Broward Schools Offers Welcome Center To Help Families Displaced By Dorian
Broward County Public Schools announced on Tuesday that it has opened a welcome center to help students and families arriving from the Bahamas.
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Broward County Public Schools announced on Tuesday that it has opened a welcome center to help students and families arriving from the Bahamas.
Florida and the state's largest electric utility are sending more than a half-million bottles of water to storm-ravaged parts of the Bahamas.
The Bahamian government continues to struggle to house thousands of displaced people who are arriving in the capital city of Nassau from some of the hardest-hit islands.
Hurricane Dorian survivors in the Bahamas are filing off boats and planes in Nassau, facing the need to start new lives after the storm but with little ideas on how or where to begin.
With relief and recovery efforts are focused on The Abacos and Grand Bahama Island, what many people may not realize is that a majority of the Bahamas, including 14 of the most commonly visited islands, remains unaffected by the storm.
Thousands of Bahamians are looking to come to the US to escape the devastation brought by Hurricane Dorian.
The Department of Homeland Security released new guidance rules Monday night for Bahamians trying to reach the United States.
Firefighters from various agencies in South Florida are helping out in Nassau with those affected by Hurricane Dorian.
The U.S. government is working to clarify immigration policy after dozens of families on their way to Florida from the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas were booted off a ferry.
While help and supplies are pouring in, many in the hardest-hit parts of the Bahamas are just trying to get out.
Dogs left without shelter by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas are arriving in Florida in need of homes.
By air and by sea, supplies and volunteers from South Florida continue to head to the Hurricane Dorian ravaged northern Bahamas
Nearly 1,500 people escaped the desperate situation in the Bahamas on a cruise to Florida.
Despite the severe devastation that includes destroyed cars and broken power lines, some Bahamians are sticking it out in one of the most ravaged towns.
State Rep. Shevrin Jones sat down with "Facing South Florida" host Jim DeFede to discuss what must be done to rebuild the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.
Florida-based Bahamas Paradise Cruise Lines is offering Bahamians stranded by Hurricane Dorian a way home.
The Bahamas consul general spoke at the Broward Emergency Operations Center on Friday to ask for much-needed supplies that can help with rebuilding after Hurricane Dorian.
More than a dozen members of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Urban Search and Rescue team are headed to the Bahamas this morning.
The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas is now at 30, and expected to rise. Officials are still trying to get more teams onto the islands to help residents and search through the devastation.
Relief efforts for the Bahamas, big and small, are not slowing down across South Florida.
Volunteers finished packing and preparing hurricane relief supplies Thursday at the Harbor Towne Marina in Dania Beach.
The full scope of Hurricane Dorian's impact on the Bahamas is becoming clearer.
It's a race against time to get food and supplies to the people in Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands following Hurricane Dorian's destruction.
Miami's Mayor Francis Suarez says the city's relief efforts for the Bahamas are being scaled up.
A man walked into a Costco and left with 100 generators, all of which are heading to The Bahamas.
A Miami-Dade sheriff's deputy opened fire on a vehicle after an altercation during a traffic stop involving a stolen vehicle Sunday night, officials say.
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New details have emerged after charges were filed against the driver involved in a Saturday morning crash on Florida's Turnpike that left a Miami-Dade Sheriff's deputy hospitalized in critical condition.
Around 2 a.m., Fort Lauderdale Police responded to the area of 300 SW 2nd St. following a reported shooting.
An investigation is underway after a woman was found shot and killed in Miami late Saturday night, police said.
A Miami-Dade sheriff's deputy opened fire on a vehicle after an altercation during a traffic stop involving a stolen vehicle Sunday night, officials say.
Ohio State is back in the Cotton Bowl for the third year in a row, facing College Football Playoff first-timer Miami.
New details have emerged after charges were filed against the driver involved in a Saturday morning crash on Florida's Turnpike that left a Miami-Dade Sheriff's deputy hospitalized in critical condition.
Around 2 a.m., Fort Lauderdale Police responded to the area of 300 SW 2nd St. following a reported shooting.
An investigation is underway after a woman was found shot and killed in Miami late Saturday night, police said.
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Physicians and educators spoke out against the proposed repeal of vaccination requirements for diseases such as chickenpox during a Department of Health workshop in Panama City Beach, while vaccine critics applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration for advancing the plan.
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Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
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