Tornado in Florida: Two deaths confirmed; major damage
A tornado touched down in the Alford area of Washington County early Thursday, causing at least two deaths and destroying multiple homes.
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A tornado touched down in the Alford area of Washington County early Thursday, causing at least two deaths and destroying multiple homes.
Hurricane Season Starts In Florida As Pandemic Continues
/ Florida emergency-management workers aren’t approaching this year’s hurricane season as anything basic, but they are looking forward to what the new state director calls the ABCs — “Anything But COVID.” As the six-month hurricane season officially begins June 1, the Florida Division of Emergency Management will have surpassed 450 days responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. “They would love to get back to doing tropical cyclones and wildfires and things like that, because we have been doing COVID a very long time, and we're ready to be doing something else,” division Director Kev...
AP A beach goer walks along the shore as waves churned up by Tropical Storm Isaias crash near Jaycee Beach Park, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, in Vero Beach, Fla. Isaias weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm late Saturday afternoon, but was still expected to bring heavy rain and flooding as it barrels toward Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) TALLAHASSEE --- Florida emergency-management workers aren’t approaching this year’s hurricane season as anything basic, but they are looking forward to what the new state director calls the ABCs --- “Anything But COVID.” As the six-month hurricane ...
/ The 2021 hurricane season is projected to be above average for storms and got off to an early start as Tropical Storm Ana has already formed and dissipated. Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, said his agency is "ready to be doing something else." Florida emergency-management workers aren’t approaching this year’s hurricane season as anything basic, but they are looking forward to what the new state director calls the ABCs — “Anything But COVID.” As the six-month hurricane season officially begins June 1, the Florida Division of Emergency Mana...