What could be worse than a pandemic overwhelming health care systems and causing global economic collapse? Florida knows the answer: a pandemic that rages into hurricane season, which is already on the horizon and causing the Sunshine State to dramatically update its storm preparations. “COVID is bad, a hurricane is bad. If you combine the […]
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A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the US outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base, injuring 21 people. There were no reports of fatalities or critical injuries. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter […]
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A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing four people, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Dave Downey said. Emergency personnel with sniffer dogs searched for signs of life amid the wreckage of concrete slabs and twisted metal after the 950-ton bridge crushed vehicles on one of […]
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Nikolas Cruz, an orphaned 19-year-old, responsible for the mass killing in a Florida school on Wednesday, was charged Thursday morning with 17 counts of premeditated murder. The accused, still wearing a hospital gown after being treated for laboured breathing, and weighing in at 5-foot-7 and 131 pounds, was ordered held without bond and booked into […]
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About 17 people have been confirmed dead at a Florida high school on Wednesday, after a gunman opened fire, leaving terrified students huddled in their classrooms, texting friends and family for help. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, had left “multiple dead,” with […]
Continue ReadingHurricane Matthew, a category 3 storm that hit Haiti on Tuesday has killed at least 900 people.Officials say that the Caribbean wind wrecked about 90 per cent damage on all the cities that it affected. Some of the hardest-hit towns are yet to be reached by land, and there are fears that more bodies will […]
Continue ReadingAfter seeing the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Matthew — the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade, 1.5 million people have been asked to evacuate Florida.“This storm will kill you,” Rick Scott, governor of Florida, said at a news conference, urging that “the time is now” to evacuate ahead of the Category 4 storm. “This is […]
Continue ReadingNot less than two persons have died, with some 17 others injured, as a result of gunshots fired at a ‘teen’ club night in Florida. One of the local news outlets WTSP said that up to 17 youngsters had been shot in the nightclub, according to Lt. Jim Mulligan of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. […]
Continue ReadingIslamic State’s Amaq News Agency on Sunday said the Islamist militant group was responsible for the shooting that killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The Islamic State media outlet said the perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub attack was a member of the extremist organisation. “The armed […]
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