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Aug. 29– President Trump on Thursday scrapped his Labor Day weekend trip to Poland and said he would stick stateside to monitor Hurricane Dorian as it barrels toward Florida, striking a much different tone than when the storm was expected to hit Puerto Rico. The president’s pledge of unequivocal support for Florida sharply contrasted his comments a day earlier,…

Aug. 29– President Trump on Thursday scrapped his Labor Day weekend trip to Poland and said he would stick stateside to monitor Hurricane Dorian as it barrels toward Florida, striking a much different tone than when the storm was expected to hit Puerto Rico. The president’s pledge of unequivocal support for Florida sharply contrasted his comments a day earlier,…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:. FEMA is announcing $410 million in funding is available through two Fiscal Year 2019 Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs: Pre-Disaster Mitigation and Flood Mitigation Assistance. The Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 allows…

Hurricane Dorian continues its path through the Caribbean, moving near St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and then over the open Atlantic toward the Continental U.S. The National Hurricane Center issued hurricane warnings for the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Culebra and Vieques, and the storm is expected to produce heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands to supplement territory and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Hurricane Dorian beginning on Aug. 26, 2019, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts…

This would be a good time to brush up on your hurricane terminology. For some newcomers, the approaching Hurricane Dorian will be their first Florida hurricane, and for the rest of us, it will be another opportunity to speak that special tropical storm language we’ve come to learn. So here’s an essential glossary of terms you ought to know:.

Aug. 29– A decade into a blockbuster expansion across Connecticut, the owner of Hartford Hospital is making its boldest move yet, with the acquisition of St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport. “We spent the last ten years, in many ways, building Hartford HealthCare,” Flaks said. Hartford HealthCare owns Hartford Hospital and five other hospitals in Connecticut,…

—President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled his planned weekend trip to Poland as Hurricane Dorian barrels toward Florida. Trump, announcing the last-minute change of plans at a Rose Garden signing ceremony, said it was “very important” for him to be in Washington to deal with the storm, which the National Hurricane Center predicts will make landfall on Labor…

—Trump cancels Poland trip as Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida, will send Vice President Pence in his place.

On the Sun Sentinel’ s Facebook page, we asked readers to share their tips for hurricane preparedness as Dorian approaches. Make sure your pets are wearing their ID tags “– Jennifer Kerrick. Bring them in at night, put one in each room and the whole house has light.”– Linda Star-Siegel.

Aug. 29– Florida’s east coast is bracing for a potentially devastating storm this Labor Day weekend as Dorian is now on track to become a Category 4 hurricane with winds as strong as 130 mph. The hurricane on Wednesday struck the U.S. Virgin Islands and brushed past Puerto Rico, both of which sustained minimum damage. “Puerto Rico is in great shape with Hurricane…