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President Donald Trump stepped into a hot church-state dispute Friday night, tweeting support for Texas churches that were damaged by Hurricane Harvey and now want assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to rebuild. Trump's tweet came after three Texas churches filed a lawsuit last week challenging a policy from FEMA that excludes houses of worship from disaster relief grants, and as Hurricane Irma barreled toward the southeastern United States.
A Phoenix search-and-rescue team and Arizona Red Cross volunteers are among those heading to Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma. Arizona rescue team in Orlando, awaiting orders as Hurricane Irma makes landfall A Phoenix search-and-rescue team and Arizona Red Cross volunteers are among those heading to Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma.
Trump said the US was grieving for those who were killed by Irma even before she reached the US mainland. President Donald Trump has urged any US residents still in Hurricane Irma's path to "just get out of its way" and not worry about possessions, as he monitored the powerful storm's advance on Florida from the secluded Camp David presidential retreat.
Washington, Sep 10 Violent winds and outer rain bands of Irma, which was now a Category 3 hurricane, lashed the Florida Keys on Saturday and could make a landfall as a Category 4 storm. According to CNN, with sustained winds at 120 mph, Irma slowly began turning from Cuba's northern coast up into the Florida Strait on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said.
From left background, Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Glen Curtis, DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters and FEMA's Bill Doran watch as Gov. John Bel Edwards answers questions at a press conference on the storm.
State troopers turned Interstate 16 into a one-way escape route for a few hours Saturday as evacuees packed cars and fled the Georgia coast ahead of Hurricane Irma, which forecasters said could cause widespread damage in the state from storm surge near Savannah to toppled trees and power lines far inland in Atlanta.
In this geocolor GOES-16 satellite image taken Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, at 18:30 UTC , the eye of Hurricane Irma moves northwest just off the coast of Cuba and south of Florida.
Hurricane Irma's strong winds and outer rain bands lashed the Florida Keys on Saturday as the Category 3 storm pushed toward the state amid dire warnings of devastating gales, heavy rain and a potentially deadly storm surge. With sustained winds at 125 mph, Irma slowly began turning from Cuba's northern coast up into the Florida Strait on Saturday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said.
The rumors surround taking pets to shelters, cleaning up after a storm and how residents can spot scammers before they give up their personal information or money. The winds and sea are whipped up off the Rickenbacker Causeway as two people cross the street in Miami as Hurricane Irma approaches on Saturday, Sept.
The forecast for Hurricane Irma's path has shifted to the southwest of the heavily populated Miami metro area as time runs out to evacuate. The forecast for Hurricane Irma's path has shifted to the southwest of the heavily populated Miami metro area as time runs out to evacuate.
With the window closing fast for anyone wanting to escape, Irma hurtled toward Florida with 125 mph winds Saturday on a shifting course that took it away from Miami and instead threatened the first direct hit on the Tampa area from a major hurricane in nearly a century. That represented a significant turn in the forecast, which for days had made it look as if the Miami metropolitan area of 6 million people was going to get slammed head-on by the Big One.
The winds and sea are whipped up off of the Rickenbacker Causeway as two people cross the street in Miami as Hurricane Irma approaches on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.
Georgia is bracing for potentially far-flung impacts from Hurricane Irma, which could swamp the coast with storm surge and topple trees and power lines in Atlanta. The National Hurricane Center placed the entire Georgia coast under a hurricane watch Saturday as residents packed their cars and trickled onto the highways in six counties under a mandatory evacuation.
I started seeing reports about this on social media last night, including a number of complaints from people concerned with civil liberty issues. The story was out of Miami, where final evacuations and preparations were being put in place for Hurricane Irma.
A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego. 'Water is rushing in': More than a week after Harvey, police find body believed to be that of woman who reportedly pleaded for help in flooded elevator.
A U.S. Army division that included Berlin among its ranks started mustering on Long Island a century ago this weekend during World War I. The New York state Division ... A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego. A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego.
Renick's family had desperately spent the last week and a half trying to find out what happened to her after she pleaded for help as water rushed into an e... A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego. A French artist has erected a giant cut-out of a boy peering over a stretch of border fence near San Diego.
Congress on Friday sent President Donald Trump a massive package of $15.3 billion in disaster aid linked to an increase in the nation's borrowing authority that angered conservative Republicans who hissed and booed senior administration officials dispatched to Capitol Hill to defend it. The House voted 316-90 for the measure that would refill depleted emergency accounts as Florida braces for the impact of Hurricane Irma and Texas picks up the pieces after the devastation of the Harvey storm.