See areas around Fort Myers and Florida’s southwest coast that experienced dangerous storm surges and extensive flooding.
With the three-mile bridge destroyed, the 12-mile barrier island can only be reached by boat or helicopter, making rescues difficult.
With the three-mile bridge destroyed, the 12-mile barrier island can only be reached by boat or helicopter, making rescues difficult.
There is no official estimate of the number of people killed by Hurricane Ian in Lee County or across Florida.
There is no official estimate of the number of people killed by Hurricane Ian in Lee County or across Florida.
In a third of the 78 cities examined on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, half or more of hospitals were at risk from a Category 2 storm, the researchers said.
Weakened but still dangerous, the storm is expected to regain hurricane strength before making landfall on Friday.
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Ian has already brought a foot of rain to some parts of the state and storm surge of as much as 12 feet in some areas.
Officials warned residents to be patient as emergency responders waited for conditions to improve to resume rescue and other efforts.
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Communities like Cape Coral and Fort Myers, south of Tampa Bay, suddenly found themselves at the center of the hurricane.
A huge stretch of coastline from Naples to Sarasota appeared severely affected by lapping brown waves that drowned streets, homes and cars as frightened residents sought refuge.
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High winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Ian pounded southwestern Florida. The Category 4 storm was one of the most powerful to impact the United States in decades.
Just two Category 5 hurricanes have hit the United States in the last 30 years, both in Florida.
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Nick Underwood said Wednesday’s flight was the roughest of his career.
Nick Underwood said Wednesday’s flight was the roughest of his career.
The orders are concentrated along Florida’s Gulf Coast. On Wednesday, some were replaced with requests to shelter in place.
Improper use of portable generators carries several risks, including carbon monoxide poisoning.
The exact size of the protest, which began on Monday, was not immediately clear. But advocates say thousands of inmates would forgo their usual jobs as cooks and cleaners.
A storm surge usually builds over many hours as the eye of hurricane approaches the coast.
The meteorologists expect to live in the office this week, pausing only to grab a few hours’ sleep on air mattresses.
In deciding not to evacuate, they weighed the threat of destruction against that of trouble leaving on clogged highways.
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The storm brought flooding to the islands, and forecasters warned that the effects could worsen.
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The storm could bring a level of destruction that many in the densely populated Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida regions have never experienced.
In a career that spanned four decades, he played on thousands of sessions and accompanied many of the biggest names in country music.
About 50 K-12 school districts announced that they would close, along with about 30 colleges and universities.
Planes were being moved, runways closed and flights canceled as airports prepared for the storm.
In October 1921, a hurricane that slammed into southwest Florida killed at least eight people, causing widespread destruction and flooding parts of downtown Tampa.
The orders are concentrated along Central Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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The authorities urged residents to begin evacuating some low-lying areas of the Gulf Coast. A troubling combination of dangerous storm surges, flooding and powerful winds is predicted for the coming days.
Officials urged residents to prepare for serious storm surge and to evacuate low-lying areas as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida.
Storms that intensify quickly and unpredictably present a big problem for public safety officials, who have less time to assess threats.
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Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital’s patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program.
Mr. LePage, a former governor who is seeking to reclaim the office, has along with his wife benefited from property tax breaks reserved for permanent Florida residents, public records show.
A map showing the storm’s path as it moves across Florida.
Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, issued an evacuation order for low-lying areas. Cuba was also preparing for life-threatening storm surge and evacuations in some western provinces.
New voting equipment will be installed in Coffee County, where allies of former President Donald J. Trump copied software and other data after the 2020 election.
Forecasters said the storm was expected to bring three to 10 inches of rain to the Canary Islands.
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Prison officials tried to insert an I.V. line for Alan Eugene Miller’s execution, but had to halt before his death warrant expired at midnight. The state said the execution would be rescheduled.
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Millions earmarked for the needy in the nation’s poorest state instead went to projects that benefited the well-to-do, the state alleges, including a volleyball stadium at Mr. Favre’s alma mater.
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The West Virginia Democrat is trying to attach an oil and gas permitting measure to must-pass spending legislation.
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The footage raises new questions about efforts by Trump affiliates in a number of swing states to gain access to and copy sensitive voting software after the 2020 election.
The sheriff of Bexar County, Texas, said it was clear that many of the 48 migrants flown to Massachusetts had been misled and lured away to score political points.
Physicians suffer one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. Dr. Kimberly Becher, one of two family practitioners in Clay County, West Virginia, learned the hard way.
The former president finds himself without the power of the presidency, staring at a host of prosecutors and lawyers who have him and his associates in their sights.
Lever Alejos, who was delivered to the nation’s capital courtesy of Gov. Greg Abbott, has found plenty of work. ‘I feel fortunate the governor put me on a bus to Washington.’
The state’s Department of Education issued guidelines that would require students to file legal documents to be called by different pronouns.
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The flights, arranged by Florida’s Republican governor, underscored how easily the fate of immigrants can be swept up in politics.
Stacey Abrams is making a campaign stop in largely white Forsyth County. A G.O.P.-branded flier urged residents to “protect our neighborhoods” in a rally that was later canceled.
Health authorities issued the boil-water notice in late July, when testing showed the water supply might be unsafe, and heavy rains in August caused the largest treatment plant in the system to fail.
Julia Wolfe’s “Her Story,” a commemoration with an eye toward the future, premieres in the state where the 19th Amendment achieved ratification.
Across Appalachia, scientists and foresters are trying to reintroduce a hybrid version, helping to revive damaged land while also bringing back a beloved tree.
The Republican governors of Florida and Texas sent roughly 150 migrants to Washington, D.C., and Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts to protest the high number of arrivals at the southern border.
The Justice Department is planning to appeal, but the decision is likely to significantly delay its investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of government records.
The Justice Department is planning to appeal, but the decision is likely to significantly delay its investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of government records.
The company, an affiliate of Formosa Plastics, said it intended to move forward with the $9.4 billion complex in St. James Parish despite the ruling.
The Asian American Power Network will focus on engaging Asian American voters on progressive issues and candidates in seven battleground states.
El lugar de veraneo de los acaudalados y poderosos se convirtió en un improbable escenario en la lucha contra la inmigración ilegal.
Decisions to bus migrants to the vice president’s residence and to fly others to Martha’s Vineyard were the latest attempts to provoke outrage over record arrivals at the border.
A tactic by Southern governors to shift the problems of border crossings onto Northern states escalated this week.
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An effort by Senator Lindsey Graham to mend a rift in his party seems to have backfired.
The moneyed summer resort became an unlikely arena in the fight over illegal immigration. Republican states have bused thousands of migrants to New York and Washington.
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Two men were arrested and charged for stealing 24 vehicles from a Broward County, Fla., dealership that had employed them, and then selling them to various people and wholesalers.
A compromise built into the law ensures oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico for the next decade. Activists say the region has been “sacrificed” to fossil fuels.
The bill, which has some exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, will go into effect immediately if the governor signs it.
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Legislators failed to advance a total ban on abortion, instead adding more restrictions to an existing law. The G.O.P. split over exceptions for rape and incest.
The city, which had a record number of homicides last year, was already reeling from the abduction and killing of a young woman when a gunman shot seven people, four of them fatally.
The city, which had a record number of homicides last year, was already reeling from the abduction and killing of a young woman when a gunman shot seven people, four of them fatally.
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The police arrested a 19-year-old who they said had carried out a string of shootings. Residents had been urged to stay indoors during the search.
The authorities employed genetic genealogy to solve a mystery: A 19-year-old “free spirit” traveling the country was killed by a truck driver, who left her body on an interstate in Georgia.
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Brigham Young University has asked people who were at the Aug. 26 game for help finding the person who yelled slurs at a Black player for Duke University.
After a week with no water service, city officials are hopeful that they will soon be able to lift a boil-water order as well.
He rose in local politics in the 1960s and ’70s by nurturing crosscultural connections, even as many other Southern leaders of his era exploited racial division.
An estimated 12 inches of rain fell in Chattooga and Floyd Counties, where the governor declared a state of emergency. A flood watch was discontinued Monday evening.
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More than 150,000 people are without safe and reliable drinking water in the state capital.
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Two petitions sought to block Barnes & Noble and independent booksellers from selling “Gender Queer” and “A Court of Mist and Fury” to minors in Virginia because of the books’ sexual content.
John Eastman, who developed strategies to block certification of the 2020 election, appeared before a grand jury in Atlanta on Wednesday and invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
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The Rev. Michael Jennings, a pastor of 31 years, had been watering petunias and hydrangeas when a neighbor called the police to report suspicious activity, his lawyer said.
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