Hurricane Ian’s Lucrative Cleanup Deals Generate New Storm October 28, 2022 By Mike Schneider It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar cleanup contracts are generating...
Superstorm Sandy Legacy: Recovery Far from Equal on New York Shore October 27, 2022 By Bobby Caina Calvan NEW YORK (AP) — Even before Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters surged over New York City’s Rockaway Peninsula, there was an air...
Sanibel Island Causeway Washed Out by Ian Reopens Early October 20, 2022 SANIBEL, Fla. (AP) — The causeway washed out by Hurricane Ian that links Sanibel Island to the Florida mainland reopened...
Lessons from Hurricane Michael Being Applied to Ian Recovery October 17, 2022 By Jay Reeves FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, the state’s Panhandle...
Scavenging for Supplies, Cuba’s Tobacco Farmers Rebuild After Hurricane Ian October 13, 2022 By Dave Sherwood and Nelson Gonzalez PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba –– When Hurricane Ian ripped through western Cuba last week, tobacco farmer Victoriano Maqueira lost the...
Florida Shrimpers Race to Get Battered Fleet Back to Sea October 12, 2022 By Jay Reeves FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to...
Search for Victims Done, Florida Coast Aims for Ian Recovery October 11, 2022 By Jay Reeves FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses...
Broken Infrastructure, Scattered Wreckage, Alligators Greet Claims Teams October 10, 2022 By Jim Sams Damaged infrastructure created new obstacles for claims adjusters responding to Hurricane Ian, along with widespread flooding, damaged cell phone towers...
Rescuers Flock Together to Save 275 Parrots Stranded by Ian October 6, 2022 By Bobby Caina Calvan PINE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — Will Peratino and his partner Lauren Stepp would not leave their Pine Island compound, even...
Florida’s Island Dwellers Digging Out from Ian’s Destruction October 6, 2022 By Stephen Smith ST. JAMES CITY, Fla. (AP) — Following Hurricane Ian’s destruction, many residents on one Florida island have stayed put for...