[13] Around 1883 to 1885, The Florida Mortgage and Investment Company of Edinburgh bought 60,000 acres for development in what is now Sarasota. Many Scottish people began to arrive in...
Disaster Recovery Centers in Florida on Thursday, two days after the state’s first center began helping residents in Lee County, Criswell announced. Services will be provided by more than...
in Florida. The city name is from the Spanish word for "adventure", and was named "Aventura... undergoing recovery as of November 2011. The library was destroyed and has been rebuilt....
The hardest-hit areas have been described as resembling “a war zone” and Ian’s death toll has climbed above 100 as rescue crews go door-to-door to search for survivors and help in recovery.
A revived Hurricane Ian battered South Carolina, bringing heavy rains and flooded streets as the death toll in the US from one of its costliest storms climbed to 27. The storm barrelled through western Cuba and raked across Florida before gathering strength in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean to curve back and strike South Carolina. While the storm was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone earlier on Friday, the agency warned river flooding will continue through next week across central Florida. Meanwhile, president Joe Biden has issued an ...
On Sept. 28, 2022, Category 4 Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa in Lee County, Florida as one of the most powerful storms in U.S. history. ; Ian brought death and destruction to Fort Myers Beach and Lee County's other barrier islands as deadly storm surge as high as 15 feet was pushed onto land. ; As the storm moved inland, the storm surge caused severe flooding across Southwest Florida, including Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Naples. ; Dozens of SWFL residents perished and nearly 150 deaths in total are attributed to Ian. The storm caused an estimated $112.9 billion worth of damage in the U.S., making it the third-costliest hurricane on record, according to NOAA.
This 1992 hurricane introduced a new standard of destruction to the peninsula, spurring change from building codes to emergency management.
PLAN FOR FLORIDA’S RECOVERY Report to Governor DeSantis from the Re-Open Florida Task Force Phase 2 of Re-Opening Message from Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez Re-Open Florida Task...
The fury of the storm prompted a mammoth rescue effort that had resulted in saving more than 1,600 survivors, with both the Florida National Guard and U.S. Coast Guard landing helicopters...
in Florida, but it can’t make up for double-digit percentage rent increases that already took place the last couple years,” Ray said. “This means the rental market is stabilizing at a...