Estimates of Ian’s insured losses range widely from $30 billion to $50...
Hurricane Ian's damage toll is likely high but manageable, insurance risk modelers said Thursday as companies took claims calls and prepared to send adjusters to inspect losses.
View ArticleWoman braves Hurricane Ian flood to check on stranger’s mom
A woman in Las Vegas enlisted the help of a stranger to check on her 84-year-old mother in Englewood after Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in Florida.
View ArticleHurricane Ian swamps Central Florida with nearly 17 inches of rain, leaving...
The storm not only flattening waterfront communities and tossed boats, cars and even houses asunder, it dumped nearly 17 inches of rain in some areas along its path through the middle of the state.
View ArticleGunman outside Publix dies after deputy shot him
A 21-year-old man who was shot by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies after he fired a gun multiple times outside a Greenacres Publix died Thursday, the sheriff’s office announced.
View ArticleHurricane Ian leaves at least 11 dead in Florida; destructive storm to hit...
Hurricane Ian left at least 11 people in Florida dead as it cut a swath across the state. The storm, with top winds of 80 mph, is now heading for the Carolinas.
View ArticleClimate change added 10% to Ian’s rainfall, study shows
A quick study by two scientists calculates that climate change made Hurricane Ian 10% rainier than it would have been if there were no such thing as global warming
View ArticleAir travel around Florida resumes. Orlando, Tampa airports reopen but Fort...
Orlando International Airport, the state's largest, reopened to commercial aviation traffic at noon Friday, but others in the path of Hurricane Ian continued to assess damage and remained closed.
View ArticleIn Hurricane Ian’s wake, worried families crowdsource rescue efforts
Desperate to locate and rescue their loved ones, social media users are sharing phone numbers, addresses and photos of their family members and friends online for anyone who can check on them after...
View ArticleGas tax holiday, other new Florida laws will kick in this weekend
Prices at the pump for Florida motorists should go down Saturday as part of a temporary gas-tax break, as 27 new laws kick in this weekend.
View ArticleBroward schools pay $237,000 to ousted administrators. Are the agreements legal?
State law limits severance for most public employees to six weeks of pay, but these administrators got payouts ranging from 19 to 39 weeks.
View ArticleExiting Congress early, Ted Deutch assesses wins, losses — and increasingly...
After 12 ½ years, marked by policy achievements and failures, and cataclysmic events, Congressman Ted Deutch is leaving three months before the end of his term. He says the increasingly toxic...
View ArticleMore than 21 dead in Florida after Hurricane Ian; storm makes landfall on...
Hurricane Ian, with top winds of 85 mph, makes landfall in South Carolina. At least 21 people are dead in Florida, as recovery and rescue efforts continue Friday.
View ArticleVoting for November elections about to begin in South Florida
Election Day is more than five weeks away, but some South Florida voters can begin casting their ballots as early as Saturday for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, and a range of other offices. Palm...
View ArticleHurricane Ian: Residents of flooded apartments near UCF wade in to salvage...
A day after floods caused by Hurricane Ian led to a rescue, Arden Villas residents waded through deep waters Friday to salvage belongings.
View ArticleHigh surf from king tides sends massive waves onshore
Rough surf combined with king tides resulted in the massive waves on Miami-Dade beaches on Friday. Fort Lauderdale waves were high too but not as menacing.
View ArticleBabies from hurricane-battered Lee County hospital relocated to South Florida
Premature and ill babies from Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida were relocated to South Florida children’s hospitals on Friday after Hurricane Ian left Lee County without potable water.
View ArticleHurricane Ian leaves more than 21 dead in Florida as rescuers search for...
In the midst of the devastation of what was once Hurricane Ian, rescuers desperately searched for survivors on Florida’s west coast Friday, and power began to be restored to many affected by the storm.
View ArticleBreakthrough Alzheimer’s drug offers hope as South Florida becomes a magnet...
Florida’s diverse elderly population is playing a key role in breakthrough Alzheimer’s research, contributing in a big way to the trials that led to the recent announcement of the first medicine to...
View ArticleFacing a dire forecast for Hurricane Ian, officials in Lee County delayed...
As Hurricane Ian charged toward the western coast of Florida this week, the warnings from forecasters were growing more urgent. But while officials along much of that coastline responded with orders to...
View Article‘What we love most, we were hurt by most’: As search and rescue under way in...
The days of grueling search and rescue efforts in Fort Myers Beach – one of the areas particularly ravaged by Hurricane Ian – have begun, and those whose homes, businesses, jobs and sense of safety...
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