Reuters: President Joe Biden will travel to #Florida on Saturday to survey damage from #HurricaneIdalia, but a visit with the state's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, is not scheduled, despite the president's assertion that they would meet.
Tropical Storm Idalia descended on the Carolinas on its way out to the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, leaving a trail of flooding and destruction throughout the Southeast.
Welp, #HurricaneIdalia wasn’t even that bad but it still took out our power. Bummer! The storm should pass soon so I hope lights will be restored tonight.
All governors in the storm's path "laser focused" on what's needed to respond to #HurricaneIdalia, says President Biden taking questions from reporters.
President Biden has called Governor DeSantis of Florida, Governor Kemp of Georgia, Governor McMaster of South Carolina and Governor Cooper of North Carolina, telling each of them they and their states have his administration's full support regarding #HurricaneIdalia, says the White House.
Ironic and likely iconic photo shared by Tom Hallock, professor at USF. South of downtown St. Petersburg, FL, which was about 115 miles (at the closest) to a Category 2 (at the time) hurricane, August 30, 2023.
"The state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said the storm, which made landfall in Taylor County at Category 3 strength before crossing other areas of rural North Florida, had its biggest impact on such things as #cattle and #poultry operations, followed by #FieldCrops."
“The business of insuring for catastrophes used to mean exceptional, very rare events and that’s not what we’re seeing. These are much more common, so something’s got to change.”