As Florida prepares to face one of the worst storms in its history, FEMA and the Biden-Harris administration have quickly mobilized crucial resources to support local and state response efforts. Here are some safety tips and resources.
Authorities have issued mandatory evacuation orders across 11 Florida counties with a combined population of about 5.9 million people. Officials warned that anyone staying behind must fend for themselves.
Florida’s health care providers are girding to respond quickly to the “ferocious” Hurricane Milton, which is expected to tear into the state on Wednesday.
Hurricane Milton is weakening slightly but remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg.
As Hurricane Milton intensifies and heads toward Florida’s western coast, the Biden-Harris administration is ramping up efforts to support the state.
Milton intensified quickly Monday and was expected to become a large hurricane over the eastern Gulf. It had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph.
For the third time in 13 months, this windswept stretch of Florida’s Big Bend took a direct hit from a hurricane — a one-two-three punch to a 50-mile sliver of the state’s more than 8,400 miles of coastline, first by Idalia, then Category 1 Hurricane Debby in August 2024 and now Helene.
Are you looking for temporary shelter or a hot meal? What about help filling out a FEMA application? If you are in the Tampa Bay area and were affected by Hurricane Helene, there are several organizations offering assistance.
The aftermath revealed deep vulnerabilities in the island's infrastructure and response systems, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis and leading to a controversial assessment of the storm's death toll, with estimates of lives lost reaching 4,645.
During the storm, which spun past the island last Tuesday and Wednesday, a peak of 750,000 clients were without power.
