Tag: Hurricane

October 21, 2024

(AFP) - Donald Trump was in North Carolina on Monday slamming the federal response to a devastating hurricane, as his ...

US Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Greenville, North Carolina for a campaign event with barely three weeks to go in her White House race against Republican Donald Trump / ©AFP

Harris, Trump seek advantage in knife-edge election battle

October 16, 2024

(AFP) - Kamala Harris and rival Donald Trump campaigned in battleground states Sunday seeking 11th-hour advantages in a deadlocked White ...

The small town on Siesta Key, with a population of roughly 5,000, was hit hard by dual hurricanes Helene and Milton. ©AFP

Despite hurricanes, Floridians refuse to leave ‘paradise’

October 12, 2024

Siesta Key (United States) (AFP) - Florida resident Kristin Hale weathered Hurricane Milton tired and scared, but like many of ...

A flooded street with debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton in Siesta Key, Florida, where the storm made landfall / ©AFP

Milton leaves at least 16 dead, millions without power in Florida

October 12, 2024

Siesta Key (United States) (AFP) - The death toll from Hurricane Milton has risen to at least 16, officials in ...

Hurricane Milton leaves at least 16 dead as Florida cleans up

by David P.

(AFP) - The death toll from Hurricane Milton rose to at least 16 on Friday, officials in Florida said, as ...

Vehicles are flooded in an apartment complex in Clearwater, Florida, following the passage of Hurricane Milton on October 10, 2024. ©AFP

Losing everything: hurricane barrels into Florida residence

Clearwater (United States) (AFP) - As gushing water from Hurricane Milton flooded their Florida apartment, Lidier Rodriguez and Sandra Escalona ...

A video grab taken from footage released by the US Coast Guard shows a helicopter crew rescuing a man in the Gulf of Mexico. ©AFP

Boat captain rescued clinging to cooler in Gulf of Mexico after storm Milton

Miami (AFP) - A fishing boat captain left clinging to a cooler in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida in ...

Losing everything: hurricane hits retirement complex in Florida

Clearwater (United States) (AFP) - As gushing water from Hurricane Milton flooded their Florida apartment, Lidier Rodriguez and Sandra Escalona ...

People walk through flooded streets in the Southeast Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, inundated by Hurricane Milton, on October 10, 2024 / ©AFP

At least 11 dead in Florida but Hurricane Milton not as bad as feared