Hurricane Irma struck Gainesville leaving fallen trees on power lines, homes, and across streets. The City of Gainesville is learning from the damage and is making movements to prevent similar damage in future storms.
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After Hurricane Irma, there have been more mosquitoes in the Ocala area than usual. Some residents have put their neighborhood walks on hold due to the increased number of mosquitoes.
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North Central Florida is currently in recovery mode after Hurricane Irma, and FEMA has granted Alachua County individual assistance.
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University of Florida Panhellenic Greek sorority houses are facing various levels of structural damage two weeks after Hurricane Irma hit Gainesville.
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Two Gainesville students receive support through GoFundMe after all their belongings were destroyed by flooding.
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Out-of-state crews are helping GRU to restore power in 53,000 households in Gainesville.
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Clay Electric has been working hard the past few days to restore power to an area in Bradford County near Lake Sampson. The residents have no water or electricity, and some are still unable to be in their flooded homes.
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A farm experienced major flooding, causing almost a foot of water to submerge a lake dock and spill into horse stalls nearby.
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Lamplighter Mobile Home Park residents are now eligible to re-apply for individual assistance from FEMA after Alachua County was added to the major disaster declaration list.
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Residents of rural Bradford County recover after Hurricane Irma took their power and flooded some of their homes. Many residents are still without power and do not know when it will come back. Yet, getting outdoors seemed to be the common answer to their problems, as almost a dozen people fished in the flooded Sampson Creek, a father and son duo from Lake Butler put their boat in the elevated waters of the New River and a Sampson City resident drove an all-terrain vehicle through his neighborhood.
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