FLORIDA EMERGENCY INFORMATION

• Gov. DeSantis announces $6.4 million in recovery aid for small businesses affected by Hurricane Idalia October 4, 2023 2:28 am TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WPEC) — On Monday, Gov. DeSantis announced more than $6.4 million has been approved to help small businesses impacted by Hurricane Idalia. The funds come via the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program, and will impact 161 …
• FEMA assistance now available for Charlotte County Idalia victims October 4, 2023 2:18 am A common site across all of Southwest Florida is damage from Hurricane Ian, but recently, Ian isn’t the only hurricane that hit our area. Hurricane Idalia also left its mark. But on Monday, FEMA amended the disaster declaration and added Charlotte County, …
• Hillsborough County gets FEMA approval for Hurricane Idalia relief October 3, 2023 10:02 pm TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hillsborough County residents whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Idalia can now apply for individual aid through FEMA. The Florida Division of Emergency Management announced Tuesday that Hillsborough and Charlotte counties were …
• North Florida farms struggling to recover month after Hurricane Idalia October 3, 2023 7:38 pm LIVE OAK, Fla. – It’s been more than a month since Hurricane Idalia tore through Florida’s Big Bend making landfall near Horseshoe Beach as a powerful Category 3 storm. Residents and farmers say they’re still struggling. Damage cleanup continues as some …
• Cybersecurity, CE, CRM, Warehouse Products; Disaster News and Insurance - Scaling Back in FL and CA October 3, 2023 3:33 pm Cybersecurity, CE, CRM, Warehouse Products; Disaster News and Insurance - Scaling Back in FL and CA How will you always know that this Commentary is not produced by some AI thingy? Because of mistakes like yesterday, leaving Illinois off the list of top …
• Should FEMA be in Biden's Cabinet? October 3, 2023 12:17 pm Comment on this story Comment In today’s edition, we’ll cover why Americans don’t hate living near solar and wind farms as much as you might think. But first: A bipartisan bill would make FEMA a Cabinet-level agency Now that Congress has averted a …
• Hurricane Idalia’s Florida ag losses now pushing $447M October 3, 2023 11:46 am A preliminary estimate by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services puts total crop and infrastructure losses caused by Hurricane Idalia at an estimated $447.9 million. A previous estimate, released Sept. 21 by the University of Florida …
• New report: Storm surge caused most local damage from Hurricane Idalia October 3, 2023 8:04 am The greatest impact to Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties from Hurricane Idalia was from storm surge, according to a preliminary impact report on the storm released by the National Weather Service in Ruskin. In Sarasota County, a peak water level of …