South Florida Skirts Storm Damage but Still Seeks FEMA Aid
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 1 -- Tropical Storm Ernesto didn't do much damage in South Florida, but it still ran up a tab.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto sloshed rather than slammed ashore &#151; surprising forecasters by failing to strengthen Tuesday as it approached Florida and providing relief to hurricane-weary residents.
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The Red Cross has issued a call for help from communities across the nation in the wake of Hurricane Charley. The storm system that blew through Florida two weeks ago caused billions of dollars in damage - and
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 26--BILOXI -- Failure to implement FEMA's recommended elevation requirements for buildings could leave Biloxi residents without flood insurance, according to a banker.
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STUART, Fla. - With some homes still swaddled in blue tarp and the deaths from Hurricane Charley still fresh in their minds, Southeastern residents once again warily eyed a menacing hurricane - a storm that could prove the mightiest yet this season...
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Floridians scrambled to board their homes and stock up on groceries and gas - again - as Hurricane Jeanne churned westward Friday and threatened to become the fourth hurricane to pound the state in the last six weeks...
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - As Hurricane Ivan's remnants soaked the South on Friday and left a trail of destruction from the Gulf Coast to the Carolinas, Floridians once again are coping, cleaning up and coming together after being pummeled by a third devastating storm in five weeks...
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KEY WEST, Fla. - A slight westward "wobble" by Hurricane Ivan gave storm-weary Florida a tiny glimmer of hope Saturday, but the still-threatened Keys stood mostly boarded up, deserted by evacuating residents and tourists well on their way to safety...
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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Sept 25  - Ferocious winds and sheets of rain pummeled storm-weary Florida Saturday as Hurricane Jeanne targeted areas on the Atlantic coast that were already battered by Frances earlier this month.
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Punta Gorda, Fla. -- US federal assistance started flowing to hurricane Charley&#39;s victims, and postal workers handed out mail outside their damaged building yesterday, but hundreds of thousands of Floridians remained without telephones, running water and ...
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GULF BREEZE, Fla. - When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver...
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As owner of a beachfront home in Hernando County, Cheryl Labbe has gotten used to rising rates for her homeowners&#39; insurance. During Florida&#39;s four-hurricane barrage, letters
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JUPITER -- Hurricane Frances&#39; eye moved slowly inland over parts of Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties this morning as storm-weary Florida residents braced for more hours of strong winds, heavy rain, flooding and damage.
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President Bush visited hurricane-damaged Florida on Wednesday. His trip came one day after the US Congress approved $2 billion in emergency aid to help Floridians recover from the two hurricanes that struck Florida over the past month.
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Awaiting the arrival of the state&#39;s second major hurricane in just three weeks, businesses and agencies across Florida are rolling out disaster preparedness plans to secure systems and communications infrastructure against the predicted high-winds
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Emergency crews in the US state of Florida begin assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Jeanne.
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FORT MYERS, Fla., Aug. 17 -- President Bush dispatched two Cabinet secretaries and more federal money to this hard-hit state on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people flooded disaster relief hotlines, seeking everything ...