Sep 10 Florida Gov. Rick Scott gives updates on Hurricane Irma By Corinne Segal, Michael D. Regan Florida Gov. Rick Scott said that state officials were "doing all we can" to prepare for damage from Hurricane Irma. Continue reading
Sep 10 Trump receives ‘comprehensive update’ on Hurricane Irma By Associated Press President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and several Cabinet members have participated in the briefing from Camp David. Continue reading
Sep 10 AP Exclusive: Toxic sites in likely path of Irma By Michael Biesecker and Jason Dearen, Associated Press The Associated Press surveyed six of the 54 Superfund sites in Florida before Irma's arrival, all around Miami in low-lying, flood-prone areas. Continue reading
Sep 10 Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida Keys By Michael D. Regan Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key in southern Florida early Sunday morning, bringing Category 4 winds that reached 130 miles per hour. Continue reading
Sep 09 WATCH: Florida Gov. Rick Scott warns of ‘life-threatening’ storm, urging evacuation By Michael D. Regan and Corinne Segal Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Saturday evening that South Florida was already experiencing tropical storm force winds as the Category 3 hurricane moved toward Florida's west coast. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 8:00 Tampa region readies for first major hurricane in 96 years By PBS News Hour It has been nearly a century since a major hurricane struck the Tampa Bay-St. Petersburg area, Florida’s second-most populous region with a population of 2.5 million. But on Saturday, as Hurricane Irma moved toward the state, preparations were in full… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 2:56 Floridians urged to flee Irma’s ‘catastrophic’ path By PBS News Hour Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Saturday asked another 700,000 residents to leave their homes before Hurricane Irma makes landfall, bringing the total number of people living in evacuation zones to more than 6.3 million. Scott said storm surges could reach… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 5:21 From Texas to Florida, toxic sites risk flooding By PBS News Hour The Environmental Protection Agency said last month that in Texas, 13 of the state's 41 Superfund sites -- the nation’s most toxic industrial waste sites -- had been flooded by Hurricane Harvey after the Associated Press reported about them on… Continue watching
Sep 09 WATCH: Florida Gov. Rick Scott gives update on Hurricane Irma By Michael D. Regan and Corinne Segal "If you have been ordered to evacuate anywhere in the state, you need to leave right now. Not tonight, not in an hour, now," said Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Florida exhorts residents to prepare and evacuate for destructive Hurricane Irma By PBS News Hour Hurricane Irma is en route to Florida after battering islands across the Caribbean, and many areas across central and south Florida are already under mandatory evacuation. P.J. Tobia reports on how Floridians are preparing for the storm, then John Yang… Continue watching