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Hurricane Helene upgrades to ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm: State of emergency in Florida, Georgia and more
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hurricane Helene upgrades to ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm: State of emergency in Florida, Georgia and more

Hindustan Times  

Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening a “catastrophic” storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said. Helene strengthens to a Category 4 hurricane Helene strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 …

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Hurricane Debby makes landfall over Florida's Big Bend coast as Category 1 storm
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurricane Debby makes landfall over Florida's Big Bend coast as Category 1 storm

Hindustan Times  

Hurricane Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, bringing with it the potential for record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina. The storm made landfall in one of the least populated areas of Florida, …

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Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it heads toward Florida
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it heads toward Florida

Associated Press  

TAMPA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Debby strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached Florida on Sunday evening, according to the national weather service. Officials also warned of life-threatening storm surge along Florida’s Gulf Coast, with 6 to 10 feet of inundation expected Monday between the Ochlockonee and Suwannee rivers. Ron DeSantis warned the storm could lead to “really, …

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Rebuilding coastal communities after hurricanes is complex, and can change the character of a place
5 months, 1 week ago

Rebuilding coastal communities after hurricanes is complex, and can change the character of a place

Associated Press  

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. — Before Hurricane Idalia smashed into a small fishing village in northwestern Florida, Charles Long, 68, was fixing up a two-bedroom house for him and his wife. Retired pipe fitter Charles Long, 68, uses a borrowed mini excavator to put metal grating over a new septic field, as he converts his property into a pole barn for …

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Battered by Hurricane Idalia last year, Florida village ponders future as hurricane season begins
5 months, 1 week ago

Battered by Hurricane Idalia last year, Florida village ponders future as hurricane season begins

Associated Press  

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. — Lisa Bregenzer’s waterfront home was her “little slice of heaven.” She watched sunsets and migrating birds from the porch, the Gulf of Mexico in the distance. Lisa, left, and Pete Bregenzer, who lost their home in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., during the passage of last year’s Hurricane Idalia, pose for a picture, Friday, May 10, 2024, outside …

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CNN’s top 100 digital stories of 2023
11 months, 3 weeks ago

CNN’s top 100 digital stories of 2023

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Marcus Mabry is CNN’s senior vice president of Digital Editorial and Programming CNN — 2023 was another unprecedented year — from a former US president being criminally indicted to a Speaker of the House of Representatives being removed — both for the first time in the country’s nearly 250-year history. Damar Hamlin’s health update live story January 3, …

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Florida agriculture losses between $78M and $371M from Hurricane Idalia, preliminary estimate says
1 year, 3 months ago

Florida agriculture losses between $78M and $371M from Hurricane Idalia, preliminary estimate says

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida agriculture losses from Hurricane Idalia are estimated at between $78 million and $371 million, with producers also suffering widespread damage to such infrastructure as irrigation rigs and fences, according to a preliminary report Thursday from the University of Florida. Predicted losses for livestock are pegged at between $30.1 million and $123.4 million, according to the …

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REVEALED: The US has suffered a record 23 billion-dollar climate disasters so far this year costing an eye-watering $57.6 BILLION - as tornadoes, wildfires and flooding ravaged the nation
1 year, 3 months ago

REVEALED: The US has suffered a record 23 billion-dollar climate disasters so far this year costing an eye-watering $57.6 BILLION - as tornadoes, wildfires and flooding ravaged the nation

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of Americans have died due to climate catastrophes in 2023, which has already smashed records for the highest number of billion-dollar disasters incurred in a single year. With four months still to go, the US has been struck by 23 disasters which came at a loss of at least $1 billion each - eclipsing the previous annual record of …

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President Biden declares 3 Georgia counties are eligible for disaster aid after Hurricane Idalia
1 year, 3 months ago

President Biden declares 3 Georgia counties are eligible for disaster aid after Hurricane Idalia

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — President Joe Biden on Thursday approved a disaster declaration for three Georgia counties following Hurricane Idalia’s sprint across southern and coastal Georgia on Aug. 30. Brian Kemp, in a letter sent Wednesday, requested aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to governments in 30 counties and individuals in the three counties Biden approved and added Appling County. “We …

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Not in the Yucatan anymore: Hurricane Idalia flung flamingos across the eastern U.S.
1 year, 3 months ago

Not in the Yucatan anymore: Hurricane Idalia flung flamingos across the eastern U.S.

NPR  

Not in the Yucatan anymore: Hurricane Idalia flung flamingos across the eastern U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP Wilfredo Lee/AP Flamingos have been popping up in the most unusual of places since Hurricane Idalia blew through parts of the U.S. Southeast last week. The birds likely got caught up in Hurricane Idalia last week, according to Nate Swick, …

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DeSantis Rejects Meeting With Biden During President’s Florida Visit In Wake Of Idalia
1 year, 3 months ago

DeSantis Rejects Meeting With Biden During President’s Florida Visit In Wake Of Idalia

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LIVE OAK, Fla. — President Joe Biden on Saturday saw from the sky Hurricane Idalia’s impact across a swath of Florida before he set out on a walking tour of a city recovering from the storm. Your nation has your back and we’ll be with you until the job is done.’’ President Joe Biden surveys damage caused …

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How Florida’s capital city was spared more damage from Hurricane Idalia
1 year, 3 months ago

How Florida’s capital city was spared more damage from Hurricane Idalia

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida the storm had grown into a Category 4 beast lurking off the state’s west coast, and the forecast called for it to continue intensifying up until landfall. “Eyewall replacement cycles are common in major hurricanes, and so when you see that, it does lead to some temporary weakening,” said …

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Florida's residents return to find homes gone, towns devastated in path of powerful hurricane Idalia
1 year, 3 months ago

Florida's residents return to find homes gone, towns devastated in path of powerful hurricane Idalia

India TV News  

Hurricanes and tropical storms are nothing new in the South, but the sheer magnitude of damage from Idalia shocked Desmond Roberson as he toured what was left of his Georgia neighbourhood. “I had to turn around three times, just because roads were blocked off.” The storm had 90 mph winds when it made a direct hit on Valdosta on Wednesday, …

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Is climate change fuelling Idalia and other hurricanes?
1 year, 3 months ago

Is climate change fuelling Idalia and other hurricanes?

Al Jazeera  

Scientists say climate change has contributed to the intensity of hurricanes, driving higher winds and wetter storms. It ultimately made landfall in the United States as a powerful Category 3 storm — the threshold for a “major hurricane” — with wind speeds whipping at approximately 193 kilometres per hour. With the Atlantic hurricane season only now entering its peak months, …

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Hurricane, shooting test DeSantis leadership as he trades the campaign trail for crisis management
1 year, 3 months ago

Hurricane, shooting test DeSantis leadership as he trades the campaign trail for crisis management

Associated Press  

First a shooting, then a storm. Four months before the first ballots are cast in Iowa’s caucuses, DeSantis still lags far behind former President Donald Trump, the race’s dominant early frontrunner, and he has cycled through repeated campaign leadership shake-ups. There have been no major outbursts, jabs at the press or overtly political comments, though at one point DeSantis warned …

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Residents pick through the rubble of lost homes and scattered belongings in Hurricane Idalia’s wake
1 year, 3 months ago

Residents pick through the rubble of lost homes and scattered belongings in Hurricane Idalia’s wake

Associated Press  

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. — Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction on Thursday picked through piles of rubble where homes once stood, threw tarps over ripped-apart roofs and gingerly navigated streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees and dangerous electric wires. “My plan today is to go around and find anything that’s in the debris …

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Tampa Bay area gets serious flooding but again dodges a direct hit from a major hurricane
1 year, 3 months ago

Tampa Bay area gets serious flooding but again dodges a direct hit from a major hurricane

Associated Press  

Last year it was Hurricane Ian that drew a bead on Tampa Bay before abruptly shifting east to strike southwest Florida more than 130 miles away. “Tampa Bay avoided the worst again,” Brian McNoldy, a senior research associate at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science, said via email. “The reality is we are not …

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‘You loot, we shoot’: Ron DeSantis issues warning to would-be thieves planning to strike amid Hurricane Idalia
1 year, 3 months ago

‘You loot, we shoot’: Ron DeSantis issues warning to would-be thieves planning to strike amid Hurricane Idalia

Hindustan Times  

Ron DeSantis warned potential thieves that anyone who tries to loot amid the chaos of Hurricane Idalia will have to face severe consequences. Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Perry, Fla., in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia “People have a right to defend their property. ‘You never know what’s behind that door’ “I’ve told …

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Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida with ‘catastrophic storm surge’
1 year, 3 months ago

Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida with ‘catastrophic storm surge’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 on Wednesday morning bringing “catastrophic storm surge” …

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100-year-old Oak tree nearly crushed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' mansion during Hurricane Idalia
1 year, 3 months ago

100-year-old Oak tree nearly crushed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' mansion during Hurricane Idalia

Hindustan Times  

Hurricane Idalia was a close call for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his family, who had a huge oak tree fall near their Tallahassee home during the storm. “100-year-old oak tree falls on the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee — Mason, Madison, Mamie and I were home at the time, but thankfully no one was injured,” she wrote. “I guess it’s …

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Hurricane Idalia, downgraded to tropical storm, kills three in southeast US
1 year, 3 months ago

Hurricane Idalia, downgraded to tropical storm, kills three in southeast US

Al Jazeera  

Two of the deaths involved motorists caught in Idalia’s heavy rainfall, while a Georgia resident was struck by a tree. Rhome described a “heavy shield” of rain and heavy wind as Idalia pushed towards South Carolina on Wednesday evening and North Carolina by the early hours of Thursday, prompting tornado warnings along its path. “These flooding rains are often one …

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Residents pick through rubble, navigate clogged roads and live without power after Hurricane Idalia
1 year, 3 months ago

Residents pick through rubble, navigate clogged roads and live without power after Hurricane Idalia

LA Times  

Jewell Baggett stands amid the debris of her mother’s home in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., after Hurricane Idalia walloped the area. Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia‘s path of destruction Thursday picked through piles of rubble where homes once stood, threw tarps over ripped-apart roofs and gingerly navigated through a maze of streets left underwater or clogged with fallen …

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A clip of a waterspout at a Florida beach is being misrepresented as Hurricane Idalia
54 years, 11 months ago

A clip of a waterspout at a Florida beach is being misrepresented as Hurricane Idalia

Associated Press  

CLAIM: A video of a whirling mist creating havoc on a beach in Florida was filmed during Hurricane Idalia. The video shows a “waterspout” on June 16 at Clearwater Beach on Florida’s west coast, according to a description of the clip on Storyful, a social video licensing agency, and news reports at the time. THE FACTS: As Hurricane Idalia made …

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Hurricane Idalia: Florida residents share heartbreaking photos of storm damage
1 year, 3 months ago

Hurricane Idalia: Florida residents share heartbreaking photos of storm damage

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Florida residents shared heartbreaking photos of the destruction caused by Hurricane Idalia after the powerful …

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