Tag: Florida

Trump Sues CNN; Federal Officials Warn of Midterm Election Meddling From China and Russia | NTD Good Morning

Former President Trump is suing CNN. Find out why he filed a lawsuit against the media organization on Monday. Updates on the situation in Florida. And some good news for residents waiting for power and internet. With the November midterm elections just around the corner, federal officials are warning that Russia and China are up…


Hurricane Ian Death Toll Climbs to 83, Officials Defend Response

MIAMI—The death toll from Hurricane Ian climbed past 80 on Sunday as embattled residents in Florida and the Carolinas faced a recovery expected to cost tens of billions of dollars. The death toll was expected to keep rising as floodwaters receded and search teams pushed farther into areas initially cut off from the outside world….


Brazil’s Presidential Election; Rescue and Recovery Efforts Underway in Florida After Hurricane Ian | NTD Good Morning

The polls in Brazil predicted an easy victory for one of the candidates in yesterday’s election. But that election is now headed for a second round as Bolsonaro defies expectations. Rescue and recovery operations are underway in Florida.  Find out what the state is doing to get things back in order. 125 people are killed in…


Hundreds of Florida Dairy Cows Perish in Ian’s Savage Wake

MYAKKA CITY, Fla.—They hustled the herd from their stalls and into the open fields where the cows would be safer from the storm, a practice honed during a half-century of dairy farming in Florida and in Maine for a century before. The massive steel-frame, metal-roof barns that housed Dakin Dairy Farm’s nearly 5,000 Holsteins could…


Boy Gifts ‘Whole Piggy Bank’ to Victims of Hurricane Ian: ‘They Need It More Than I Do’

The enormity of Hurricane Ian’s destruction has inspired people nationwide to search for different ways to support the victims of the major storm system that rolled in on Florida’s west coast last week. Dominic D’Andrea, a 7-year-old boy, has moved many people in a now-viral video where the young man said he’s gifting all the money…


Ian Is Long Gone but Water Keeps Rising in Central Florida

GENEVA, Fla. — Residents in central Florida donned fishing waders, boots and bug spray and canoed or kayaked to their homes on streets where floodwaters continued rising Sunday despite it being four days since Hurricane Ian tore through the state. The waters flooded homes and streets that had been passable just a day or two…


FBI Warns Florida Residents of Fraud Schemes as Death Toll Rises From Hurricane Ian

The FBI issued a warning to Florida residents and people seeking to make donations to support Hurricane Ian victims about potential fraud schemes that frequently follow hurricanes and other natural disasters. “Watch out for scammers trying to use a natural disaster like Hurricane Ian to steal your money, your personal information, or both,” the FBI’s…


Biden Praises ‘Heroic Work’ of Coast Guard Diver Facing Discharge Over Vaccine Mandate

President Joe Biden on Friday publicly hailed the heroic work of a U.S. Coast Guard member who saved lives through Hurricane Ian, though the service member isn’t satisfied with the congratulations because he’s facing discharge over Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The White House issued the call in a press release on Sept. 30, when the president…


Biden Praises ‘Heroic Work’ of Coast Guard Swimmer Facing Discharge Over Vaccine Mandate

President Joe Biden on Friday publicly hailed the heroic work of a U.S. Coast Guard member who saved lives through Hurricane Ian, though the service member isn’t satisfied with the congratulations because he’s facing discharge over Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The White House issued the call in a press release on Sept. 30, when the president…


Ian Leaves Over 50 Dead as Focus Turns to Rescue, Recovery

FORT MYERS, Fla.—Dozens of Florida residents left their flooded and splintered homes by boat and by air on Saturday as rescuers continued to search for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Ian, while authorities in South Carolina and North Carolina began taking stock of their losses. The death toll from the storm, one of the…