Irma

A year after Hurricane >Irma rolled through South Florida, detectives are still trying to determine whether anyone should face criminal charges for not preventing a dozen nursing home residents from dying from sweltering heat ... ....

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Shady River Lane residents in various stages of repair, regrowth one year after Hurricane Irma

News Press 16 Sep 2018

Shady River Lane residents band together to rebuild after Irma ... ....

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From the Extension: Dying pines could be delayed effect of Hurricane Irma

Daily Commercial 15 Sep 2018

The UF/IFAS Extension Lake County Master Gardeners have been receiving a lot of phone calls about pine trees dying in the area. I contacted both a University of Florida forestry specialist and our county forester to see why trees might be dying. First, it is hard to tell what is damaging a tree unless an expert can inspect it or view good, diagnostic photos ... ....

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My father died in Puerto Rico between Irma and Maria-He died alone, without power, without ...

Democratic Underground 15 Sep 2018

My father died in Puerto Rico between Irma and ......

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Tens of thousands of Floridians still face insurance ‘nightmares’ after Hurricane Irma

Daytona Beach News-Journal 15 Sep 2018

As Hurricane >Irma barreled toward Florida last year, insurance companies knew they weren’t ready. Hurricane Harvey’s ruin had drawn most of the roving population of adjusters to chronicle the storm’s damage to Texas. Facing the prospect of sending inexperienced workers to count the toll of ripped-up roofs and moldy walls or sending no one at all, the companies pushed the state to relax hiring standards....

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South Carolina’s inmates are stuck in Hurricane Florence’s path. Here’s what happened to abandoned prisoners before

Quartz 15 Sep 2018

Hurricane Florence has already claimed five lives as of Friday evening ... Stirling’s decision comes in the wake of a nationwide prison strike catalyzed by a deadly riot and inhumane conditions in South Carolina’s prisons ... Hurricane >Irma ... The Miami Times reported that when Irma made landfall in September 2017, trapped guards said that prisoner’s cells were covered in urine, feces, and mold, while there was no power and little food ... .......

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Hilton Head beaches were damaged by Matthew and Irma. Will Florence do even more?

The Island Packet 14 Sep 2018

Hilton Head Island saw significant ......

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Irma's sheltering lessons: Go tens of miles, not hundreds

News Press 14 Sep 2018

Lee County says one lesson from Hurricane >Irma may be that people should plan closer destinations for hurricane safety, rather than fleeing the state ... ....

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Trump dismissal of Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico death toll condemned

Washington Blade 14 Sep 2018

20, 2017, and Hurricane >Irma, which brushed the U.S ... “The president’s statements questioning the number of people who died as a result of Hurricanes Irma and Maria are deplorable,” said Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, a staff attorney for Lambda Legal who is from Puerto Rico, told the Washington Blade on Thursday from the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan....

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Telling the stories of Puerto Rican victims of Maria

Artesia Daily Press 14 Sep 2018

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ramona Gonzalez did not drown when Hurricane Maria drenched Puerto Rico ... Trump cast doubt on the storm’s widely accepted death toll Thursday, tweeting that “3000 people did not die” when Maria hit after a near-miss by Hurricane >Irma in September, 2017 ... Medical oxygen ran out ... Puerto Rico was understocked in part because Hurricane Irma struck two weeks before Maria, battering the U.S ... 3 ... 20 ... ....

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Pelosi, Dems Slam Trump Over Hurricane Response

Roll Call 14 Sep 2018

The attitude from the Trump administration toward the territories still reeling from Hurricanes Irma and Maria is unacceptable, she said. “We have a moral obligation to do better,” she said. ... Pelosi on Trump’s Puerto Rico Comments ... A lesson learned from Hurricanes Maria and Irma should be that “the risk of life remain well after the wins and rains subside,” Plaskett said ... .......

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Photos: Martin Mason works tirelessly to get his farm back in Labelle after Irma

Naples Daily News 14 Sep 2018

On September 13, 2017, when hurricane Irma had her landfall in Florida, the wrath of her eye swept through Martin Mason's farm in Labelle, damaging his property and harvest. Leaving him and his property distraught ... ....

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4 percent of Keys population has left since Irma. Businesses can’t find enough workers

FLKeys News 14 Sep 2018

Islamorada resorts, restaurants and retailers that have rebuilt since Hurricane >Irma struck a year ago say they can’t find enough workers to fill their jobs ... by Hurricane Irma, but are either fully back in operation or partially in business....

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