Good Samaritans rescue 2 manatees as Irma sucks water from Florida bay
Two manatees were stranded after Hurricane Irma sucked water out of Sarasota Bay, in Florida's Manatee County.
Two manatees were stranded after Hurricane Irma sucked water out of Sarasota Bay, in Florida's Manatee County.
Irma recovery could require 11M meals, 24,000 tarps and more
With the arrival of what is potentially one of the most devastating storms to ever hit Florida, officials have set aside 3.2 million liters (0.85 million gallons) of water, filled 67 trailers with meals, and amassed 24,000 tarps.
With the arrival of what is potentially one of the most devastating storms to ever hit Florida, officials have set aside 3.2 million liters (0.85 million gallons) of water, filled 67 trailers with meals, and amassed 24,000 tarps.
'Pray for everybody': Irma begins its assault on Florida
MIAMI (AP) — A monster Hurricane Irma roared into Florida with 130 mph winds Sunday for what could be a sustained assault on nearly the entire Sunshine State, flooding streets, knocking out power to more than 1.8 million homes and businesses and snapping a construction crane over the Miami skyline.The nearly 400-mile-wide storm blew ashore in the morning in the mostly cleared-out Florida Keys and was expected to make a slow, ruinous march up the state's west coast, hitting the heavily populated Tampa-St.
MIAMI (AP) — A monster Hurricane Irma roared into Florida with 130 mph winds Sunday for what could be a sustained assault on nearly the entire Sunshine State, flooding streets, knocking out power to more than 1.8 million homes and businesses and snapping a construction crane over the Miami skyline.The nearly 400-mile-wide storm blew ashore in the morning in the mostly cleared-out Florida Keys and was expected to make a slow, ruinous march up the state's west coast, hitting the heavily populated Tampa-St.
Local teams head to Florida to help during IRMA and aftermath
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. -- The state of Florida is receiving assistance and help from volunteers all across the country, including from Western Washington.A team of volunteer firefighters, police officers and EMT’s from Pierce and King counties arrived in Georgia and will help however they can saving lives and preserving property as Irma hits Florida.
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. -- The state of Florida is receiving assistance and help from volunteers all across the country, including from Western Washington.A team of volunteer firefighters, police officers and EMT’s from Pierce and King counties arrived in Georgia and will help however they can saving lives and preserving property as Irma hits Florida.
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Despite warnings, some residents insist on riding out Irma at home
REDINGTON SHORES, Fla. — Carl Roberts has Chinese food, a case of water and a million-dollar view in his 17th floor Gulf front condo — all he needs, he says, to weather the massive storm coming straight at him.Authorities have beseeched more than 6 million people in Florida and Georgia to evacuate before Hurricane Irma's storm surge and fierce winds make it impossible to flee or be rescued.
REDINGTON SHORES, Fla. — Carl Roberts has Chinese food, a case of water and a million-dollar view in his 17th floor Gulf front condo — all he needs, he says, to weather the massive storm coming straight at him.Authorities have beseeched more than 6 million people in Florida and Georgia to evacuate before Hurricane Irma's storm surge and fierce winds make it impossible to flee or be rescued.
Hurricane Irma batters Cuba, sets sights on Florida
CAIBARIEN, Cuba (AP) — Irma collapsed buildings and battered Cuba with deafening winds and relentless rain Saturday, while a second hurricane, Jose, threatened to lash already-reeling islands elsewhere in the Caribbean.Across a swath of Cuba, utility poles were toppled, trees uprooted and roads blocked.
CAIBARIEN, Cuba (AP) — Irma collapsed buildings and battered Cuba with deafening winds and relentless rain Saturday, while a second hurricane, Jose, threatened to lash already-reeling islands elsewhere in the Caribbean.Across a swath of Cuba, utility poles were toppled, trees uprooted and roads blocked.
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Caribbean Sounders FC 2 head coach, player worry for loved ones after Hurricane Irma
SEATTLE – As Floridians prepare for the wrath of Irma, some people in our area are already dealing with its aftermath.
SEATTLE – As Floridians prepare for the wrath of Irma, some people in our area are already dealing with its aftermath.
Florida sheriff bans sex offenders from entering Irma shelters
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd posted on his official Twitter account Wednesday that deputies will be checking identification at the county's shelters.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd posted on his official Twitter account Wednesday that deputies will be checking identification at the county's shelters.
Powerful Hurricane Irma lashes Puerto Rico, leaves tiny Barbuda devastated
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Irma lashed Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds Wednesday night, leaving nearly 900,000 people without power as authorities struggled to get aid to small Caribbean islands already devastated by the historic storm.Florida rushed to prepare for a possible direct hit on the Miami area by the Category 5 storm with potentially catastrophic 185 mph winds.Nearly every building on the island of Barbuda was damaged when the eye of the storm passed almost directly overhead early Wednesday and about 60 percent of the island’s roughly 1,400 people were left homeless, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne told The Associated Press.“Either they were totally demolished or they would have lost their roof,” Browne said after returning to Antigua from a plane trip to the neighboring island. “It is just really a horrendous situation.”He said roads and telecommunications systems were destroyed and recovery will take months, if not years.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Irma lashed Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds Wednesday night, leaving nearly 900,000 people without power as authorities struggled to get aid to small Caribbean islands already devastated by the historic storm.Florida rushed to prepare for a possible direct hit on the Miami area by the Category 5 storm with potentially catastrophic 185 mph winds.Nearly every building on the island of Barbuda was damaged when the eye of the storm passed almost directly overhead early Wednesday and about 60 percent of the island’s roughly 1,400 people were left homeless, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne told The Associated Press.“Either they were totally demolished or they would have lost their roof,” Browne said after returning to Antigua from a plane trip to the neighboring island. “It is just really a horrendous situation.”He said roads and telecommunications systems were destroyed and recovery will take months, if not years.
Weather Service chief: Irma impossible to hype
National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini says Hurricane Irma is so record-breaking strong it's impossible to hype.
National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini says Hurricane Irma is so record-breaking strong it's impossible to hype.
Mayor: Houston 'open for business' despite Harvey disaster
Houston's mayor insists that America's fourth-largest city is "open for business," but with areas under water, people not yet in their homes, and billions in damage to repair, major disasters that Harvey created are by no means resolved.
Houston's mayor insists that America's fourth-largest city is "open for business," but with areas under water, people not yet in their homes, and billions in damage to repair, major disasters that Harvey created are by no means resolved.
Seattle Humane plans to take in 300 pets from Texas animal shelters
Seattle Humane is prepared to take in up to 200 cats and 100 dogs from animal rescue organizations in Texas following Hurricane Harvey.
Seattle Humane is prepared to take in up to 200 cats and 100 dogs from animal rescue organizations in Texas following Hurricane Harvey.
Pizza Hut workers deliver pies by kayak to Harvey victims
SUGAR LAND, Texas – Workers from a Houston-area Pizza Hut are using kayaks to navigate flooded streets and deliver food to people stranded by Harvey."When I heard there were families in need, I knew we had to act fast," Sugar Land Pizza Hut manager Shayda Habib said, according to KPRC.
SUGAR LAND, Texas – Workers from a Houston-area Pizza Hut are using kayaks to navigate flooded streets and deliver food to people stranded by Harvey."When I heard there were families in need, I knew we had to act fast," Sugar Land Pizza Hut manager Shayda Habib said, according to KPRC.
Floodwaters drop in Houston as Harvey takes a second swipe; death toll climbs to at least 31
HOUSTON (AP) — Harvey's floodwaters started dropping across much of the Houston area and the sun came out Wednesday in a glimmer of hope for the stricken city, even as the storm doubled back toward land and pounded communities farther east, near the Texas-Louisiana line.The scope of the devastation caused by the hurricane came into sharper focus, meanwhile, and the murky green floodwaters from the record-breaking, 4-foot deluge of rain began yielding up bodies as predicted.The confirmed death toll climbed to 31, including six family members — four of them children — whose bodies were pulled Wednesday from a van that had been swept off a Houston bridge into a bayou.
HOUSTON (AP) — Harvey's floodwaters started dropping across much of the Houston area and the sun came out Wednesday in a glimmer of hope for the stricken city, even as the storm doubled back toward land and pounded communities farther east, near the Texas-Louisiana line.The scope of the devastation caused by the hurricane came into sharper focus, meanwhile, and the murky green floodwaters from the record-breaking, 4-foot deluge of rain began yielding up bodies as predicted.The confirmed death toll climbed to 31, including six family members — four of them children — whose bodies were pulled Wednesday from a van that had been swept off a Houston bridge into a bayou.
Photo shows FEMA truck stuck in Harvey's floodwaters
HOUSTON -- A FEMA truck headed to help victims of Hurricane Harvey ended up getting stuck in the floodwaters.KDVR reporter Vicente Arenas captured a photo of the semi hauling a FEMA trailer surrounded by water in south Houston Wednesday morning.Arenas said people in the neighborhood thought the water would recede some by Wednesday, but it has not.
HOUSTON -- A FEMA truck headed to help victims of Hurricane Harvey ended up getting stuck in the floodwaters.KDVR reporter Vicente Arenas captured a photo of the semi hauling a FEMA trailer surrounded by water in south Houston Wednesday morning.Arenas said people in the neighborhood thought the water would recede some by Wednesday, but it has not.
Harvey makes landfall in Louisiana
The National Hurricane Center says Harvey is back on land after coming ashore early Wednesday just west of Cameron, Louisiana.
The National Hurricane Center says Harvey is back on land after coming ashore early Wednesday just west of Cameron, Louisiana.
Harvey rain in Texas is heaviest in U.S. history; flood defenses strained
HOUSTON (AP) — As the human toll and the strain on flood defenses mounted, the city of Houston moved Tuesday to open two and possibly three more mega-shelters, and the rain from Harvey officially became the heaviest tropical downpour in U.S. history.Louisiana's governor offered to take in Harvey victims from Texas, and televangelist Joel Osteen opened his Houston megachurch, a 16,000-seat former arena, after critics blasted him on social media for not acting to help families displaced by the storm.The city's largest shelter, the George R.
HOUSTON (AP) — As the human toll and the strain on flood defenses mounted, the city of Houston moved Tuesday to open two and possibly three more mega-shelters, and the rain from Harvey officially became the heaviest tropical downpour in U.S. history.Louisiana's governor offered to take in Harvey victims from Texas, and televangelist Joel Osteen opened his Houston megachurch, a 16,000-seat former arena, after critics blasted him on social media for not acting to help families displaced by the storm.The city's largest shelter, the George R.
Trump offers Texans in-person reassurances on storm recovery
Starting his visit to Texas in wind-whipped but sunny Corpus Christi, Donald Trump's motorcade passed broken trees, knocked-down signs and fences askew as it made its way to a firehouse for a briefing with local officials.
Starting his visit to Texas in wind-whipped but sunny Corpus Christi, Donald Trump's motorcade passed broken trees, knocked-down signs and fences askew as it made its way to a firehouse for a briefing with local officials.