TAMPA, Fla. − Hurricane Milton howled across the Florida Panhandle on Thursday, tearing a path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic as it flooded neighborhoods, destroyed homes, tore the roof off a major sports venue and toppled a massive crane into an office building. In downtown Tampa early Thursday, fierce winds…
WASHINGTON – Another presidential election blown around by a hurricane. In terms of politics, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are hoping that recovery from Hurricane Helene will resemble the federal government’s response to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 – a fairly smooth process that did credit to the last Democratic-led White House in…
Aerial footage is capturing the extent of Hurricane Helene’s cataclysmic impact on Asheville, North Carolina. Across the Southeast, the storm has killed at least 200 people since its historic landfall along Florida’s Big Bend region Sept. 27. Almost 1 million homes and businesses are without power throughout the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia and Virginia while thousands remain…
Search and rescue efforts remain ongoing across Western North Carolina after communities were ravaged by floodwaters of Tropical Storm Helene. County emergency response officials have advised the public on ways to seek out loved ones. Buncombe County, Asheville City of Asheville and Buncombe County public officials have announced that they have been working on a…