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Donald Trump recently claimed to have helped hurricane victims, but there's "no evidence" to support he did any such thing, one reporter found on Saturday. "While Donald Trump took credit for bringing truckloads of supplies to hurricane-ravaged Georgia last month, it appears that the only thing he brought to Valdosta that day was traffic and a first-responder diversion from the …

Missiles, a hurricane and a strike: How 3 crises are shaping the presidential race

Donald Trump speaks on Monday with Katie Watson and Patrick Watson, owners of the hurricane-damaged Chez What furniture store in Valdosta, Ga. A trio of simultaneous crises sent the White House buzzing and threatened to reshape the presidential race this week, as President Biden and the two candidates vying to replace him scrambled to recalibrate their schedules and strategies for …

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Former President Donald Trump's campaign event in a hurricane-ravaged Georgia city spurred outrage from critics who said he drew on local resources badly needed elsewhere. CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane triggered a wave of fury on X Monday afternoon as he detailed the impact Hurricane Helene had on Valdosta before Trump's arrival. "Heavy police presence and wide perimeter here in …

Trump says Dems 'going out of their way to not help Republican areas' after hurricane

Former President Donald Trump falsely accused President Joe Biden and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper of "going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas" in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Trump said he would bring "lots of relief material, including fuel, equipment, water, and other things." The campaign stunt was expected to include meetings with "Franklin …

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

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 …

Rescuers race to free people trapped by Hurricane Helene after storm kills at least 40 in 4 states

Officer Nate Martir, from left, Capt. Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the entire southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 40 people in four states, snapping trees like twigs, tearing apart homes and sending rescue crews on desperate missions to save people from floodwaters. “It took me a long time to breathe,” Laurie Lilliott …

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

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 …

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

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 …

Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees and cutting power

PERRY, Fla. — Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida at the speed of a fast-moving train Wednesday, splitting trees in half, ripping roofs off hotels and turning small cars into boats before sweeping into Georgia and South Carolina as a still-powerful storm that flooded roadways and sent residents running for higher ground. “Things were just going so fast.. Everything was spinning.” …

Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125-mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees, cutting power

Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida with winds howling at the speed of a fast-moving train Wednesday, splitting trees in half, ripping roofs off hotels and turning small cars into boats before sweeping into Georgia as a still-powerful storm that flooded roadways and sent residents running for higher ground. “Things were just going so fast.. Everything was spinning.” After coming ashore, …