Sep 13 Watch 4:25 Americans in U.S. Virgin Islands feel forgotten in the wake of Irma By PBS News Hour Hurricane Irma hit the U.S. Virgin Islands as a category 5 storm days ago, but many residents who continue without electricity or running water complain they are being forgotten. Jordyn Holman of Bloomberg joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the recovery… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 2:57 Fate of older Floridians brings urgency to Irma recovery By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 3:14 Irma-ravaged Anguillians say they need more help from the UK By PBS News Hour The British government has been the target of criticism over its response to devastating Hurricane Irma on the Caribbean island of Anguilla, where residents say they need fuel, water, food and electricity. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News interviews British… Continue watching
Sep 13 Harvey losses could top $11 billion, FEMA official says By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press That would likely put Harvey as the second costliest storm in the history of the federal insurance program, said Roy E. Wright, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's deputy associate administrator for insurance and mitigation. Continue reading
Sep 13 Tortola island in the Caribbean ‘like a war zone,’ says hurricane survivor By Larisa Epatko JoeAnne Harrigan, 50, huddled with nine members of her family in the stairwell of her mother’s home when Hurricane Irma smacked Tortola island in the Caribbean on Wednesday. For more than three hours, they took turns holding the door shut… Continue reading
Sep 13 Where Florida counties sheltered sex offenders during Irma By Elizabeth Flock Florida has a disproportionately high population of sex offenders. During Irma, some counties offered them shelter in jail. Other sex offenders were out of luck. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Is the island of Anguilla getting the Irma aid it needs? By PBS News Hour When Hurricane Irma shattered islands across the Caribbean, one of the hardest hit was Anguilla, where residents in need of food, water, fuel and electricity received the first major delivery of aid from Britain six days after the storm hit. Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Florida begins recovery but restoring power poses big challenge By PBS News Hour Evacuees across Florida are making their way back home after Hurricane Irma but many must confront the hard work of recovery. Nearly every house in the Keys was impacted and the Jacksonville area remains under water and without power. John… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 16:02 Irma floods out Florida, knocks out power for millions By PBS News Hour Hurricane Irma weakened to a tropical storm on Monday, but it left areas of Florida inundated and without power. P.J. Tobia begins our coverage in Orlando, then Judy Woodruff talks to Naples Mayor Bill Barnett and Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 3:01 Paradise obliterated by Irma in the British Virgin Islands By PBS News Hour Across the islands of the Caribbean, officials are struggling to get aid to residents after the deadly devastation of what was Hurricane Irma. Penny Marshall of Independent Television News reports from the British Virgin Islands, where British Royal Marines have… Continue watching