 3, 2018
9min385
Large electric customers and local governments complained about communications meltdowns and urged large-scale “undergrounding” of Florida’s electric infrastructure during the second day of Public Service Commission workshops about hurricane preparedness and restoration. Public Counsel J.R. Kelly seconded the motion regarding the communications problems during and following Hurricane Irma, when customer calls crashed utilities public information switchboards […]
Associated PressOctober 6, 2016
7min486
Hundreds of thousands of anxious people boarded up their homes and businesses and grabbed a few belongings to flee inland as Hurricane Matthew gained strength and roared toward the Southeast seaboard on Thursday. In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott said the state, its skies already darkening from early outer rain bands of the life-threatening storm, could […]
Associated PressOctober 5, 2016
2min226
President Barack Obama is being briefed on the federal government’s preparation for Hurricane Matthew as the Category 3 storm makes its way to the U.S. mainland. The president says now is the time to “hope for the best but we want to prepare for the worst.” Obama is at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s headquarters. […]