Tag: Florida
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Florida bracing for direct hit from monster storm
The Tampa Bay region is facing its second major hurricane in as many weeks after Helene brought widespread flooding to the region before making landfall along the Big Bend coast on Sept. 26. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said city workers were part of an “all-hands” deployment working to clear city streets and waterways of debris…
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Florida prepares for Hurricane Milton and X exposes users to eating disorder content: Morning Rundown
Hurricane Milton could be the worst storm the Tampa region has seen in a century. An IDF soldier says her warnings about Hamas went unheeded before Oct. 7. And ‘X’ users say eating disorder content flourished on the platform. Here’s what to know today. Florida’s residents prepare or evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall Florida…
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Storm forecast to hit Category 5 as Florida orders evacuations
Share Tampa Bay Buccaneers getting head start to New Orleans The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will take off for New Orleans on Tuesday, well in advance of their Week 6 contest against the host Saints, the NFL club announced. NFL teams generally travel to road games a day or two ahead of kickoff. But with Hurricane…
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Rick Scott places $10M in TV ads as the Florida Senate race enters homestretch
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republican Sen. Rick Scott is set to place roughly $10 million in new TV ads in the homestretch of a Florida Senate race where he is widely seen as the favorite but Democrats have continued to make noise. The Scott TV buy, first shared with NBC News, will focus mostly on the…
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The science behind how a Florida hurricane ravaged North Carolina
Two walnut trees, taller than 100 feet, fell a few dozen feet from Godfrey’s home. Another tree crunched a neighbor’s car. Communication systems have also fared worse than Godfrey expected. “We have no idea what’s going on out there,” Godfrey said in a phone interview during a visit to a weather station he manages at…
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Florida congressional candidate charged with threatening to kill primary opponent
The Justice Department on Friday revealed an indictment charging a Florida man for allegedly threatening to kill his political opponent in 2021. William Robert Bradock III, 41, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was charged with threatening two victims, one of whom the DOJ said was his primary opponent in the 2022 election for Florida’s 13th Congressional…
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Florida town of Steinhatchee hit with a one-two punch by hurricanes
STEINHATCHEE, Fla. — Residents returned to this coastal town Friday morning to find their beloved businesses flattened, homes swept away and roads flooded, a little more than a year after another hurricane devastated the village. Hurricane Helene roared ashore the day before with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, leaving residents in the community of…
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Storm set to intensify and cause ‘catastrophic’ damage across Florida
Share Florida’s Big Bend braces for major hurricane impact Patrick SmithPatrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital. The Big Bend Coast is set for “catastrophic” wind damage, flash flooding from heavy rain, tornadoes and lethal storm surges, the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee warned early today. Damaging winds would…
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As Helene bears down, insurance woes add to Florida homeowners’ anxiety
Florida resident Michelle Curtis spent much of Wednesday securing her beach house and preparing to transport her horses and dogs from her farm in Perry to a friend’s property several counties away. Hurricane Helene will be the third major storm to hit her region in 13 months, and Curtis and her husband are becoming experts…
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Tallahassee prepares for ‘historic event’ as Helene closes in on Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Residents of Florida’s capital prepared to evacuate their homes and stocked up on sandbags, food and supplies Wednesday as Hurricane Helene sped toward the Gulf Coast as what the city’s mayor said could be the “strongest hurricane in recorded history ever to hit” the Tallahassee area. Helene was forecast Wednesday evening to…