Power outages continue to drop in Georgia after Irma storm
Boats blown away from their docks sit in the marsh after Hurricane Irma on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, at St. Marys on the Georgia coast.
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Florida official: Death toll rises to 12 in state
As nightfall approached Tuesday, many people from South Carolina to Florida were staying in darkened homes, dealing with fallen trees and blocked roadways, and hoping they could find gas. The situation in the Sunshine State was trying the patience of people who rode out the storm and those who came home after evacuating Hurricane Irma's path to find widespread devastation and access to their neighborhoods limited at times.
Trump administration doesn’t want to talk about climate change
Last year was the Earth's warmest recorded year, the third year in a row to set a new record for global average temperatures. Rising temperatures are likely to increase the intensity and impact of major storms, scientists say, yet in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Trump administration has resisted talking about climate change at all.
Irma impact: 13 million Floridians in the dark
It could have been worse, but the impact of Hurricane Irma on Florida will almost certainly still qualify as the worst storm in the state's history. As of last night, 13 million Floridians had lost electrical power - a stunning 62% of the state's population.
FEMA: About 25% of homes destroyed in Florida Keys
Initial estimates indicate 25% of the houses in the Florida Keys have been destroyed, and 65% have major damage, said Brock Long, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's administrator. "Basically, every house in the Keys was impacted some way," Long said Tuesday.
WRAPUP 3-Officials urge patience as Florida towns re-open after Irma
Florida allowed some residents to return on Tuesday to areas hammered by Hurricane Irma's high winds and storm surge, while the death toll rose in the second major hurricane to hit the United States this year. Irma, which had rampaged through the Caribbean as one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record, was downgraded to a tropical depression on Monday.
EDITORIAL: We are all Floridians
As the remnants of Hurricane Irma trail off into Georgia, millions of Floridians are left with a scene all too familiar to many of us - massive power outages, downed trees and signs, and flooded homes.
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In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is warning consumers to be on the lookout for scams. "Seeing or hearing about the devastation caused by a natural disaster evokes our sympathies and our desire to help those affected," Carr's office wrote in a news release Monday night.
Irma’s wrath brings floods, wind damage
Chris Sweat stood in the middle of Beach Drive early Monday afternoon on high ground, looking down at the Atlantic Ocean surging over the section of College Drive he calls home. But Sweat had already managed to move his prized Jeep Wrangler, with its Dukes of Hazzard paint job, to higher ground.
Irma lost some oomph over Cuba before its assault on Florida
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Taiwan activist pleads guilty in Chinese subversion trial
The newly crowned Miss America isn't worried that she may start her reign in a Twitter war with President Donald Trump, who she says shouldn't have pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. While the U.S. contends with the destruction caused by two ferocious hurricanes in three weeks, Americans also are marking the 16th anniversary of one of the nation's most scarring days.
Canadian gold company suspends investments in Greek mines
The newly crowned Miss America isn't worried that she may start her reign in a Twitter war with President Donald Trump, who she says shouldn't have pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. While the U.S. contends with the destruction caused by two ferocious hurricanes in three weeks, Americans also are marking the 16th anniversary of one of the nation's most scarring days.
Three dead as Hurricane Irma tears its way through Florida
Hurricane Irma roared through the Florida Keys yesterday with punishing 130mph winds and began pushing its way north, knocking out power to more than 1.69 million people across the state and leaving at least three people dead in the state, including a sheriff's deputy. The nearly 400-mile-wide storm was expected to make a slow, ruinous march up Florida's west coast, straight toward the heavily populated Tampa-St Petersburg area by this morning.
Atlantic hurricane season 2017: What you should know
A 2 p.m. ET advisory on Sunday from the National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a Category 3, which it said was about 35 miles east of Naples, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. The storm was moving at 12 mph.
People of Florida pray for deliverance from the wrath of Irma
Hurricane Irma roared through the Florida Keys on Sunday with punishing 130mph winds and began pushing its way north, knocking out power to more than 1.5 million people across the state and collapsing a construction crane over the Miami skyline. The nearly 400-mile-wide storm is expected to make a slow, ruinous march up Florida's west coast, straight toward the heavily populated Tampa-St Petersburg area by Monday morning.
5 things for September 10: Hurricane Irma special edition
You can find photos, videos and other articles about one of the strongest hurricanes ever seen in the Atlantic in our Hurricane Irma page . Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Keys this morning.
As Irma hits the Florida Keys, it makes U.S. history
Hurricane Irma arrived in the Florida Keys early Sunday morning as a Category 4 storm. This is the first time in U.S. history that two Category 4 storms have hit the mainland in the same year.
Hurricane Irma makes landfall over the Florida Keys
Hurricane Irma made landfall at 9:10 a.m. ET at Cudjoe Key, Florida, as a Category 4 storm packing maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The eye of Hurricane Irma slammed into the Florida Keys as the calamitous storm snapped palm trees and threatened to devastate much of the state.
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President Donald Trump gestures towards reporters as he walks with first lady Melania Trump to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House Friday in Washington.