SpaceX’s Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean
Reuters SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded in space on Thursday minutes after lifting off from Texas, prompting the FAA to halt air traffic in parts of Florida, in the second straight failure this year for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. Several videos on social media showed fiery debris streaking through the dusk skies near south […]
Florida, two other states defy trend and vote down abortion rights
Updated: 8am, 7th November, 2024 Reuters Voters approved most of the referendums expanding the right to abortion in US states on Tuesday, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota rejected such measures, giving anti-abortion advocates their first victories since the US Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to the procedure in 2022. A proposal to amend […]
“Paradise is still paradise” – Floridians vow to rebuild after two hurricanes
Siesta Key, Florida, US Reuters Chris Fiore was supposed to be accepting delivery of new household appliances and furniture, replacing items that were swamped by Hurricane Helene just a few weeks ago. Instead, the resident of Siesta Key, the Florida barrier island town where Hurricane Milton made landfall this week, was using a broom to […]
Battered Florida begins long recovery from back-to-back major hurricanes
Fort Pierce, Florida, US Reuters Millions of Floridians began a long and difficult recovery on Friday after the state’s second major hurricane in two weeks, restoring power, shovelling mud from flooded homes and clearing mountains of debris left by Milton and Helene. While some coastal cities such as Tampa were spared the catastrophic surge of […]
Florida counts cost of Hurricane Milton amid political storm
Fort Pierce/St Petersburg, Florida, US Reuters Florida on Friday was clearing downed trees and power lines and mopping up flooded neighbourhoods after Hurricane Milton roared through leaving at least 16 people dead. While Milton did not trigger the catastrophic surge of seawater that was feared in Florida, one of many states hit by Hurricane Helene […]
Hurricane Milton leaves at least 10 dead, millions without power in Florida
Fort Pierce/St Petersburg, Florida, US Reuters Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after cutting a destructive path across Florida that spawned tornados, killed at least 10 people and left millions without power, but the storm did not trigger the catastrophic surge of seawater that was feared. Governor Ron DeSantis said the state […]
Hurricane Milton leaves trail of destruction in march across Florida
Updated: 10.15pm (AEDT) St Petersburg, Florida, US Reuters Hurricane Milton marched across Florida on Thursday after making landfall on the state’s west coast hours earlier, whipping up deadly tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to nearly two million customers. The storm made landfall around 8:30pm EDT on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane with […]
Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida’s west coast, millions flee
St Petersburg, Florida Reuters An expanding Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday, spawning tornados and lashing the region with rain and wind hours ahead of its expected landfall near Tampa Bay, where it could deliver a life-threatening surge of seawater to waterfront communities already battered by Hurricane Helene. As many as […]
Monstrous Hurricane Milton targets Florida, triggering evacuations from storm-weary coast
Updated: 7:30am, 9th October, 2024 (AEDT) Reuters An expanding Hurricane Milton churned toward Florida’s battered Gulf Coast on Tuesday, where more than a million people were ordered to evacuate a day before the monster storm is forecast to slam the Tampa Bay area. Milton, which exploded on Monday into one of the most intense Atlantic […]
Florida braces for Hurricane Milton on the heels of Helene
Reuters Florida prepared on Sunday for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward the US state’s western coast, coming on the heels of the devastating Hurricane Helene. Milton, which strengthened from a tropical storm to hurricane on Sunday, was projected to make landfall on […]