Tag: Florida

President Trump said he will travel to Florida on Thursday to tour areas devastated by Hurricane Irma and meet with the Coast Guard, FEMA, and first responders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to meet with FEMA, Coast Guard, first responders during Florida trip

Anna Giaritelli · September 13, 2017 11:55 am

The entrance to the Magic Kingdom at Disney World is empty as the theme park was closed because of Hurricane Irma, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. Other tourists attractions including Universal Studios and Sea World were also closed and planned to reopen Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Disney donates $2.5 million to recovery organizations aiding those affected by Hurricane Irma

Mandy Mayfield · September 13, 2017 4:21 am

Celebrities also fielded phone calls from those making pledges to assist those affected by the hurricanes. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)

Beyonce talks climate change at benefit concert: ‘We have to be prepared for what comes next’

Diana Stancy Correll · September 13, 2017 2:36 am

"MY HOUSE IS GONE," Yiannopoulos wrote, along with a still from a video of the hurricane's ferocious winds tearing the roof off a structure. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Newspaper contests Milo Yiannopoulos’ claim Hurricane Irma demolished his Miami home

Naomi Lim · September 12, 2017 8:51 pm

Mrs. Trump accompanied her husband on trips to Texas and Louisiana earlier this month after Hurricane Harvey passed through the Gulf region. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

First lady Melania Trump will accompany her husband to Florida on Thursday

Anna Giaritelli · September 12, 2017 7:12 pm

The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center on Monday shows Hurricane Jose, a Category 2 storm, making a clockwise loop in the Atlantic before heading northwest in the direction of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. (Screen shot, courtesy of the National Hurricane Center)

Hurricane Jose threatens the US

Daniel Chaitin · September 11, 2017 10:55 pm

"I will tell you that we continue to take seriously the climate change, not the cause of it, but the things that we observe," Homeland Security adviser says. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

White House takes climate change ‘seriously’ with hurricanes

John Siciliano · September 11, 2017 7:54 pm

White House: Florida Keys residents may not be able to return for weeks

Melissa Quinn · September 11, 2017 7:29 pm

The entrance to the Magic Kingdom at Disney World.

Walt Disney World dodges Irma direct hit, hopes to reopen Tuesday

Sean Langille · September 11, 2017 7:07 pm

Donald Trump Jr. fired back at liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, who questioned whether President Trump's Florida resort opened as a shelter when Hurricane Irma hit the state. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Donald Trump Jr. fires back at Michael Moore for asking if Mar-a-Lago opened as shelter during Hurricane Irma

Caitlin Yilek · September 11, 2017 1:48 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said that more than 5.7 million Florida residences and businesses are without power after Hurricane Irma's tore through the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott: 5.7 million Floridians without power

Anna Giaritelli · September 11, 2017 12:02 pm

The extent of the rain from Irma stretches from across the state, east to west, from tip to top, according to radar imagery from the National Weather Service. Only the far western portions of the panhandle appeared to be without rain. (National Weather Service radar mosaic)

Florida consumed by rainfall from Hurricane Irma

Daniel Chaitin · September 10, 2017 10:30 pm