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Joe Orlandini, center, background, and Shannon Orlandini, right, evacuated from Fort Myers Beach with their children on Thursday, Sep 29, 2022, after Hurricane Ian made landfall overnight on Wednesday.
Ian turned, Southwest Florida scrambled. Was there enough time to leave?
Some residents said evacuation orders came too late. Gov. Ron DeSantis said forecasts left few options.
What Hurricane Ian could mean to Florida’s struggling property insurance industry
Water remains on the homes at Palmetto Palms Mobile Home Park off Summerlin Road on Thursday, Sep 29, 2022, which was mostly destroyed after Hurricane Ian made landfall overnight on Wednesday.
The cost of the storm could fall on the federal government or homeowners themselves.
President Biden to visit Florida on Wednesday
President Joe Biden speaks about the ongoing federal response efforts for Hurricane Ian from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
It will be his first visit to Florida since the condominium collapse in Surfside.
Elon Musk, Ron DeSantis partner to put satellites in areas struck by Hurricane Ian
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the start of the production at Tesla's "Gigafactory"; on March 22, 2022, in Berlin.
DeSantis announced that Elon Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO, has donated 120 Starlink satellites

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  1. Reports identify mystery recruiter tied to DeSantis migrant flights as Tampa woman
    29 minutes ago• Politics
    Ron DeSantis took questions from reporters about flights of migrants from Florida to Martha's Vineyard at a press conference in Bradenton, Florida.
  2. Federal judge rejects challenge to Florida’s so-called ‘don’t say gay’ Law
    48 minutes ago• Politics
    Elementary school students with Classical Preparatory school congregate at the table where Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education, aka the "don't say gay," bill, during a news conference on Monday, March 28, 2022, at the school in Shady Hills.
  3. Former St. Petersburg Council member also faced whisper campaign over hiring
    3 hours ago• St. Petersburg
    Kim Vogel, left, the District 1 representative of the Citizens Redistricting Commission, and Rev. J.C. Pritchett II, who represents District 7, listen as members discuss a map proposal on Monday in St. Petersburg. The commission approved a new map despite the departure of Lisa Wheeler-Bowman, who resigned after complaints against her and Rev. J.C. Pritchett II brought up conflict of interest accusations about their involvement in the redistricting process.
  5. DeSantis gets big check as part of surge in giving from GOP megadonor
    Yesterday• Politics
    Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at The Rosen Shingle Creek on Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando.
  6. Florida says at least 1,700 remain in emergency shelters after Hurricane Ian
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, says the goal is to restore power by Sunday for all customers whose power lines and infrastructure can still receive electricity.
  7. Visit Florida pauses advertising as it crafts a post-Hurricane Ian campaign
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    A mobile home in the Iona community in Fort Myers on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, was damaged by the storm surge caused when Hurricane Ian struck the area.
  8. President Biden to visit Florida on Wednesday
    Oct. 2• Hurricane
    President Joe Biden speaks about the ongoing federal response efforts for Hurricane Ian from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
  9. Judge favors free speech arguments in Warren vs. DeSantis case
    Sep. 30• Florida
    State Attorney Andrew Warren, right, and Governor Ron DeSantis, left.
  10. Biden calls Hurricane Ian an ‘American crisis’
    Sep. 30• Hurricane
    President Joe Biden speaks about the ongoing federal response efforts for Hurricane Ian from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
  11. Some Florida counties could see mail ballot delays from Hurricane Ian, one official says
    Sep. 30• Hurricane
    Hurricane debris is scattered throughout a Tamiami Village mobile home community on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in North Fort Myers. Hurricane Ian made landfall on the coast of Southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm Wednesday afternoon, leaving areas affected with flooded streets, downed trees and scattered debris.
  12. Hurricane Ian death toll hits 21; unknown number of human remains in 1 home
    Sep. 30• Hurricane
    Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, speaks at a news conference as Florida awaits Hurricane Ian’s arrival at the Pinellas County Emergency Operations Center on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in Largo.
  13. DeSantis disputes Biden take that Ian could be Florida’s deadliest hurricane
    Sep. 30• Hurricane
    Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference as Florida awaits Hurricane Ian’s arrival at the Pinellas County Emergency Operations Center on Monday. On Thursday DeSantis disputed a comment by President Joe Biden that Ian could be Florida's deadliest storm in history.
  14. DeSantis takes aerial tour of ‘biblical’ storm surge destruction of Sanibel
    Sep. 29• Hurricane
    A biker rides by boats that were run aground in the Legacy Harbour Marina in Fort Myers a day after Hurricane Ian hits the West Coast of Florida as a Category 4 storm, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.
  15. DeSantis says rescue efforts underway, hundreds have called 911 in Lee County
    Sep. 29• Hurricane
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a media briefing in Tallahassee before Hurricane Ian.
  16. President Biden, Gov. DeSantis touched base ahead of Hurricane Ian arrival
    Sep. 28• Hurricane
    President Joe Biden speaks during a celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and to mark Disability Pride Month, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Washington.
  17. DeSantis says it’s time to ‘hunker down’ ahead of Hurricane Ian
    Sep. 28• Hurricane
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at the Pinellas County Emergency Operations Center, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in Largo.
  18. Hurricane Ian puts pause on Florida midterm politics and DeSantis, Biden tension
    Sep. 27• Hurricane
    In this July 1, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden, right, looks at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, during a briefing with first responders and local officials in Miami on the condo tower that collapsed in Surfside.
  19. DeSantis warns Hurricane Ian will bring ‘catastrophic’ storm surge, flooding
    Sep. 27• Hurricane
    Barbara Schueler fills sandbags in a vacant lot in preparation for Hurricane Ian in St. Pete Beach on Sept. 26, 2022.
  20. Charlie Crist suspends some Florida political ads as Hurricane Ian nears
    Sep. 26• Hurricane
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist addresses supporters after he is announced the winner of his primary at his watch party In the Grand Bay Ballroom of the Hilton St. Pete Bayfront Hotel, 333 1st St SE, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 in St. Petersburg.
  21. Pinellas County mandates evacuations beginning Monday evening
    Sep. 26• Hurricane
    Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, at the Pinellas County Emergency Operations Center in Largo. Tampa Bay is bracing for Hurricane Ian’s arrival.
  22. Amid hurricane season, another Florida property insurer declared insolvent
    Sep. 26• Business
    An aerial view of the rooftops pictured from the corner of Heronglen Drive and Heronview Cres Drive in Fishhawk Ranch, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Lithia.
  23. DeSantis on Ian: ‘Make preparations now’
    Sep. 25• Hurricane
    A graphic from the National Hurricane Center released at 11 a.m. Sunday shows the earliest likely arrival times for tropical storm-force winds from Ian. Gov. Ron DeSantis urged Floridians on Sunday morning to prepare now for a storm that is expected to be a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.
  24. Clearwater to host forums on bluff referendum as residents push for passage
    Sep. 25• Clearwater
    On Nov. 8, voters will decide whether the city should sell its vacant City Hall to build two apartment towers, shaded at right, and the former Harborview site to build a 13-story hotel, shaded at left. The project also would include a two-story building with commercial space. The parcels border the city's $84 million ongoing renovation of Coachman Park, shown in the rendering's foreground.
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