hurricane Ian

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Climate activists lie after painting "stop funding fossil fuels" on the square in front of the Euro sign in Frankfurt, during "Fridays for Future" event, on Oct. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Insurers withdraw from high-risk oil, gas, coal projects

Insurance companies that have long said they'll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners.

By Associated Press | News | October 19th 2022

Crates of exotic and rare birds are transported by boat to the mainland off the coast of Pine Island, Fla., on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

Rescuers save 275 parrots stranded by Ian

Will Peratino and his partner Lauren Stepp would not leave their Pine Island compound, even as authorities pleaded with residents to abandon their homes because of damaged roads, including a collapsed bridge that prevented deliveries of food, gas and other life-sustaining supplies.

By Bobby Caina Calvan | News, US News | October 5th 2022

The destroyed bridge leading to Pine Island is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

U.S. federal government ready to unleash massive disaster aid for hurricane Ian victims

With the death toll from Hurricane Ian rising and hundreds of thousands of people without power in Florida and the Carolinas, U.S. officials vowed on Sunday, October 2, 2022, to unleash a massive amount of federal disaster aid as crews scrambled to rescue people stranded by the storm.

By Bobby Caina Calvan & Mike Schneider | News, US News | October 3rd 2022

Linda Newman, a resident of Pine Island who rode out the storm on the island and recently lost her husband, waits to be evacuated in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Pine Island in Lee County, Fla., on Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Dangers persist in Florida in hurricane Ian's wake

People kayaking down streets that were passable just a day or two earlier. Hundreds of thousands without power. National Guard helicopters flying rescue missions to residents still stranded on Florida’s barrier islands.

By Bobby Caina Calvan & Mike Schneider | News, US News | October 3rd 2022

People walk on the Ballast Point Pier ahead of Hurricane Ian, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. Photo by The Associarted Press/Chris O'Meara

Canadians in Florida hunker down as hurricane Ian pummels the state

By Maan Alhmidi | News, US News | September 29th 2022

King Point resident Maria Esturilho is escorted by her son Tony Esturilho as they leave behind the damage from Hurricane Ian at Kings Point 55+ community in Delray Beach, Fla., on Sept. 28, 2022. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

People trapped, 2.5M without power as hurricane Ian swamps Florida

Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, destroying the only bridge to Sanibel Island, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2.5 million people as it dumped rain across the peninsula on Thursday, September 29, 2022.

By Curt Anderson | News, US News | September 29th 2022

Southwest Airline passengers check into a ticket counter near a sign that shows canceled flights at the Tampa International Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Ian almost a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Florida

Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified off Florida’s southwest coast on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, morning, gaining top winds of 155 mph (250 kph), just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status. Damaging winds and rain lashed the state’s heavily populated Gulf Coast, with the Naples to Sarasota region at “highest risk” of a devastating storm surge.

By Curt Anderson | News, US News | September 28th 2022

Waves crash against a seawall as Hurricane Ian passes through George Town, Grand Cayman island, on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Kevin Morales)

Hurricane Ian hits Cuba, Florida braces for damage

Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane before it hits Florida on Wednesday.

By Cristiana Mesquita & Curt Anderson | News, US News | September 27th 2022

Tampa residents wait for over 2 hours at Himes Avenue Complex to fill their 10 free sandbags on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Ian now a hurricane, headed for Cuba, Florida

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ian has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves closer to Cuba on a track expected to take it to Florida in the coming days.

By Cristiana Mesquita | News, US News | September 26th 2022