VP Kamala Harris announces $1B to states for floods, extreme heat during Miami stop
The grants will help communities across the nation prepare for and respond to climate-related disasters.
Watch CBS News
The grants will help communities across the nation prepare for and respond to climate-related disasters.
"This is a roadway that historically has been a challenge, been flooding for many years," said Manolo Reyes.
"This is a roadway that historically has been a challenge, been flooding for many years," said Manolo Reyes.
CBS4's Joel Waldman has the story.
One hundred complaints have come pouring into Miami-Dade County following this week's rain storms.
CBS4's Ashley Dyer saw customers trapped in a flooded Publix parking lot.
The Town of Cutler Bay plans to remove several water pumps by Friday after using them around the clock for days to dry out portions of the Saga Bay community that were under several feet of water.
Seven pumps continue to work around the clock to get flooded streets under control in the Cutler Bay area.
Days after a system soaked and flooded parts of South Florida, flooding problems persist in the Cutler Bay area.
"This is insane. I have been water like this before," Susan Starnes.
CBS4's Trish Christakis spoke with a few residents concerned about mold.
FIU professor Dr. Mike Sukop called the water level rise from the weekend's storms worrisome.
CBS4's Nicole Lauren spoke with Dr. Mike Sukop, a professor with FIU's Earth and Environment Department.
Water pumps have been working nonstop since Tuesday night to mitigate flooding in Saga Bay.
CBS4's Peter D'Oench spoke with resident Victor Ruiz, the owner of Cubavana Cafe, who said he was not able to get to work because he was stranded by the flood waters for two days.
Water pumps have been working nonstop since Tuesday night to mitigate flooding in the Saga Bay neighborhood in SW Miami-Dade.
CBS4's Joel Gorchow hitched a ride with a resident to get a firsthand look at the flooding.
CBS4's Peter D'Oench spoke with two residents who said that they had to walk out of their Saga Bay neighborhood because they could not use their cars.
CBS4's Deborah Souverain reports from Cutler Bay, where flooding continues to be a problem.
"There are people here who texted me about the flooding," said Suarez, who visited an Allapattah neighborhood.
CBS4's Ashley Dyer spoke with Gamal Baez, the owner of Champion Auto Clinic, who has his hands full with fixes.
CBS4's Peter D'Oench caught up with Francis Suarez has he toured an Allapattah neighborhood.
CBS4's Trish Christakis spoke with one resident who has to put his washer and dryer on concrete blocks to avoid them being flooded out.
Hallandale Beach taking one of the hardest hits. A woman we talked to says her home is flooded.
CBS4's Ashley Dyer reports plenty of cars were also stalled out.
Our rain chances and temperatures will trend even higher for the end of the workweek into the weekend.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI says its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an "unprecedented cyber incident."
The crash in 1952 killed 52 people and led to requirements for the passenger safety briefings given on every commercial flight.
The Pentagon insists the Strait of Hormuz is open, but the threat to shipping is increasing, along with oil prices.
The Astros won their second in a row and are 2-3 since the All-Star break, while the Marlins have lost five straight since the break.
Our rain chances and temperatures will trend even higher for the end of the workweek into the weekend.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI says its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an "unprecedented cyber incident."
The crash in 1952 killed 52 people and led to requirements for the passenger safety briefings given on every commercial flight.
The Pentagon insists the Strait of Hormuz is open, but the threat to shipping is increasing, along with oil prices.
The Astros won their second in a row and are 2-3 since the All-Star break, while the Marlins have lost five straight since the break.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
More than 43,000 immigrants were arrested last month as DHS continues to detain people in less-publicized enforcement surges.
The Office of Personnel Management said it will "pseudonymize" medical records it collects on more than 8 million people — federal workers and retirees, and their family members.
The continuing resolution would fund the federal government until Dec. 4. It now heads to the Senate, where it could face obstacles.
Lawmakers hammered the president for bulldozing norms in pursuit of his construction goals and imposing his likeness on buildings, coins and passports.
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, died July 14 after authorities said he darted across a busy road in St. Augustine, Florida, and into the path of a truck.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
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.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.