Nancy Hatch Dupree ‘Grandmother of Afghanistan’ dies in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Nancy Hatch Dupree, a historian from the United States who helped set up the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University, has died in the country whose culture she worked for more than five decades to preserve, the university said on Sunda…
Irma strengthens as it nears Florida with deadly storm surges
FORT MYERS, Fla (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma gained strength as it was set to make landfall in Florida on Sunday with a double barrel threat of destructive winds and life-threatening storm surges, prompting one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history….
Hurricane Irma nears Florida with devastating winds, storm surges
FORT MYERS, Fla (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma was set to make landfall in Florida on Sunday with devastating winds and life-threatening storm surges, prompting one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history, after a destructive march up Cuba’s northern c…
Hurricane Irma nearing Florida with catastrophic winds, deadly storm surges
FORT MYERS, Fla (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma was set to make landfall in Florida on Sunday with devastating winds and life-threatening storm surges, prompting one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history, after a destructive march up Cuba’s northern c…
Winds whip Florida Keys as Hurricane Irma turns sights northward
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma turned its fury toward the Florida Keys on Saturday after setting off one of the largest evacuations of Americans from a storm and completing a destructive march along Cuba’s northern coast.
Trump calls for a tax reform ‘speed-up’ in light of Hurricane Irma
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will ask the Republican-controlled Congress to further speed up its efforts to overhaul the U.S. tax code, citing the potential impact of Hurricane Irma as a reason to hasten r…
To flee or stay? Irma’s shifting path forces some to reconsider
MIAMI/TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Walter Hodgdon scrapped plans to ride out Hurricane Irma on Saturday when shifting forecast models suddenly put his home on a barrier island on Florida’s Gulf Coast directly in its path.
Hurricane alters Disney World plans, but only slightly
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida (Reuters) – Not even a hurricane could keep tourists from the happiest place on Earth on Saturday.
Floridians scramble for safety as Irma closes in
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma turned its fury toward the Florida Keys on Saturday as it completed a destructive march along Cuba’s northern coast and set off an 11th hour scramble for safety by Americans who may have ignored earlier warni…
Houston residents confront officials over decision to flood neighborhoods
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Angry Houston residents shouted at city officials on Saturday over decisions to intentionally flood certain neighborhoods during Hurricane Harvey, as they returned to homes that may have been contaminated by overflowing sewers.
