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The Latest Breaking News from Hurricane Ian

New satellite mapping with AI can quickly pinpoint hurricane damage across an entire state to spot where people may be trapped

Hurricane Ian left an extraordinarily broad path of destruction across much of South Florida. That was evident in reports from the ground, but it also shows up in satellite data. Using a new method, our team of spatial and environmental analysts was able to quickly provide a rare big picture…

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What To Do When Returning Home After A Hurricane

A week after southwestern Florida was pummeled by Hurricane Ian, the people who had decided to or had to be evacuated.

Zenger

Scavenging for supplies, Cuba's tobacco farmers rebuild after Hurricane Ian

When Hurricane Ian ripped through western Cuba last week, tobacco farmer Victoriano Maqueira lost the two large barns he used for drying his crop, as well as his dogs, chickens, a pig, his television and the roof off his home.

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Commentary: Lessons from surviving Hurricane Ian

Meteorologists can predict hurricanes as soon as they’re born and gauge their size, speed and time of arrival with increasing accuracy — though ascertaining their precise route remains a work in progress.

Chicago Tribune

Will Hurricane Ian force Ron DeSantis to confront climate reality?

The Florida governor initially touted his green credentials, but seems to have shifted his position as talk of a 2024 White House run swirls

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Ian floods leave mess, insurance questions behind

Christine Barrett and her family had to climb on top of their kitchen cabinets because of flooding that surged into their house during Hurricane Ian

The Independent UK

10 days later, Cubans still recovering from Hurricane Ian

Cuban soldiers fix roofs and raise power poles under a blazing sun

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Hurricane Ian is now Florida's deadliest in nearly a century

Ian is the second-deadliest storm to strike the mainland U.S. this century.

Axios

After Hurricane Ian, a low-lying Florida city starts to rebuild. Should it?

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A home on the water's edge. That was the dream.

Los Angeles Times

Ian deaths span Central Florida to Keys, include drownings, post-storm accidents and suicides

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian is one of the deadliest storms in Florida’s history, with more than 115 fatalities confirmed by state and county authorities. But the hurricane’s magnitude is also reflected in the geographic area in which those deaths occurred, spanning the peninsula from north of Daytona Beach to the…

Miami Herald

Hurricane Ian destroyed close to 8,000 homes in Cuba, damaged another 68,000, government says

Hurricane Ian, which hit western Cuba last week with Category 3 force winds and brought devastating flooding to the western provinces of Pinar del Río and Artemisa, destroyed more than 7,600 homes and damaged more than 68,000, Cuban authorities said.

Miami Herald

Their father, 87, evacuated for Hurricane Ian. Rattled by storm surge, he died in his car

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.

Miami Herald

Homes Deemed ‘unlivable’ As Cleanup Efforts Continue In Florida

Florida's residents are only beginning to pick up the pieces after the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Ian

Zenger

Florida officials are scrambling to limit Hurricane Ian's impact on the election

Election officials in Florida say they are meeting a Thursday deadline to send out mail ballots, despite the hurricane. But in-person voting sites remain a concern.

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The Independent UK

After Ian, Florida island residents return to assess damage

Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast barrier islands are returning to assess the damage from Hurricane Ian, despite limited access to some areas

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Man fell to his death attempting handstand on hotel balcony during Hurricane Ian

Markell Hope fell 15 floors to his death, says coroner’s office in South Carolina

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Ian: residents return to battered homes as death toll rises

Ian is the second-deadliest storm to strike the US in the 21st century

Axios

Jan. 6 committee hearing set for Oct. 13

The hearing had been postponed due to Hurricane Ian.

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AccuWeather Forecasters Tracking More Tropical Activity In The Atlantic Basin

There are two new significant candidates for tropical development in the Atlantic basin this week, and although neither budding storm poses a threat to the United States at this time, at least one will drift westward across the Caribbean and bears watching for potential adverse conditions, AccuWeather meteorologists say

Orlando Sentinel

Ian shakes up election preparations, could hurt Florida turnout

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Running an election in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian is going to be a monumental challenge for elections officials in the Florida counties hit hardest by the storm as they face poll worker shortages, damaged polling places and voters who lost their homes.

Tribune News Service

Will Hurricane Ian cut Florida’s Gulf Coast real estate boom short?

Hurricanes have always posed an inevitable threat to Florida. But the risk hasn’t detered the droves of people who have flocked to the state since the start of the pandemic.

Orlando Sentinel

Scott Maxwell: Florida knew the insurance crisis was coming. Lawmakers waged culture wars instead

Thanks to Hurricane Ian, Florida is about to experience an insurance crisis that could send your already-high rates even higher, limit your insurer choices even more and cost taxpayers billions.

WEKU

Florida's property insurance market was already under stress. Ian could make it worse

Rampant litigation, costlier storms and rising reinsurance costs have all combined to make chaos in Florida's home insurance market. Now, some worry Ian could send even more insurers out of the state.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Searching for the living, finding the dead. Hurricane Ian takes toll on rescuers, too

They go from door to door, hoping to find survivors and accounting for the dead, a grueling mission that continues even as bright and sunny skies make monstrous Hurricane Ian seem like something out of our deepest nightmares.

Daily Mirror

Brit couple evacuated amid Hurricane Ian endured four-day ordeal with no hot food or water

Chris and Sue Lawson flew across the Atlantic to visit one of Chris' lifetime friend, an American exchange student he met in a Hull Co-op, in Lee County, Florida as Hurricane Ian hit

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