Irma evacuees find full hotels but a warm welcome in Georgia
ATLANTA (Reuters) – As hundreds of thousands of Floridians flee Hurricane Irma, people in the state of Georgia have opened their homes to strangers who emerged from hours-long traffic jams to find hotels and campgrounds booked solid.
Irma aims full fury at Florida’s Gulf Coast, floods central Miami
FORT MYERS, Fla./MIAMI (Reuters) – A weakening but still potent Hurricane Irma lashed Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sunday with tree-bending winds, pounding rain and surging surf, leaving more than 2.6 million homes and businesses without power statewide whi…
Hurricane Irma threatens Florida’s bustling tourism industry
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma’s path of destruction up Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sunday threatens to disrupt a thriving state tourism industry worth more than $100 billion annually just months ahead of the busy winter travel season.
Trump on Hurricane Irma: ‘This is some big monster’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called Hurricane Irma “some big monster” as it battered the Florida coast, saying he wanted to go to the state very soon and praising emergency officials for their efforts to protect people.
Irma knocks out power to about 2 million in Florida, utilities say
(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma knocked out power to about 2 million homes and businesses in Florida on Sunday and threatened millions more as it crept up the state’s west coast, the state’s electric utilities said on Sunday, and full restoration of service…
Trump has ‘great concern’ about Irma, wants to travel there soon: Pence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has “great concern” about the dangers of Hurricane Irma as it batters the Florida coast and has told his team he wants to travel to the state as soon as practicable, his vice president said on Sunday.
Irma batters Florida with high winds, rising floodwaters
FORT MYERS/MIAMI (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma lost some strength as it pounded southern Florida on Sunday afternoon, but forecasts warned it would remain a powerful storm as it flooded Miami streets and knocked out power to about 2 million homes and busi…
On Hurricane Bay, a Florida fisherman tries to ride out the storm
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – As the winds started to roar in Hurricane Bay, P.J. Pike jumped from a high dock down to his fishing boat and began lashing ropes to the mast.
Trump has ‘great concern’ about Irma as storm bears down: Pence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has directed the full resources of the federal government to help Florida and other states hit by Hurricane Irma and has “great concern” about the storm as it batters the Florida coast, his vice presid…
Deadly Irma batters Florida with high winds, heavy rain
FORT MYERS/MIAMI (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma bore down on southern Florida on Sunday with 130 mile-per-hour (210 kph) winds, flooding Miami streets and knocking out power to more than 1.6 million homes and businesses.
