Few mobile homes in Florida are storm-ready, despite code
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Only a fraction of mobile homes in Florida were strapped down with the kind of hardened braces meant to withstand fierce storms before Hurricane Irma hit the state, experts said, leaving more than a half-mil…
Eight killed, including gunman, in shooting at Texas home
DALLAS (Reuters) – A gunman killed seven people at a home in a Dallas suburb on Sunday evening before being shot dead by police called to the scene, authorities said.
Irma knocks out power to nearly four million in Florida: utilities
(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma knocked out power to nearly 4 million homes and businesses in Florida on Sunday, threatening millions more as it crept up the state’s west coast, and full restoration of service could take weeks, local electric utilities said…
Irma’s winds buckle three giant cranes in South Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – Cranes at three South Florida high rises under construction collapsed in the face of heavy winds as Hurricane Irma ripped through the area on Sunday, days after authorities warned about dangers to cranes from the approaching storm.
Irma knocks out power to over three million in Florida: utilities
(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and businesses in Florida on Sunday, threatening millions more as it crept up the state’s west coast, and full restoration of service could take weeks, local electric utilities s…
Weakening but still potent Irma aims full force at Florida’s Gulf Coast
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 millions of homes without power, while flooding streets and swaying sk…
Irma knocks out power to over 3 million in Florida: utilities
(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and businesses in Florida on Sunday, threatening millions more as it crept up the state’s west coast, and full restoration of service could take weeks, local electric utilities s…
Irma’s winds buckle two giant cranes in Miami
MIAMI (Reuters) – Cranes atop two downtown Miami high rises under construction collapsed in the face of 100-mph (160-kph) winds as Hurricane Irma ripped through the Florida city on Sunday, days after authorities warned about dangers that the approachin…
Irma knocks out power to over 2 million in Florida: utilities
(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma knocked out power to more than 2.4 million homes and businesses in Florida on Sunday, threatening millions more as it crept up the state’s west coast, and full restoration of service will take weeks, local electric utilities …
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.
