Biden to visit Florida to assess damage caused by Hurricane Idalia
As communities start the cleanup process following Idalia, 75,000 are still left without power. They're told it could be weeks.
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As communities start the cleanup process following Idalia, 75,000 are still left without power. They're told it could be weeks.
Idalia made landfall as a powerful hurricane in the Big Bend area of Florida's Gulf Coast before being downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved across Georgia and into the Carolinas.
Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane over the Big Bend region of Florida, before continuing along its path toward Georgia and the Carolinas.
Hurricane Idalia caused heavy damage to Florida's Gulf Coast, bringing dangerous flooding to the streets from Tampa to Tallahassee.
CBS News’ Jason Allen has a live survey of the damage from Steinhatchee, Florida.
Idalia has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it passes through Georgia and into South Carolina. CBS News' Jason Allen reports.
The National Hurricane Center said Idalia was weakening but water levels could reach as high as 16 feet in some areas.
The big concern in the hurricane is storm surge – which is predicted to top 15 feet in some areas. At least 28 Florida counties are under evacuation orders. CBS News’ Jason Allen reports from Crystal River, Florida, and CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has a forecast for the storm.
Frightening video shows a plume of smoke coming from a fire-rescue helicopter, before it crashed into an apartment building in Pompano Beach, Florida.
A community is mourning the loss of three people, killed in a racist attack in Florida. All three were shot over the weekend at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville. The FBI is now investigating the attack as a hate crime. ¤w2 16 ]] c2.5 g 0 [[ ((marie 2-shot)) police say the shooter, a 21-year-old white man, targeted black shoppers.
The helicopter was being prepared for possible search and rescue missions. Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to become a major hurricane before it reaches Florida's gulf shore in the next few days.
The suspect was described as a White man in his early 20s. All the victims were Black, authorities said.
Police say the gunman left behind racist writings.
On Friday, there was a minute-by-minute reenactment, with live gunfire, inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, five years after a mass shooting there killed 17 people. Families of some of the victims requested the reenactment as part of a lawsuit against the school's resource officer, who they said failed to act that day. Parents who lost their son in that tragedy are spreading their message to another community touched by gun violence: Highland Park.
Donald Trump is the first former president in history to face a federal criminal indictment.
The charges would be the first to arise from special counsel Jack Smith's investigations into former President Donald Trump.
Donald Trump's legal team has been informed that the former president is a target of the federal criminal investigation into possible mishandling of classified information.
Supraja Alaparthi's husband hopes it will send a message to companies about maximizing safety.
The husband of an Elk Grove Village woman who died while parasailing in the Florida Keys last year is speaking out for the first time about the deadly incident. A new lawsuit also has been filed in the case against the resort, boat captain, and mate involved in the May 2022 death of Supraja Alaparthi, whose husband hopes it will send a message to companies about maximizing safety.
The husband of an Elk Grove Village woman who died while parasailing in the Florida Keys last year is speaking out for the first time about the deadly incident.
The husband of an Elk Grove Village woman who died while parasailing in the Florida Keys last year is speaking out for the first time about the deadly incident. A new lawsuit also has been filed in the case against the resort, boat captain, and mate involved in the May 2022 death of Supraja Alaparthi.
Six adults and three children were hurt in the shooting on the Hollywood Beach Boardwalk in South Florida.
US Centers for Disease Control says teenagers are three times more likely to be involved in a fatal accident compared to older drivers.
A teenage umpire stepped in to help the 7-year-old during the game in Florida.
The competition begins Thursday and runs through Sunday.
