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A record-breaking Burmese python — as long as a giraffe is tall — caught in Florida
1 year, 5 months ago

A record-breaking Burmese python — as long as a giraffe is tall — caught in Florida

NPR  

A record-breaking Burmese python — as long as a giraffe is tall — caught in Florida Enlarge this image toggle caption Conservancy of Southwest Florida Conservancy of Southwest Florida A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week. It was caught on Monday by 22-year-old …

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Ian ruins man-made reefs, brings algae bloom to Florida
2 years, 1 month ago

Ian ruins man-made reefs, brings algae bloom to Florida

Associated Press  

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide, the harmful algae blooms that kill fish and birds, according to marine researchers who returned last week from a six-day cruise organized by the Florida Institute of Oceanography. Researchers who used the …

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Lessons from Hurricane Michael being applied to Ian recovery
2 years, 2 months ago

Lessons from Hurricane Michael being applied to Ian recovery

Associated Press  

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, the state’s Panhandle had its own encounter with an even stronger hurricane, Michael. “When we had our afternoon meetings at the food truck, all we talked about is, ‘What are we going to do tomorrow?’ — not what didn’t get done four days ago,” …

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Amid Ian’s wounds, Jews see healing, renewal in Yom Kippur
2 years, 2 months ago

Amid Ian’s wounds, Jews see healing, renewal in Yom Kippur

Associated Press  

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Even though a destructive hurricane tore through his community just days earlier, nothing was going to stop Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz from holding prayer services Tuesday night for the start of the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Throughout a southwest Florida devastated by Hurricane Ian, Jews planned to hold worship services for Yom Kippur, a day …

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Florida health care facilities evacuate patients after Ian
2 years, 2 months ago

Florida health care facilities evacuate patients after Ian

Associated Press  

Thousands of people were evacuated from nursing homes and hospitals across Florida on Thursday even as winds and water from Hurricane Ian began receding. Kristen Knapp of the Florida Health Care Association says 43 nursing homes evacuated about 3,400 residents as of Thursday morning, mostly in southwest Florida. Hurricane Ian swamped HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte - just …

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Monster Hurricane Ian devastates Florida leaving 2.7million without power, many trapped in homes
2 years, 2 months ago

Monster Hurricane Ian devastates Florida leaving 2.7million without power, many trapped in homes

Daily Mail  

Eerie aerial pictures show the total destruction of Fort Myers from Hurricane Ian after the 'superstorm' ripped its beloved pier from its hinges. Eerie aerial pictures show the destruction to Fort Myers from Hurricane Ian after the 'superstorm' ripped its beloved pier from its hinges Before and after shots showed the devastation to the small Florida city, with homes leveled, …

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Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes
2 years, 2 months ago

Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamped southwest Florida on Wednesday, turning streets into rivers, knocking out power to 2 million people and threatening catastrophic damage further inland. Though expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it marches inland at about 9 mph, Ian’s hurricane force winds were …

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Hurricane Ian swamps southwest Florida, more than 1.8 million people without power
2 years, 2 months ago

Hurricane Ian swamps southwest Florida, more than 1.8 million people without power

Firstpost  

The governors of Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina all preemptively declared states of emergency. Forecasters predicted Ian will turn towards those states as a tropical storm, likely dumping more flooding rains into the weekend, after crossing Florida St. Petersburg: Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the US, swamped southwest Florida on Wednesday, turning …

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Hurricane Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes
2 years, 2 months ago

Hurricane Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes

India Today  

Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the US, swamped southwest Florida on Wednesday, turning streets into rivers, knocking out power to 1.8 million people and threatening catastrophic damage further inland. Though expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it marches inland at about 9 mph, Ian’s hurricane force winds were likely to be felt …

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Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes
2 years, 2 months ago

Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamped southwest Florida on Wednesday, turning streets into rivers, knocking out power to 1.8 million people and threatening catastrophic damage further inland. Though expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it marches inland at about 9 mph, Ian’s hurricane force winds were …

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Hurricane Ian: 2.5 million trapped without power as deadly storm drenches Florida
2 years, 2 months ago

Hurricane Ian: 2.5 million trapped without power as deadly storm drenches Florida

India TV News  

Highlights Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the United States Hurricane Ian turned streets into rivers as it slammed into southwest Florida on Wednesday Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit, …

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'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida
2 years, 2 months ago

'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida

Hindustan Times  

Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday in southwest Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamping streets with water and smashing trees along the coast while moving at a crawl that threatened catastrophic flooding across a wide area. About 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate southwest Florida before Ian hit, but by law no …

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Snow, ice blasts through South with powerful winter storm
2 years, 11 months ago

Snow, ice blasts through South with powerful winter storm

The Independent  

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