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Oil tankers are streaming into Florida's ports as demand for gasoline spikes with Hurricane Irma evacuees returning home.
Read More »Focus Turns To Recovery After Irma’s Exit
More than 5.5 million homes and businesses in Florida remained without power at midday Tuesday after Hurricane Irma plowed through the state.
Read More »Irma Could Cost `Billions Upon Billions’
An initial estimate from Moody's Analytics on Monday projected property destruction from Irma between $64 billion and $92 billion.
Read More »Scott Urges Patience As Irma Hits State
As massive Hurricane Irma battered Florida on a path up the Gulf Coast, Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday advised residents against rushing out once the storm appears to have passed.
Read More »What’s With Alachua County’s Stormwater Assessment Fee?
The new Alachua County stormwater assessment fee applies to property owners outside of the Gainesville city limits. It will raise an estimated $1.3 million to create projects that restore clean water and prevent flooding.
Read More »Hurricane Season Arrives After 2016 Wakeup Call
After ending an 11-year stormless streak in 2016, Florida enters its annual hurricane season on Thursday with forecasters predicting an above-average season.
Read More »Hurricane Names Matthew and Otto Retired
Storm names Matthew and Otto will be retired by the World Meteorological Organization’s Region IV Hurricane Committee, after the deadly and destructive 2016 hurricane season.
Read More »UF To Start Plaza Of The Americas Renovations This Week
When it's all done, the Plaza of the Americas have expanded sidewalks, an underground flooding-prevention system, a dedicated place for presentations and public speaking, and another place specifically for the Hare Krishna lunch.
Read More »Scott: Worst Of Matthew “Still To Come”
Gov. Rick Scott warned Friday morning that the state is only half-way through the powerful storm.
Read More »Florida Begins Recovery After Hermine’s Wrath
Hurricane Hermine is downgraded as it races across the Southeast, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power.
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