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The death toll for hurricane Ian is now over 100. Some residents have now created a memorial for victims.

Many are having issues securing aid from FEMA, a state lawmaker said.

The decision to remove the more than 400-foot ride was directly linked to the death of 14-year-old Tyre Sampson last March, the owner said in a statement.

The SpaceX Dragon capsule Endurance arrived at the space station today (Oct. 6), ending a 29-hour orbital chase.

Calvin Bautista, 36, is accused of bringing the hidden snakes on a bus that crossed into northern New York in 2018.

University of Florida announced a search committee has unanimously recommended Nebraska GOP Sen. Ben Sasse as the lone finalist for the job.

Florida officials have warned people to be wary of fake charity funds spread through social media.

Eleven people working for one of the nation's leading turkey producers have been charged with animal cruelty in Pennsylvania after state police said they were caught on video kicking, stomping and beating turkeys at several farms.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan charges that the move last month by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts was a “publicity stunt”

“I assure you that we are officially out of the bonfire business,” a local sheriff said in a statement.

Sunny Hostin said Thursday during "The View" that it was about "cruelty" for Gov. Ron DeSantis and argued that he's smart and "knows CRT is not real."

The day Hurricane Ian hit Florida, Tom Cummiskey, 87, had evacuated his Fort Myers trailer and was driving about 35 miles east from the coast, fielding calls on his flip phone from friends and family urging him to get off the road.

After Ian dumped record levels of rain across Florida, rivers flooded, leaving thousands stranded on newly created islands.

President Joe Biden’s conversation with a Florida mayor was caught on a hot mic Wednesday. Biden was in Florida to survey Hurricane Ian damage and just held a news conference with Florida Gov. “You were raised the same way I was,” Biden told the mayor. On Wednesday, Biden surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida, promising to marshal the power of the federal government to help rebuild. “Today we have one job and only one job, and that’s to make sure the people in Florida get everything they need to fully, thoroughly recover,” Biden said.

Hundreds of thousands of people in southwest Florida still don't have electricity or water. But Babcock Ranch, north of Fort Myers, was designed and built to withstand the most powerful storms.

After meeting residents and business owners devastated by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Fla., Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Biden, discussed how local, state and federal agencies can work together to help those affected by the storm.

Hours before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that emergency road and bridge repairs to Pine Island had been completed ahead of schedule on Wednesday, cheers and a little laughter greeted some of the first motorists to cross a temporary bridge built to restore access by land to the island, which took much of the brunt from Hurricane Ian.

President Joe Biden traveled to Fort Myers, Florida on Wednesday to address the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

SpaceX's Crew-5 mission for NASA launched toward the International Space Station on Oct. 5, 2022. See photos of the liftoff and the mission here.

Hurricane Ian churned the water of the Gulf of Mexico, and current technology let’s us see the changes from high in the sky. The hurricane was ranked as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, with estimated sustained winds of 155 mph. Image of Gulf of Mexico on September 22, 2022, before Hurricane Ian. Close up of southwest Florida and adjacent Gulf of Mexico waters on October 4, 2022Surface water temperatures have also changed a lot since before Hurricane Ian. We meteorologists have found if a second hurricane followed in the footsteps right after a hurricane like Ian, the colder water would help to weaken the second hurricane.

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The family of five’s car was shot at more than a dozen times, police said.

It’s a weirdly common crime—and, commonly, a weird one.

Many residents still lack food, running water and electricity in the storm's aftermath.

The full breadth of Hurricane Ian's destruction is still coming into focus a week after it hit southwest Florida.

Republican-led states' battle against ESG is effective political theater, but legally and practically, it's not likely to be a winner.

The mission is SpaceX's fifth operational crew launch for NASA to date, and the company's eighth human spaceflight in just over two years.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released new helicopter video of a deadly crash involving three teens who stole a Maserati before speeding from deputies at over 100 mph.

Pete Buttigieg gave a perfect response after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made a bonkers complaint against him.

Shipping asylum seekers north may garner headlines for the Republican governors of Florida and Texas, but such political stunts rest on a vast misunderstanding of immigration’s true costs and benefits.

The president plans to meet with residents and business owners in Fort Myers and will thank government officials providing emergency aid.

A Florida-based hedge fund made Twitter one of its top holdings in the second quarter, when the stock was trading well below Elon Musk's offer price.

An iconic landmark since 1884, the Sanibel Island lighthouse is still standing even after Ian’s wrath — sort of.

When Hurricane Ian made its ferocious tear through southwest Florida last week, it destroyed the dream home turned local monument.

The devastation from Hurricane Ian has left schools shuttered indefinitely in parts of Florida, leaving storm-weary families anxious for word on when and how children can get back to classrooms.

A Florida woman allegedly stabbed her sister to death in their Orlando home after reportedly finding out she flirted with her boyfriend.

About 400,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity Tuesday in Florida and it will be the weekend before most power is restored.

A menagerie of parrots has been rescued from a Pine Island bird sanctuary after its owners refused to evacuate without them in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

The new SES satellites are part of a push by the FCC to free up the airwaves for 5G mobile networks.

A Florida sheriff's deputy was shot and killed by friendly fire when a suspect allegedly pointed a BB gun at officers attempting to arrest her.

Gov. Ron DeSantis will meet President Biden in-person to debrief on recovery efforts following Hurricane Ian on Wednesday. They haven't met since they argued over immigration.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis offered resources including gasoline to help The Jack Brewer Foundation assist storm-ravaged Florida residents over the weekend.

With more climate extremes on the horizon, how much will the issue of climate change affect votes in upcoming elections?

A shelter run by the Humane Society Naples is flying cats and dogs out of state to make room for a wave of new arrivals from families whose homes were destroyed and are now unable to care for a pet.

These Floridians dedicated years to building their dream homes in Port Charlotte and Key West. Now, one family's roof was ripped off "like a zipper" as another is "starting from zero."

About 431,000 homes and businesses in Florida were still without power Tuesday morning.

Florida’s dysfunctional home insurance industry is making it harder for its residents to adjust and respond to more extreme weather.

About 440,000 homes and businesses in Florida were still without electricity early Tuesday as search and rescue efforts were still ongoing.

A destroyed Sanibel Causeway, eroded beaches and piled up boats are just some of the scenes of devastation that were captured.

Hurricane Ian may be long gone from Florida, but the job of restoring power and searching for anyone still inside flooded or damaged homes presses on.

As California’s drought deepens, more rural communities are running out of water as heavy pumping depletes groundwater that isn't being replenished by rain and snow. More than 1,200 wells have run dry this year statewide. (Oct. 4) (AP Video by Terry Chea)

As the system that was once Hurricane Ian moved out to sea on Oct. 3, it caused problems one last time, with wind and coastal flooding in parts of New Jersey.

Laura Ingraham discusses how Democrats are trying to vilify DeSantis for the disaster in Florida after they have created their own man-made disasters on "The Ingraham Angle."

Sean Hannity spoke with Ron DeSantis about recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian and VP Harris's comments suggesting hurricane relief should take 'equity' into account.

Sean Hannity discusses how severe the damage in Florida is and how Kamala Harris's response to "equitable" Hurricane aid on "Hannity."

A Delaware judge says cigarette manufacturer ITG Brands assumed liability for tobacco settlement payments to the state of Florida when it acquired four brands from Reynolds American in 2015.

The local sheriff is speaking straight to the smallest of students -- elementary schoolers.

Days after Hurricane Ian carved a path of destruction from Florida to the Carolinas, the dangers persisted, and even worsened in some places.

A Metro Detroit company is lending a helping hand to victims of Hurricane Ian down in Florida.

U.S. officials say they are vowing to unleash a massive amount of federal aid in response to Hurricane Ian as the death toll rises amid recovery efforts.

Hurricane Ian ravaged coastal towns in southwest Florida.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has whipsawed his way through the national conversation this month, first by putting migrants on planes or buses to Democratic strongholds and then shifting to a more traditional role of crisis manager as Hurricane Ian barreled into his state.

While floods caused by storm surge are receding, residents are still picking up pieces and beginning the rebuilding process.

Hurricane Ian was over southwest Florida for just a few hours.

Ian’s fierce winds howled through a Gulf coast trailer park with such force that residents felt they would be lifted off the ground, even blown away.

A revived Hurricane Ian has pounded coastal South Carolina after causing catastrophic damage in Florida.

Cars are left abandoned where they stalled on the road into Fort Myers Beach when Hurricane Ian's storm surge flooded their engines and their drivers couldn’t continue.

A Metro Detroit man with a home he’s selling in Fort Myers, Florida watched through a doorbell camera as Hurricane Ian moved through the area.

Hotels, restaurants and other businesses along Florida's southwest coast face a long rebuilding process after Hurricane Ian.

President Joe Biden says the entire United States "hurts" along with the people of Florida after Hurricane Ian flooded communities across the state, knocked out power and raised fear of a "substantial loss of life.”.

The National Hurricane Center said Ian could return at or near hurricane strength on Friday when it enters the Atlantic Ocean toward South Carolina and North Carolina.

As we got closer to Sarasota Bay, everything changed.

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Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as a major hurricane, with more than 2.5 million under evacuation orders.

Hundreds of hospital patients were being evacuated from facilities across the Fort Myers region Thursday after damage from Hurricane Ian cut off water supplies.

Orlando’s training camp schedule is no match for Hurricane Ian.

The people of Florida will need help over the coming days, weeks and possibly months amid significant damage and hazards caused by Hurricane Ian.

I’m writing this blog in a dark hallway on the fourth floor of a building in Venice Florida. My photographer, Norm, and I just came inside to catch our breath after standing outside in 110-120 mph winds.

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as a major hurricane, with more than 2.5 million under evacuation orders.

Hurricanes -- like the storm currently making landfall in Florida -- are one of several types of tropical cyclones that occur in oceans and coastal regions.

Hurricane Ian is currently hitting the Gulf Coast of Florida after strengthening to a Category 4 storm before making landfall, possibly near Port Charlotte.

Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall in Florida today as a major hurricane, with more than 2.5 million under evacuation orders.

There are many ways to categorize a hurricane. The storm’s central pressure is one way. The height of its storm surge is another. How much rain it drops is another. And, of course, the strength of its wind is another. But what causes a hurricane to strengthen or weaken? The answer is simple enough, but multifaceted.

Here’s a look at how tourists can best cope in terms of air travel, evacuation shelters and park closures.

Hurricane Ian is on track to hit Florida just shy of a Category 5 storm on Wednesday.

So, what’s a meteorologist from Detroit doing tracking a hurricane in Florida?

Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamped southwest Florida, flooding streets and buildings, knocking out power to 2 million people and threatening catastrophic damage further inland.

Hurricane Ian is getting stronger while also shifting its course as it heads toward Tampa.

A 2009 planning exercise dubbed Project Phoenix eerily anticipated the potential damage the Tampa Bay area is facing from Hurricane Ian.

More than 2.5 million are under evacuation orders in Central Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian, which is expecting to make landfall on the west coast of the state on Wednesday evening.

NASA's moon rocket is safely back inside its hangar as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida, its launch now unlikely before mid-November.

The House Jan. 6 committee has postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday as a hurricane hurtles toward the Florida coast.

Ian is expected to make landfall on Florida’s west coast around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, possibly as a Category 4 hurricane.

Hurricane Ian is on track to hit Florida as a Category 4 storm on Wednesday.

One of the most defining factors of a hurricane’s severity is the strength and speed of the wind it produces.

We’re tracking live updates on Hurricane Ian as it moves towards Florida this week. Here’s information on closures and emergency information.

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We’re tracking live updates on Hurricane Ian as it moves towards Florida this week. Here’s how to find your evacuation zone, as counties begin to issue orders.

We’re tracking live updates on Hurricane Ian as it moves towards Florida this week. Here’s how to find your evacuation zone, as counties begin to issue orders.

Hurricane Ian is on track to hit Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday.