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After Hurricane Ian cleanup, Space Coast back in business this week

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hurricane Ian forced NASA’s moon rocket to retreat for now, but the business of launching rockets and humans to space is back to full speed this week.

Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane Ian: how climate change is making North Atlantic tropical storms worse

Hurricane Ian first made landfall in western Cuba as a category 3 storm, wiping out power for 11 million people. It continued northwards over the Gulf of Mexico where it strengthened over exceptionally warm ocean water (which meteorologists describe as “rocket fuel” for hurricanes).

The Conversation

Richard Johnson: Hurricane Ian brought Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen together

NEW YORK — It took a hurricane to get Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen back together again in the same state.

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‘America is with you’: Biden vows to help Puerto Rico rebuild ‘stronger and better-prepared’ after Ian

‘We came here in person to show that we’re with you,’ President Biden tells Puerto Rico residents

The Independent UK

‘It’s a total loss.’ Iona residents left with little after Hurricane Ian

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The small unincorporated Lee County community of Iona lies a few miles east of Fort Myers Beach, still closed off to the public while rescue crews search through what is reported to be complete devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Miami Herald

Insurers face £50 billion bill from Hurricane Ian

Residents are beginning the clear-up from the storm, which devestated states in the south east of the US last week

Evening Standard

‘We are tired, dirty and hungry’: Hurricane Ian survivors leave Fort Myers Beach on foot

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Feeling increasingly isolated in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers Beach residents and renters continued to exit their devastated island by foot Sunday, four days after a 10-foot storm surge driven by 150 mph winds inundated Southwest Florida’s coastal communities.

Miami Herald

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing – latest: Prosecution rests rebuttal case in sentencing trial of Parkland shooter

Follow live updates of the sentencing trial of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz

The Independent UK

Biden pledges support to hurricane-hit Puerto Rico: ‘All of America is with you’ – as it happened

President tours damage from Hurricane Fiona two weeks ago while Democrats and Republicans fight over handling of Ian – follow the latest

The Guardian - US

About 120,000 still without power in Puerto Rico days after Fiona

An estimated 120,000 homes and businesses were still without power in Puerto Rico on Monday, two weeks after Hurricane Fiona caused an island-wide outage for its 3.3 million people.

Reuters

How Hurricane Ian and other disasters are becoming a growing source of inequality – even among the middle class

Friendswood, Texas, is the type of community that one might think of as a “best case scenario” when it comes to recovering from a disaster.

The Conversation

Hurricane Ian capped 2 weeks of extreme storms around the globe: Here's what's known about how climate change fuels tropical cyclones

When Hurricane Ian hit Florida, it was one of the United States’ most powerful hurricanes on record, and it followed a two-week string of massive, devastating storms around the world.

The Conversation

Met Office issues weather warning for Wales amid Hurricane Ian fallout

The Met Office is warning of 80mph winds for large part of Wales

Wales Online

Weather tracker: Hurricane Ian likely to be costliest since 1992

At least 32 people dead and 10,000 unaccounted for after hurricane brought maximum gusts of 155mph

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First Thing: Hurricane Ian death tolls climbs amid criticism over response

Residents in Florida and Carolinas face recovery expected to cost tens of billions of dollars. Plus, why screaming can be good for you

Miami Herald

Editorial: Receiving Florida unemployment benefits better be easier for Ian’s victims than it was for COVID’s

Those left jobless by Hurricane Ian, mainly the thousands of people who worked in the tourism industry in Sanibel, Fort Myers and Naples and Pine Island, are about to learn whether the state’s improved unemployment website will handle the load more effectively than it did during the COVID-19 pandemic. It…

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Ian’s nasty swipe at Sanibel cuts deep for many Floridians. Here’s why

TAMPA, Fla. — The images of Hurricane Ian’s aftermath show evidence of Florida’s increasingly dense development — flattened beach communities, boats heaved into piles, mobile homes scattered like toys.

Miami Herald

Editorial: No, it’s not too soon. After Hurricane Ian, it’s time to say ‘climate change,’ Gov. DeSantis

When Gov. Ron DeSantis referred to a “biblical storm surge,” he was assessing Hurricane Ian’s damage and, unknowingly, prophesying what’s to come in future years and decades in Florida.

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What we know — and don’t — about how climate change impacts hurricanes like Ian

MIAMI — It’s a question that follows any natural disaster, especially monster hurricanes like Ian: Was this caused by climate change?

Reuters

Factbox-Over 560,000 still without power in Florida after Hurricane Ian

Over 560,000 homes and businesses were still without power in Florida on Monday, four days after Hurricane Ian crashed across the state on Sept. 28-29.

Reuters

Biden to storm-hit Puerto Rico: 'All of America's with you'

President Joe Biden on Monday pledged more than $60 million in aid to help U.S. territory Puerto Rico and said more money was coming, as he sought to present a more compassionate image than his predecessor, Donald Trump, while surveying damage from Hurricane Fiona.

Axios

How Hurricane Ian's shifting forecast caught so many off guard

Computer models disagreed, but another big problem was the way the storm risk was communicated.

WEKU

Florida officials face questions over the late evacuation order in Lee County

Local authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation for part of Lee County on Tuesday, just one day before the Category 4 storm made mainland landfall.

WEKU

In one Fort Myers neighborhood, Black residents feel forsaken in Ian's aftermath

In historically African American Dunbar, some think that they are being ignored by authorities who are more concerned about helping affluent seaside communities.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Hurricane Fiona devastated Puerto Rico. When will these Americans get the support they need?

On Sept. 18, nearly five years to the day of Hurricane Maria, the force of Hurricane Fiona and a fragile power grid plunged Puerto Rico into a frightening yet familiar darkness. From low-lying to mountainous regions, flooding and landslides battered vulnerable communities, and with it, resurfaced painful memories of Hurricane…

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