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Hurricane Ian to make landfall in U.S. imminently

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6 months ago

September 28, 2022

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Officials expand Hurricane warning to southwestern Florida

Hurricane Ian moved across western Cuba Tuesday morning with winds of 125 miles per hour.

The storm left behind widespread flooding and power outages.

At least two people died and about 50,000 Cubans were evacuated.

In the United States, tens of thousands of Florida residents have been told to evacuate from their homes as the Category 3 storm gets closer to the Sunshine state.

Currently, Ian is forecast to build in strength Tuesday evening and move ashore south of Tampa by late Wednesday night.

Several airports in Florida plan to close with others announcing significant flight cancellations. More than 50 of the state’s 76 school districts have already canceled classes, with many public schools be turned into evacuation shelters.

Meanwhile, FEMA has already deployed 700 personnel to Florida and the governor has activated 5,000 state national guard with another 2,000 guard coming in from other states.

The White House says it is monitoring the situation and will provide Florida with the resources it needs.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told residents to prepare for Hurricane Ian, saying that the storm will really be a major event.

“Once it makes landfall, it’s going to slow down and really kind of crawl, but that’s going to dump an inordinate amount of rain, so you’re looking at, yes, a powerful hurricane, but a lot of surge and a lot of water which is going to cause a lot of flooding,” DeSantis said.

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Joe Biden signs bill to declassify Covid origins information

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3 hours ago

March 21, 2023

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Sone information may be kept under wraps for national security reasons

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed a bill requiring all information relating to the origins of COVID-19 be declassified.

Biden says he shares the Congress goal of releasing as much information as possible about the virus.

But, he says his Administration will still keep national security in mind when deciding what to publish.

The bill passed unanimously in the Senate and House of Representatives before being sent to the White House.

For several months now, Washington has been debating the origins of the virus.

It follows a report by the U.S. Energy Department which says the pandemic arose from a lab leak.

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Ron DeSantis breaks silence over Donald Trump charges

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3 hours ago

March 21, 2023

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The Florida Governor says he won’t get involved

Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis has broken his silence on the Manhattan District Attorney pursuing charges against Donald Trump.

DeSantis has vowed his office will not get involved if the matter trickles into the former President’s adopted home state – that is Florida.

But the Florida governor stopped well short of offering support to Trump, instead poking fun at the situation.

A New York grand jury is in the final stages of determining whether Trump should face charges over an alleged payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

This is all related to an alleged affair.

The dismissive and tongue-in-cheek comments made by DeSantis travelled quickly.

Trump’s allies immediately started attacking the Florida governor across social media, suggesting he will face a political price for failing to rally around Trump.

This was before the former president responded himself, saying “Ron DeSanctimonious will probably find out about false accusations & fake stories sometime in the future, as he gets older, wiser, and better known”.

The episode is just another example of the tension and rivalry between two of the GOP’s biggest stars as they battle for party supremacy.