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DeSantis helps Waffle House employees cook for first responders in Sarasota County
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put on the gloves and picked up a spatula at a Sarasota-area Waffle House on Thursday to help cook for first responders after Hurricane Milton left a path of destruction across the Tampa Bay area.
Live updates: St. Pete’s downtown hammered by Milton
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key in Sarasota County as a Category 3 on Wednesday night and in the hours that followed tore a path across the state leaving millions of Floridians without power. The storm pounded the state on three fronts overnight into Thursday. In storm-weary Tampa Bay,...
FEMA Forces Storm-Wrecked Homeowners to Choose: Build Up or Move Out?
After the storm, we rebuild. That’s the mantra repeated by residents, businesses and elected officials after any big storm. Hurricane Milton may have avoided the worst case scenario of a direct hit on the Tampa Bay area, but communities south of Tampa experienced heavy flooding just a couple weeks after being hit by Hurricane Helene. While the damage is still being assessed in Sarasota County’s barrier islands, homes that require extensive renovations will almost certainly run up against what is known as the 50% rule — or, in Southwest Florida, the “dreaded 50% rule.” In flood zone-situated communities eligible...
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