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After Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Wednesday, Florida communities are emerging to see its destruction with hopes and plans to recover.

Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida, splitting trees in half, ripping roofs off hotels and turning small cars into boats before sweeping into Georgia as a still-powerful storm that flooded roadways and sent residents running for higher ground. (Aug. 20)…

Here’s the latest for Wednesday, August 30th: Hurricane Idalia unleashes fury on Florida and Georgia; White House says Putin and Kim Jong Un traded letters for munitions; Soldiers in Gabon seized power, detain president; Catch Wednesday’s blue supermoo…

President Joe Biden is warning Hurricane Idalia is “still very dangerous” even though it weakened after battering Florida Wednesday morning. Biden also sought to reassure victims of Hawaii’s devastating wildfires that he hasn’t forgotten them. (Aug. 30…

Waffle House has closed at least five locations across Florida because of Hurricane Idalia. Here’s how the Waffle House index works.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in Kentucky on Wednesday, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington. (Aug. 30)
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Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before…

Patrick Murphy, of Denver, was charged with a hate crime and “criminal mischief” for breaking transgender Pride flags, police said. He pleaded not guilty.

Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 3 but has been downgraded to a Category 1.

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