Sanibel Residents Return After Hurricane
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Permanent residents returned to Sanibel Island on Wednesday for the first time since it was evacuated before Hurricane Charley struck last weekend...
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As Hurricane Ivan tore across the Gulf of Mexico towards them, the inhabitants of America&#39;s most notoriously hedonistic town did one of two things.
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Manhattan - The hurricane that struck the island Sept. 7 left buildings at St. George&#39;s University with missing roofs and water damage.
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People who evacuated the Florida Keys were told they could go back Monday as 160-mph Hurricane Ivan appeared to spare them a direct hit and instead took aim at the Panhandle, where residents weren't taking any chances ahead of the killer storm.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Floridians were again settling into the discomforts of a post-hurricane reality: lines for bags of ice or a hot meal, damaged homes that will take months to repair, and stifling heat and darkness amid widespread power outages...
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People who lost their homes and belongings to a devastating wildfire were allowed to briefly return to their burned-out neighborhoods Friday as authorities declared the blaze mostly contained.
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KEY WEST, Fla. - The only whooshing sound Hurricane Ivan stirred in the Keys and populous South Florida on Sunday was a sigh of relief from residents no longer fearful the 160-mph storm would make a direct hit...
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High school students got up well before dawn to resume classes Monday for the first time since Hurricane Charley tore through 17 days ago, sharing their building with crosstown rivals whose school fared worse.
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STUART, Fla. - Storm-weary Floridians weathered their fourth hurricane in six weeks as Jeanne lashed the Sunshine State with 120 mph winds and torrential rains Sunday that turned neighborhood streets into
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After getting a first look at the widespread damage left behind by Hurricane Charley, Florida residents were faced with the arduous task of sorting through the wreckage, and for some, starting over again.
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Shellshocked Floridians began to clean up after their third hurricane pummeling in five weeks Friday, while Alabamans looked at the crumbled condos and shattered beach homes along their coast and wondered how many months it would take for life to get back to normal.
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Victims of Hurricane Ivan could do little more than weep, unable to believe the devastation as they returned to their wrecked homes and businesses today.
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Their homes are in ruins, many have only the clothes they&#39;re wearing, yet those who took a direct hit from hurricane Ivan returned to their neighbourhoods yesterday determined to rebuild.
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MIAMI - Tourists and residents were told Thursday to leave the Florida Keys to avoid mighty Hurricane Ivan, even as Floridians still struggled with the destruction and misery left by Hurricanes Frances and Charley.    Forecasters said Ivan - which strengthened early Thursday to 160 mph - could reach the island chain as early as Sunday, making it the third hurricane to hit Florida in a month...
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Residents of a neighborhood still cordoned off because of flood damage from Tropical Storm Gaston&#39;s remnants visited their homes to retrieve what belongings of theirs remained.
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SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla.  - Five days after Hurricane Charley hammered southwest Florida, hundreds of residents streamed back to the barrier islands on Wednesday as authorities opened causeways for the first time to allow access to homes ...
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Sarasota county wanted to use e-mail to let people know the area was unharmed by the summer's hurricanes. People were quick to point out a word for such activity. By Daniel Terdiman.