Punta Gorda, Florida. Via Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Florida struggles to recover from the damage caused by Hurricane Milton, and the lingering effects from Helene two weeks earlier, the long-term health consequences could be devastating, studies suggest. A recent study published in the journal Nature examining nearly […]
Saul Martinez/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — Cleanup and damage assessments are underway at airports in Florida after Hurricane Milton barreled into the state’s western coast as a Category 3 storm. Multiple airports in the Tampa, Sarasota and Orlando areas closed in the hours and days ahead of landfall, with thousands […]
ABC News (ST.PETERSBURG, Fla.) — As Hurricane Milton pummeled the St. Petersburg area, with winds strong enough to shred the roof of Tropicana Field, Kristy Austin said it sounded like a “freight train” was coming through her apartment building. “It sounded like the ocean was hitting our windows and the […]
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Turkish Airlines flight diverted to New York on Wednesday morning after one of its pilots died. Flight 204 was traveling from Seattle to Istanbul when it was diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport for an emergency landing at approximately 6 a.m. after […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — The fiberglass roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, was left in tatters, a 10,000-square-foot sheriff’s facility was demolished and several people were killed at a senior living community in St. Lucie County. That was among the widespread damage emerging Thursday after Hurricane […]
Debris in Sarasota, Florida. Via Sean Rayford/Getty (NEW YORK) — Florida authorities began assessing the damage left by Hurricane Milton’s passage across the state early Thursday, as the storm passed into the Atlantic Ocean after a night of high winds, torrential rain and storm surge. Milton made landfall on Florida’s […]
Paras Griffin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — ABC News legal contributor Brian Buckmire talks about the music mogul’s return to court on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. Sean “Diddy” Combs accused federal agents and prosecutors of unlawful leaks in a court filing on Wednesday. Combs has been held without bail […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Milton is forecast to bring a slew of devastation to Florida’s west coast as the Category 3 storm makes landfall in the Tampa area Wednesday evening. In addition to physical damage to the region, power blackouts and cell service outages could last for […]
Pgiam/Getty Images/STOCK (TAMPA, Fla.) — Tampa General Hospital put its flood barrier to the test during Hurricane Helene late last month, helping protect the facility from record storm surge. As Hurricane Milton is expected to bring record-breaking storm surge yet again to the region, the hospital — located on the […]
August Frank-Pool/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The long-anticipated trial against the man accused of killing four University of Idaho college students nearly two years ago was delayed on Wednesday, court officials said. Idaho District Judge Steven Hippler originally scheduled Bryan Kohberger’s capital murder trial to begin in June 2025, but […]
