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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. Volunteers offer rides, supplies to barrier island residents after Hurricane Ian
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    Residents of Pine Island, Fla., leave the island by boat after Hurricane Ian left widespread damage across the island, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.
  2. Reports identify mystery recruiter tied to DeSantis migrant flights as Tampa woman
    Yesterday• Politics
    The townhome located in the 5300 block of Bayshore Blvd. belonging to Perla Haydee Huerta pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Tampa. Huerta allegedly recruited migrants onto Gov. Ron DeSantis’ flights to Martha’s Vineyard from San Antonio in September.
  3. Trump asks US Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    In this Sept. 23 photo, former President Donald Trump listens to applause from the crowd as he steps up to the podium at a rally in Wilmington, N.C. Lawyers for Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate.
  5. Post-Hurricane Ian, Florida midterm politics come roaring back
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference last week at the Pinellas County Emergency Operations Center in Largo as Florida awaits Hurricane Ian's arrival. By the middle of this week, many of the state’s political strategists say they expect campaigns to be back in full swing.
  6. Pasco School Board candidates stay cordial while their supporters attack
    Yesterday• Education
    Al Hernandez, left, and James Washington are competing for the Pasco County School Board District 1 seat in the Nov. 8, 2022 general election.
  7. Federal judge rejects challenge to Florida’s so-called ‘don’t say gay’ law
    Yesterday• Politics
    Elementary school students from Classical Preparatory School gather at the table where Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the "Parental Rights in Education" bill, aka the "don't say gay" bill, during a news conference in March at the school in Shady Hills. U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the law, finding that plaintiffs did not show they had legal standing.
  8. Former St. Petersburg Council member also faced whisper campaign over hiring
    Yesterday• 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Judge favors free speech arguments in Warren vs. DeSantis case
    Sep. 30• Florida
    State Attorney Andrew Warren, right, and Governor Ron DeSantis, left.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
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