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Aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Brunswick, Georgia (Photos and videos taken by Eagle News Correspondent Colleen Knight) (Eagle News) — Georgia was among those recently hit by Hurricane Irma, which was downgraded to a tropical storm, and more recently to a tropical depression, in the United States.
TONALA, Chiapas state, Mexico (CCTV) — In addition to providing food and medical assistance, Mexican authorities in the city of Tonala are making sure children sheltering at a local relief center can continue to receive their education despite the loss of their school buildings to a powerful earthquake last week. The 8.2 magnitude quake, the strongest to hit Mexico in living memory, has killed at least 96 people across the country, and left some 2.5 […]
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) — Ten people were killed in Cuba by Hurricane Irma, according to the country’s authorities, who have begun to assess the full extent of the damage in the aftermath of the devastating storm. Seven of the dead were from the capital Havana, while fatalities were also reported in Matanzas, and in the regions of Ciego de Avila and Camaguey farther east. Most of deaths were either caused by collapsing buildings or electric […]
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) — Residents of Charleston, South Carolina, shared their videos of Hurricane Irma barreling into their city on Monday (September 11) and Sunday (September 10). One video posted to Twitter shows abnormally high water levels at Charleston harbor, while another shows sheets of rain falling in a park in downtown Charleston. A third video shows flooded streets with a car partially submerged in water. Some areas in South Carolina were already flooded […]
By Karen May Mendoza Eagle News Service ATLANTA, Georgia (Eagle News) – As Irma moved north towards Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, the hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm. But due to the estimated 60mph winds expected, it is still extremely dangerous. Governor Nathan Deal declared a State of Emergency for all Georgia counties on Sunday, September 10, 2017, prompting schools and government buildings to be closed on Monday, September 11. MARTA, […]
by Dave Clark Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United Stated (AFP) – In flooded resorts and storm-ravaged beach hotels dotted along the Caribbean archipelago, hundreds of US tourists are waiting for news from the State Department crisis task force. More than 2,000 Americans left stranded by the passage of Hurricane Irma have been flown out of the holiday island of Saint Martin by the Air National Guard — or loaded onto passing cruise ships. As many more […]
JUCHITAN, Mexico (CCTV) — Help arrived for some homeless families in Mexican town of Juchitan in Oaxaca State after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit the country’s southern coast. Many are resting at the Technological Institute of the Isthmus that has become a temporary shelter for families left homeless following Thursday’s massive earthquake. Private citizens have brought food from a neighboring state, enough to feed hundreds. On the night of the earthquake, Jocelin Gomez and her family […]
(Eagle News) – Irma has now been downgraded into a Category 1 hurricane as it continued to weaken while moving over the Western Florida Peninsula, according to the United States’ National Hurricane Center (NHC) In its 2 a.m. EDT Monday, (2 p.m. Manila time) Sept. 11 update, NHC said that Irma’s sustained winds are only about 85 miles per hour. In its latest update, NHC said: “IRMA WEAKENING AS IT MOVES OVER THE WESTERN […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The combined economic cost of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma could reach $290 billion, equivalent to 1.5 percent of the US gross domestic product, US forecaster AccuWeather said in a report Sunday. “We believe the damage estimate from Irma to be about $100 billion, among the costliest hurricanes of all time,” said the firm’s CEO and founder Joel Myers. Harvey, which battered Texas and parts of Louisiana in late August, […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The death toll from a major earthquake that struck southern Mexico earlier this week has risen to 90, authorities reported Sunday, after 25 new deaths were confirmed in Oaxaca state. “The number of people who lost their lives amounts to 90, of whom 71 were in Oaxaca, 15 in Chiapas and four in Tabasco,” the interior ministry said in a statement. Mexican seismological authorities measured Thursday night’s quake at magnitude […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump approved Florida’s request for emergency federal aid on Sunday to help with the recovery from destructive Hurricane Irma. The federal funding includes “grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster,” the White House said. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) — Hurricane Irma made landfall for a second time near Marco Island in Florida and is now near Naples where dangerous storm surges are expected, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center. Because of its encounter in the Florida landmass, it has weakened and is now a Category 2 storm. As of 5 pm in Florida Sunday, Sept. 10 (5 a.m. Monday Sept 11 Manila time), the center of […]
