Tropical Storm Margot formed in the North Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, becoming the 13th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. The eye of the storm was 460 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands early Friday and moving west-northwest at 16 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm had…
When Hurricane Idalia struck last week, Michael Burnett’s bayside home in Crystal River, Fla., was inundated with a noxious cocktail of storm water and sewage from burst pipes that rose to his chest. “We lost everything we owned,” Mr. Burnett, the manager of a gun shop, said. “All my kids’ clothes, all my guitars, all…
In normal times, the politics of disaster dictate that a president and a governor from opposite parties come together to show the victims of a natural disaster — and potential voters across the country — that they care. These are not normal times. On Friday, a spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican…
As Hurricane Idalia strengthened into a Category 4 storm early Wednesday, it posed the most immediate threat to the Gulf Coast of Florida, but forecasters also issued a hurricane warning for coastal communities in Georgia and South Carolina. Idalia continued moving toward the Big Bend area of Florida on Wednesday morning and was expected to…
More than 20 counties in western and Central Florida have issued evacuation orders as Hurricane Idalia approaches, including parts of Tampa, the state’s third-largest city. Each county in Florida has its own website that residents can check for the recommended level of preparation. Here is the latest, as of 5 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday.…
Florida is bracing for Tropical Storm Idalia, which formed on Sunday and could strengthen to a hurricane in the next two to three days, forecasters said. Idalia, the latest named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, also threatens to bring heavy rains to Georgia and the Carolinas, forecasters said. Jamie Rhome, deputy director of…
The big, messy system left damage in many parts of the state. More than 500 homes in Port Orange, south of Daytona Beach, were at risk of flooding after a critical dam was swept away in the storm, said Mayor Donald O. Burnette of Port Orange, adding that the city was still recovering from flood…