/tags/hurricane-matthew Hurricane Matthew en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Wed, 16 Aug 2023 21:42:18 GMT /npr-breaking-news/npr-breaking-news/2023-08-16/hurricanes-cause-vast-majority-of-storm-deaths-in-vulnerable-communities New research puts stark numbers on a well-known disparity: poor and vulnerable communities suffer over 90% of deaths associated with major storms. Wed, 16 Aug 2023 21:42:18 GMT /npr-breaking-news/npr-breaking-news/2023-08-16/hurricanes-cause-vast-majority-of-storm-deaths-in-vulnerable-communities Alejandra Borunda /show/latin-america-report/2019-09-02/there-will-be-more-and-more-frequent-dorians-can-the-islands-in-their-path-survive Hurricane Dorian is predicted to finally leave the Bahamas Tuesday after spending two days wrecking - and in many places drowning - the islands of Abaco… Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:44:47 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-09-02/there-will-be-more-and-more-frequent-dorians-can-the-islands-in-their-path-survive Tim Padgett /news/2017-09-05/tenants-rights-in-the-face-of-a-storm Forty-two percent of all South Floridians rent their homes. And as it turns out, there’s not a whole lot of obligation for landlords to help tenants… Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:17:30 GMT /news/2017-09-05/tenants-rights-in-the-face-of-a-storm /news/2017-03-27/south-florida-aid-group-urges-housing-aid-for-haiti-after-finding-more-cave-dwellers Last week workers for the Coconut Creek-based charity Food for the Poor came upon 240 people living in a cave in a mountainous area near JĂ©rĂ©mie, Haiti.… Mon, 27 Mar 2017 11:40:10 GMT /news/2017-03-27/south-florida-aid-group-urges-housing-aid-for-haiti-after-finding-more-cave-dwellers Tim Padgett /news/2017-02-07/fpl-customers-to-pay-for-hurricane-matthew-costs-with-extra-charge-in-their-bills Whether they took the brunt of Hurricane Matthew or experienced a rainy breeze, Florida Power & Light (FPL) customers will spend the next year paying for… Tue, 07 Feb 2017 19:41:11 GMT /news/2017-02-07/fpl-customers-to-pay-for-hurricane-matthew-costs-with-extra-charge-in-their-bills News Service of Florida /2017-01-04/fpl-asks-for-rate-hike-to-cover-costs-from-hurricane-matthew Florida Power and Light is asking the state for a temporary rate hike to recover costs from Hurricane Matthew. FPL says in the wake of the storm it... Wed, 04 Jan 2017 12:46:27 GMT /2017-01-04/fpl-asks-for-rate-hike-to-cover-costs-from-hurricane-matthew Catherine Welch /news/2016-10-25/haitian-americans-discover-the-power-and-pitfalls-of-emergency-relief “How long have you been in pain?” asks Nurse Marsha Eloi, sitting in a makeshift health clinic in Camp Perrin, one of dozens of towns visited by the… Tue, 25 Oct 2016 16:43:54 GMT /news/2016-10-25/haitian-americans-discover-the-power-and-pitfalls-of-emergency-relief /education/2016-10-24/haiti-after-matthew-damaged-schools-families-with-no-place-to-live Thirteen-year-old Ivana Fenelon walked up to me outside a church and primary school in Camp Perrin the week after Hurricane Matthew had leveled most of… Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:20:00 GMT /education/2016-10-24/haiti-after-matthew-damaged-schools-families-with-no-place-to-live /show/the-sunshine-economy/2016-10-24/the-sunshine-economy-haiti-help-and-hurricane-matthew Drive down on Lucy Street in Homestead, take a right at a school painted pink, then a left at the stop sign and you will find yourself surrounded by… Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:03:02 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2016-10-24/the-sunshine-economy-haiti-help-and-hurricane-matthew /show/the-south-florida-roundup/2016-10-16/the-florida-roundup-miamis-new-zika-zone-campus-safety-in-public-schools-haiti-relief This week on The Florida Roundup...On Thursday, Governor Rick Scott announced that at least five people had contracted the Zika virus in Miami's Little… Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:47:59 GMT /show/the-south-florida-roundup/2016-10-16/the-florida-roundup-miamis-new-zika-zone-campus-safety-in-public-schools-haiti-relief