WHAT’S HAPPENING: Irma slams Caribbean, takes aim at Florida
Irma weakened slightly Thursday from its peak, record-setting winds of 185 mph (300 kph) but was expected to strengthen again.
WHAT'S AHEAD FOR IRMA?
Irma appears increasingly likely to rip into heavily populated
Irma's top sustained winds weakened by about 10 mph (16 kph) on Thursday because of dry air and interaction with land on the island of Hispaniola. However, meteorologist
Forecasters said Irma could rake the entire
WHAT HAS IRMA DONE SO FAR?
French, British and Dutch rescuers struggled to rush aid to a string of
Nearly every building on the island of
About a million people were without power in
EVACUATION TRAFFIC JAMS
After parts of southern
The Republican governor acknowledged that traffic jams and gas shortages were "frustrating," and said federal authorities and other states were helping to move more fuel into the state. He urged gas stations to stay open as long as possible.
ONE FLIGHT INTO THE STORM
A daring
The flight-tracking website FlightRadar24 shared a radar image showing the plane heading into San Juan from
OTHER FLIGHTS BEING CANCELED
Airlines plan to cancel
American,
INSURANCE IMPACT
One of
The state-run
FLOOD INSURANCE HAS DROPPED
An
In just five years, the state's total number of federal flood insurance policies has fallen by 15 percent, according to
TEST FOR
A catastrophic Hurricane Andrew revealed how lax building codes had become in the country's most storm-prone state.
The conservative radio personality's swerve into meteorology had
Limbaugh's lengthy soliloquy on his radio show the day before was apparently set off by seeing a rush on supplies of bottled water in
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