Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Mike Schneider Article content It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar cleanup contracts are generating new tempests in the Category 4 storm’s wake. Contractors who remove debris and perform post-storm repairs are fighting over … Read more
Article content ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month, state agriculture officials said. Article content The Category 4 storm caused between $1.1 billion and $1.8 billion in losses to the state’s crops and agriculture infrastructure when it tore through the peninsula after landing … Read more
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — On Monday, traditional public schools in north Sarasota County will reopen for the first time since Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida. That includes schools in Sarasota and in and north of Venice. Traditional public schools in south Sarasota County, including Englewood and North Port, are scheduled to reopen on October 17. … Read more
Litigation is looming for home insurers in Florida as cash-strapped, underinsured homeowners—paired with an aggressive plaintiffs’ bar—are expected to turn to the court system to try to force payments for flood damage that the carriers say they aren’t legally obligated to cover. Fewer than one-third to just over 40% of the Florida homes in the … Read more
A 57-year-old woman in the Sarasota area developed hypothermia and died after her roof caved in and she became stuck in floodwaters. A 96-year-old man drowned after getting trapped under a parked car in Charlotte County. In Fort Myers Beach, the body of an 85-year-old woman was found in a tree several days after the … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Beatrice Dupuy Article content Many people whose loved ones stayed behind in the pathway of Hurricane Ian are crowdsourcing rescue efforts as they grapple with the helplessness of waiting and not knowing. In TikTok videos and Facebook posts, families are sharing their desperate … Read more
Climate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, a study prepared immediately after the storm shows. Thursday’s research, which is not peer-reviewed, compared peak rainfall rates during the real storm to about 20 different computer scenarios of a model with Hurricane Ian’s characteristics slamming into the Sunshine State in a world with … Read more
Tropical Storm Ian will have a potentially devastating impact on the state’s major industries, with the economic toll from the storm expected to reach tens of billions of dollars. The state’s tourism and hospitality, citrus production. and phosphate mining businesses are likely to face weeks-long disruptions to their operations, according to experts. The storm, which … Read more
Universal Orlando Resort, including CityWalk, will close on Wednesday, the company announced today. The closure will continue on Thursday — when the storm is expected to be at its peak in Central Florida — and be lifted Friday. Seminole County director of the office for emergency management Alan Harris told the Orlando Sentinel that, as … Read more