Over 1.4 million in Florida lose power from Irma, utility says
(Reuters) – More than 1.4 million homes and businesses in south Florida were without power from Hurricane Irma on Sunday, the state’s largest utility said, and repairs to its system will take weeks, threatening to leave millions in the dark.
Irma cuts power to 1 million in Florida, threatens catastrophic flooding
FORT MYERS/MIAMI (Reuters) – Packing 130-mph (210-kph) winds, Hurricane Irma knocked out electricity to more than 1 million Florida homes and businesses on Sunday as it headed towards the state’s Gulf Coast, threatening potentially catastrophic floodin…
Florida governor requests major disaster declaration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott said on Sunday he has requested a major disaster declaration from President Donald Trump and warned that devastating storm surges will hit the western coast of Florida as Hurricane Irma churns northwar…
Taking charge in U.S. flood zone, a rescuer inflates his record
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Phil Drager commanded a fleet of rescue boats, closed a highway, and flagged down a helicopter when he led efforts to rescue flood victims in Texas as waters rose after Hurricane Harvey, citing as his credentials a record in U.S. mi…
‘She can barely walk’: Florida’s elderly complicate hurricane response
ESTERO, Fla (Reuters) – Sheryl Estes lay in a foldable lounge chair, wrapped in blankets and surrounded by a sea of mattresses, storm refugees and their dogs. Her husband, Rick, squeezed in beside her, between an animal crate and a trash can.
Irma knocks out power to over 1.3 million customers in Florida
(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma knocked out power to over 1.3 million homes and businesses in south Florida on Sunday and threatened to leave millions more in the dark as it marched up the state’s west coast through the rest of the day.
More than 1 million without power as Irma bears down on Florida
MIAMI/FORT MYERS, Fla (Reuters) – Packing 130-mph (210-kph) winds, Hurricane Irma knocked out electricity to more than 1 million Florida homes and businesses on Sunday and threatened the state’s Gulf Coast with potentially catastrophic flooding.
Brace for impact: Packing 130 mph winds, Irma poised to hit Florida
FORT MYERS, Fla (Reuters) – Millions of people huddled in shelters or in battened-down homes in Florida on Sunday morning as Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, prepared to make landfall with 130-mph (210 kph)…
Hurricane Irma roars into Florida Keys, brings deadly storm surge
FORT MYERS, Fla (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma’s northern edge crashed into the Florida Keys on Sunday, bringing a double barrel threat of destructive winds and life-threatening storm surges that sparked one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history.
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…
