Thursday, November 21

Tag: Florida

FEMA employee fired after telling relief team to skip houses with Trump signs following Florida hurricane

A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee has been fired after they advised their disaster relief team to avoid homes with signs supporting former President Donald Trump while canvassing in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, the agency's administrator said on Saturday. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell called the actions of the employee "reprehensible" and said they have been terminated from their role. "More than 22,000 FEMA employees every day adhere to FEMA's core values and are dedicated to helping people before, during and after disasters, often sacrificing time with their own families to help disaster survivors," Criswell wrote in a post on X before describing the employee's actions. Campaign signs are seen outside the Palm Beach County Superviso...

Biden tells Trump to ‘get a life’ over storm misinformation, promises Milton survivors they’ll get the help they need

US President Joe Biden said that the federal government was rushing to help those affected by Hurricane Milton — and had a stark message for his predecessor, who has been spreading falsehoods about the federal response. Asked by reporters after his remarks at the White House whether he had spoken with former president Donald Trump, Biden responded indignantly: "Are you kidding me?" He then looked at the camera with a message directly for his predecessor: "Mr President Trump — former President Trump — get a life, man. Help these people." US President Joe Biden speaks on the initial impacts of Hurricane Milton in the South Court Auditorium at the White House. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) Biden's appearance on Thursday (Friday AEDT) indicate...

Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia’s expected landfall

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit in days as a major hurricane with potentially life-threatening storm surges. “You should be wrapping up your preparation for #TropicalStormIdalia tonight and Tues morning at the latest,” the National Weather Service in Tampa Bay said Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter. As the state prepared, Idalia thrashed Cuba with heavy rain, especially in the westernmost part of the island, where the tobacco-producing province of Pinar del Rio is still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian almost a year ago. Authorities in the province issued a state of alert, and reside...
High ocean temperatures are harming the Florida coral reef. Rescue crews are racing to help

High ocean temperatures are harming the Florida coral reef. Rescue crews are racing to help

LAYTON, Fla. (AP) — Steps away from the warming waters of Florida Bay, marine biologist Emily Becker removed covers from the dozens of water-filled tanks under her watchful eye. Nestled in seawater carefully maintained at about 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius) lay hundreds of pieces of coral — some a sickly white from the bleaching that threatens to kill them, others recovered to a healthy bright iodine in color. As Becker looked over the coral, crews of reef rescue groups arrived in trucks carrying more — brought up by divers in a massive effort aimed at saving the coral from an ocean that is cooking it alive. “People jumped into action really quickly, as best as they could,” Becker said, wiping sweat from her brow. ocean hype University of Miami Rosensti...
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