Tag: Florida

Trump appointed Bondi, a longtime Trump supporter, to the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to join Trump’s drug commission next week

Ariella Phillips · September 8, 2017 2:00 am

Over 7,000 inmates in both southern and central Florida will be evacuated by Friday. (iStock)

Florida clears out prisons in preparation for Hurricane Irma

Mandy Mayfield · September 8, 2017 12:07 am

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued a state of emergency on Wednesday (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

Trump approves emergency declaration for South Carolina after storm track shifts east

Mandy Mayfield · September 7, 2017 8:33 pm

"We have asked fuel companies to identify ships that are in route to our ports so we can arrange military escorts to get them here faster. To further expedite fuel delivery, I have directed state police to escort fuel trucks to gas stations along evacuation routes."(AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott orders military and state police to escort fuel trucks

Anna Giaritelli · September 7, 2017 5:01 pm

A decade-long lucky streak of decent weather that helped rescue one of Florida's biggest home insurers from collapse could come to a wet, violent end if predictions about Hurricane Irma prove true. (NASA/NOAA GOES Project via AP)

FEMA Administrator Brock Long: Hurricane Irma will be ‘truly devastating’

Melissa Quinn · September 7, 2017 2:54 pm

People in the Florida Keys leave town on Wednesday. Heavy rain and 185-mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's northeast coast Wednesday as Hurricane Irma roared through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)

Trump: Hurricane Irma is ‘raging,’ but FEMA is ‘already in place and ready to help’

Anna Giaritelli · September 7, 2017 12:50 pm

Rescue staff from the Municipal Emergency Management Agency investigate an empty flooded car during the passage of Hurricane Irma through the northeastern part of the island in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday. The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida later this week. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Miami Beach mayor: Irma is a ‘nuclear hurricane’

Daniel Chaitin · September 7, 2017 3:36 am

Irma is anticipated to make landfall in Florida later this week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump’s Florida properties, including Mar-a-Lago, could get hit by Irma

Diana Stancy Correll · September 7, 2017 12:22 am

The ships were originally headed to assist in relief operations in Texas after Hurricane Harvey, but will now stay off the east coast of Florida, awaiting orders. (Rob Ostermaier/The Daily Press via AP)

National Security

US military surging ships, personnel ahead of Hurricane Irma

Jamie McIntyre · September 6, 2017 6:17 pm

Hurricane Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade. (NOAA via AP)

Florida sheriff warns fugitives will be arrested if they visit Irma shelters

Sean Langille · September 6, 2017 6:14 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning Hurricane Irma could result in downed power lines, complicating the ability to pump water through drinking and wastewater systems, especially in Puerto Rico. (NASA via AP)

Energy and Environment

EPA warns Hurricane Irma could bust drinking and wastewater systems

Josh Siegel · September 6, 2017 2:52 pm

Florida residents carry sandbags in preparation for Hurricane Irma. President Trump said his federal officials are in Florida preparing for the hurricane. (Lara Cerri/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Trump: ‘No rest for the weary’ as officials prepare for Hurricane Irma in Florida

Anna Giaritelli · September 6, 2017 11:16 am