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St. Johns County School District schools will be closed on Thursday.
Read More »Curfew, But Also ‘Harmony,’ Part Of St. Johns County Preparation For Hurricane Dorian’s Sweep
Hurricane Dorian Leaves Terrible Damage And Stranded Residents As Rescuers Scramble To Help
Dorian is the strongest storm to ever make landfall in the Bahamas as category 5 storm, leaving at least five people dead and hundreds of homes destroyed.
Read More »Photos: Hurricane Dorian Devastates Bahamas
Dorian is the strongest hurricane in the world so far this year. These images show the damages to the Bahamas in the wake of the category 5 hurricane.
Read More »Hurricane Dorian Poses Problems for Those with Livestock
Those who own horses and livestock are at risk of losing animals in the storm.
Read More »Flagler County Closes Schools Through Thursday As Hurricane Dorian Approaches
Flagler County is under a hurricane warning as Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida’s east coast. Sheriff Rick Staly said the county will issue a curfew in Evacuation Zones A, B and F, as well as flood-prone areas at 7 pm on Tuesday.
Read More »Health Facilities Evacuated As Dorian Looms
Florida officials said Monday that 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities and seven hospitals on the state’s East Coast had been evacuated in preparation for Hurricane Dorian. Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew told reporters that only four of the long-term care facilities were evacuated because they …
Read More »Latest NWS Forecast Has Alachua County Outside The Worst Of Hurricane Dorian’s Passage
Monday's 11 a.m. report highlighted that there is a near-zero chance for hurricane-force winds in Alachua County.
Read More »Record-Setting Hurricane Dorian Keeps Pounding North Bahamas
There was little information from the affected islands, though officials expected many residents to be left homeless.
Read More »Tolls Lifted As Devastating Dorian Remains A Threat
Tolls were suspended Sunday on Florida’s Turnpike and other roads in South Florida and Central Florida, as local mandatory evacuation orders started and large portions of the state’s East Coast continued to face threats from catastrophic Hurricane Dorian. With Dorian churning westward Sunday afternoon less than a couple of hundred …
Read More »Gainesville’s Tree, Pool, Lawn Service Businesses Working ‘Nonstop’ To Prepare For Hurricane Dorian
As the Category 4 hurricane approaches, tree and lawn maintenance businesses are receiving an immense number of requests for services such as tree removal in anticipation of the storm.
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