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		<title>3 Florida correctional officers charged with murder in inmate beating</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authorities in Florida say three correctional officers face murder charges for allegedly beating a handcuffed inmate who threw urine at one of them. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced the arrests of 29-year-old Christopher Rolon, 34-year-old Kirk Walton, and 24-year-old Ronald Connor on Thursday. In a news release, the department said the alleged incident &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>Authorities in Florida say three correctional officers face murder charges for allegedly beating a handcuffed inmate who threw urine at one of them.</p>
<p>The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced the arrests of 29-year-old Christopher Rolon, 34-year-old Kirk Walton, and 24-year-old Ronald Connor on Thursday.</p>
<p>In a news release, the department said the alleged incident occurred on Feb. 14 while the inmate was being removed from his cell so he could be transferred from a mental health unit at a Miami-Dade County prison to another prison.</p>
<p>After the inmate allegedly threw urine at one of the officers, he was placed in handcuffs.</p>
<p>Once they removed him from his cell, the officers began to beat him, the department said.</p>
<p>"The inmate was beaten so badly he had to be carried to the transport van," the department said. "Once inside, he was placed in a secure compartment by himself."</p>
<p>As they made their way to the other prison, the officers made a stop in Ocala. It was there they discovered the inmate had died.</p>
<p>According to the medical examiner's office, the inmate's death was caused by a punctured lung leading to internal bleeding.</p>
<p>According to the ME's report, the inmate also suffered injuries to his face and torso consistent with a beating.</p>
<p>The agency said the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office would prosecute the case.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lawyers representing families of victims and survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, last June have told a judge that they've reached a nearly $1 billion tentative settlement. Harley S. Tropin is a lawyer representing the plaintiffs. He announced the settlement during a hearing on Wednesday before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman. Still &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>Lawyers representing families of victims and survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, last June have told a judge that they've reached a nearly $1 billion tentative settlement. </p>
<p>Harley S. Tropin is a lawyer representing the plaintiffs. He announced the settlement during a hearing on Wednesday before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman. Still pending final approval, the settlement involves insurance companies, developers of an adjacent building and other defendants.</p>
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<p>“I’m shocked by this result — I think it’s fantastic,” Hanzman said. “This is a recovery that is far in excess of what I had anticipated.”</p>
<p>Earlier this year, Hanzman had approved <a class="Link" href="https://apnews.com/article/business-miami-florida-lawsuits-surfside-building-collapse-0f2dcbf017b17fc98f1b9f2cff98d53f">an $83 million settlement</a> to compensate people who suffered economic losses such as condominium units and personal property, the <a class="Link" href="https://apnews.com/article/ivanka-trump-miami-lawsuits-florida-surfside-building-collapse-5620fbf1af2c36bfb67d605eb1a3ae3b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a> reported. </p>
<p>The 12-story building called the Champlain Towers South condominium collapsed suddenly in the early-morning hours on June 24 and almost instantly destroyed dozens of individual condo units, burying victims under tons of rubble. Rescuers worked for weeks digging through mountains of concrete to find survivors, then later to recover the remains of those who died. A total of 98 people were killed.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[The lawyer for a Georgia man scheduled to be executed next week says her client has significant cognitive impairments that likely contributed to his crimes and has suffered horrific abuse in prison. She argues that means his life should be spared. Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. was convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl and raping her &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>The lawyer for a Georgia man scheduled to be executed next week says her client has significant cognitive impairments that likely contributed to his crimes and has suffered horrific abuse in prison. </p>
<p>She argues that means his life should be spared. Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. was convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl and raping her 10-year-old friend after abducting them as they walked home from school in Cobb County, just outside Atlanta, on May 4, 1976. He is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. </p>
<p>The five-member parole board, which is the only authority in Georgia that can commute a death sentence, has scheduled a closed-door clemency hearing Monday to consider his case.</p>
<p>“Before society makes a man pay the ultimate price for a crime, it must determine if his culpability justifies the cost. In Virgil’s case, it simply does not. Virgil Presnell is profoundly disabled,” his attorney Monet Brewerton-Palmer wrote in a clemency application released on Friday by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.</p>
<p>The application acknowledges the seriousness of what Presnell Jr. did and says he's “deeply and profoundly sorry” to the families of the two girls. The application asks the parole board to delay his execution by 90 days so the board can review his application, then it asks the board to commute his sentence to life without the possibility of parole.</p>
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					"The most magical place on Earth" is celebrating a "magical" new arrival this week.Disney Parks announced on social media that a white shetland pony was born on Tuesday morning at the Tri-Circle-D Ranch at the Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground in Bay Lake, Florida.The news of the new arrival means Cinderella won't soon be without a horse, which is important because, as Cinderella's fairy godmother once advised, “You can't go to the ball without a horse.”In the video player above: See images of the foal and her mom, Lady"Give a warm welcome to this sweet, newborn foal at Tri-Circle-D Ranch! Less than 24 hours old, she’s already in the pasture bonding with mom," Disney Parks tweeted Tuesday. "With her beautiful white coat, this Shetland pony will be living out a fairy- "tail” &amp; joining the team who pulls Cinderella’s coach."In Disney Parks' announcement on Instagram, Dr. Mark Penning, vice president of Animals, Science and Environment for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, commented about the pony's birth."This sweet, Shetland pony foal was just born at Tri-Circle-D Ranch! Less than 24 hours old, she’s already in the pasture bonding with mom," Penning wrote in one of the announcements on social media.  "She was born with a beautiful, white coat, which means one day she will help pull Cinderella’s coach. For now, though, she’s keeping close to her mom Lady."Births like these are possible thanks to the care and dedication of our ranch hands at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort &amp; Campground."According to CNN, the foal has an older sister, Lily — who was born in 2019. The hope is that the sister Shetlands will follow in the hoof steps of their parents, Lady and Ferdinand, who have both served on Cinderella's horse team, which pulls the pumpkin carriage at The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World for weddings and parades. The ranch, according to the Walt Disney World Website, is home to more than 90 horses of a variety of breeds including Appaloosas, Arabians, Belgians, Clydesdales, Percherons and Quarter Horses and Shetland Ponies. In addition to being home to Cinderella's ponies, the ranch is home to the horses of Main Street, U.S.A. and Discover the Dragon Calliope.
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<p>"The most magical place on Earth" is celebrating a "magical" new arrival this week.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cukb3ZEucNf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Disney Parks</a> announced on social media that a white shetland pony was born on Tuesday morning at the Tri-Circle-D Ranch at the Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground in Bay Lake, Florida.</p>
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<p>The news of the new arrival means Cinderella won't soon be without a horse, which is important because, as Cinderella's fairy godmother once advised, “You can't go to the ball without a horse.”</p>
<p><strong><em>In the video player above: See images of the foal and her mom, Lady</em></strong></p>
<p>"Give a warm welcome to this sweet, newborn foal at Tri-Circle-D Ranch! Less than 24 hours old, she’s already in the pasture bonding with mom," Disney Parks <a href="https://twitter.com/DisneyParks/status/1678863410677653509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1678863410677653509%7Ctwgr%5E0dfd62da73655f2c9426c46ecab68428d20317d8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwdwnt.com%2F2023%2F07%2Fbaby-shetland-pony-born-at-walt-disney-world%2F" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tweeted</a> Tuesday. "With her beautiful white coat, this Shetland pony will be living out a fairy- "tail” &amp; joining the team who pulls Cinderella’s coach."</p>
<p>In Disney Parks' announcement on Instagram, Dr. Mark Penning, vice president of Animals, Science and Environment for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, commented about the pony's birth.</p>
<p>"This sweet, Shetland pony foal was just born at Tri-Circle-D Ranch! Less than 24 hours old, she’s already in the pasture bonding with mom," Penning wrote in one of the announcements on social media.  "She was born with a beautiful, white coat, which means one day she will help pull Cinderella’s coach. For now, though, she’s keeping close to her mom Lady.</p>
<p>"Births like these are possible thanks to the care and dedication of our ranch hands at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort &amp; Campground."</p>
<p>According to CNN, the foal has an older sister, Lily — who was born in 2019. The hope is that the sister Shetlands will follow in the hoof steps of their parents, Lady and Ferdinand, who have both served on Cinderella's horse team, which pulls the pumpkin carriage at The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World for weddings and parades. </p>
<p>The ranch, <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/recreation/tri-circle-d-ranch/?CMP=ILC-DPFY19Q3wo0425190026A" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">according to the Walt Disney World Website</a>, is home to more than 90 horses of a variety of breeds including Appaloosas, Arabians, Belgians, Clydesdales, Percherons and Quarter Horses and Shetland Ponies. In addition to being home to Cinderella's ponies, the ranch is home to the horses of Main Street, U.S.A. and Discover the Dragon Calliope.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Puerto Rico's Comptroller Office has released a report saying the island's Senate made nearly $30,000 worth of "extravagant, excessive and unnecessary" purchases from 2013 to 2020. The report released on Wednesday comes as the U.S. territory tries to emerge from the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history and remains under the eye of a federal &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>Puerto Rico's Comptroller Office has released a report saying the island's Senate made nearly $30,000 worth of "extravagant, excessive and unnecessary" purchases from 2013 to 2020. </p>
<p>The report released on Wednesday comes as the U.S. territory tries to emerge from the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history and remains under the eye of a federal control board overseeing the island's finances. The report found that the items bought included a $2,545 sofa, two chandeliers worth $1,200 each, three chairs valued at $675 each, two laptops worth more than $9,000, and an $870 console table.</p>
<p>In addition, $8,200 was spent to buy 225 red shirts for a 2015 sporting event that already included official shirts, the report said.</p>
<p>“This expense turned out to be unnecessary because it was of no use to the public,” the report said.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[PERRY, Fla.  — Authorities in Florida say a 17-year-old girl was seriously injured Thursday after a shark attacked her near Keaton Beach. The Taylor County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook that the girl, who hospital officials later identified as Addison Bethea, was scalloping near Grassy Island in water approximately five feet deep when she was attacked &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>PERRY, Fla.  — Authorities in Florida say a 17-year-old girl was seriously injured Thursday after a shark attacked her near Keaton Beach.</p>
<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://www.facebook.com/taylorcountyflsheriff/posts/pfbid0FuNTjTfWSULbasfUpy7FCrqbeEKhWQ1wgBGk9APuyDTsv2BxJrxruUvULvALjzL6l">Taylor County Sheriff's Office</a> said on Facebook that the girl, who hospital officials later identified as Addison Bethea, was scalloping near Grassy Island in water approximately five feet deep when she was attacked by what was described as a 9-foot shark.</p>
<p>On Friday, the girl's <a class="Link" href="https://www.facebook.com/taylorcountyflsheriff/posts/pfbid02qDJBWffbhpTKpTLGAGauGrGKFRxtEf73cJBHmudzh3XzfHEVXStU3cdxsq8uQ4xBl">family</a> said that she poked the shark in the eyes and punched it before her brother, who is a firefighter/EMT, fought the animal off and pulled her onto a stranger's boat.</p>
<p>"Thanks to the help of her brother, Rhett Willingham and several other local boaters, Addison survived," Tallahassee Memorial Hospital said in a statement. "They were able to work together to tie a tourniquet to control the bleeding."</p>
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<p>Bethea was airlifted to the hospital, where she is recovering.</p>
<p>According to the hospital, Bethea suffered "devastating damage to the soft tissue in her right leg."</p>
<p>She will undergo a second surgery Saturday so doctors can "further investigate the extent of the damage to her leg and determine what treatment options are available with the goal of saving her leg," the hospital said.</p>
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					Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through a three-story classroom building at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago.The video, compiled from 13 security cameras inside the building, was not shown to the gallery, where parents of many of the victims sat. Prosecutors say it shows Cruz shooting many of his victims at point-blank range, going back to some as they lay wounded on the floor to kill them with a second volley of shots.The 12 jurors and 10 alternates stared intently at their video screens. Many held hands to their faces as they viewed the 15-minute recording, which has no sound.Some started squirming. One juror looked at the screen, looked up at Cruz with his eyes wide and then returned to the video.Cruz looked down while the video played and did not appear to watch it. He sometimes looked up to exchange whispers with one of his attorneys.The video was played over the objection of Cruz's attorneys, who argued that any evidentiary value it has is outweighed by the emotions it would raise in the jurors. They argued that witness statements of what happened would be sufficient.Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer dismissed the objection, saying a video that accurately reflects Cruz's crimes does not unfairly prejudice his case. Prosecutors are using the video to prove several aggravating factors, including that Cruz acted in a cold, calculated and cruel manner.Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder, and 17 more counts of attempted murder for those he wounded. The jury must decide if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole for the nation's deadliest mass shooting to go before a jury.Later on day two of the trial, jurors heard testimony from Christopher McKenna, who was a freshman during the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting. He had left his English class to go to the bathroom and exchanged greetings with two students, Luke Hoyer and Martin Duque, as they crossed paths in the first-floor hallway. McKenna then entered a stairwell and encountered Cruz assembling his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle."He said get out of here. Things are about to get bad," McKenna recalled.McKenna sprinted out to the parking lot as Cruz went into the hallway and began shooting. McKenna alerted Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach who doubled as a security guard. Feis drove McKenna in his golf cart to an adjacent building for safety, and then went to the three-story building McKenna fled from.By then, the sounds of gunfire were already ringing out across the campus. Feis went in and was fatally shot immediately by Cruz, who had already killed Hoyer, 15, and Duque, 14, and eight others. Cruz then continued through the second floor, where he fired into classrooms but hit no one. When he reached the third-floor, he killed six more.The jurors also heard testimony from English teacher Dara Hass, who had three students killed and several wounded in her classroom when Cruz fired through a window in the door."The sound was so loud. The students were screaming," said Hass, who wept and dabbed her eyes with tissue as she testified. She thought it might be a drill, but then she spotted the body of 14-year-old Alex Schachter, who had been fatally shot at his desk."That's when I saw it wasn't a drill," she said. Two 14-year-old girls also died in the classroom: Alaina Petty and Alyssa Alhadeff.When police arrived and evacuated her students, Hass said she did not want to leave but officers convinced her."I wanted to stay with the students who couldn't go," she said, referring to Schachter, Petty and Alhadeff.One student in her class, Alexander Dworet, said he originally thought the loud bangs were the school's marching band, but then he felt a "hot sensation" on the back of his head where he had been grazed by a bullet and "I realized I was in danger."Dworet's 17-year-old brother, Nick, was across the hall in his Holocaust studies class. Cruz fired into that classroom, too, killing him. Jury selectionThe jurors currently on the main panel are two banking executives and two technology workers, a probation officer, a human resources professional and a Walmart store stock supervisor. Also included are a librarian, a medical claims adjuster, a legal assistant, a customs officer and a retired insurance executive. The jury selection was filled with setbacks and possible mistrials over the questioning of possible jurors and COVID-19 cases on the defense. The defense asked to delay the trial because of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 21 dead. McNeill’s team argued that the shooting has again raised emotions in Broward County and makes it impossible for Cruz to get a fair trial currently.Many of the possible jurors were not able to hold seat because of the time commitment for the lengthy process.Full Recap: Jury sworn in to sentencing trial for Parkland high school shooterPleading guilty to all chargesCruz pleaded guilty in October 2021 to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the deadly shooting.Legal analysts said Cruz’s plan to plead guilty to all charges in the Parkland shooting — along with the guilty plea in a battery on a jail guard charge — is a calculated move by his attorneys for him to avoid the death penalty.Video below: Cruz pleads guilty in courtBy pleading guilty to killing 17 people and attempting to kill 17 more in 2018, legal experts said Cruz is hoping to convince the jury that he is taking some responsibility for his actions."He’s trying to save his life, and the only way to do that is to take responsibility and not put all these poor people through a trial," criminal defense attorney Marc Shiner said. Death penalty trials in Florida and much of the country often take two years to start because of their complexity, but Cruz's was further delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and extensive legal wrangling.If Cruz is sentenced to death, that will still not be the end of the process. Death sentences in Florida are given automatic priority review by the Florida Supreme Court.  Trial preparationsTrial preparations were extensive for what was expected to be the biggest murder trial in Broward County history for one of the most infamous crimes in Florida history.Cruz was arrested about an hour after the attack with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on Valentine's Day 2018.Video below: Body camera of arrest of Nikolas Cruz releasedHis lawyers repeatedly offered to plead guilty in return for a guaranteed sentence of life in prison, but prosecutors refused to drop their pursuit of the death penalty.Video below: Cruz interrogation video releasedMuch of the penalty phase is expected to focus on Cruz’s mental condition at the time of the slayings, with prosecutors emphasizing their horrific nature and Cruz’s intensive planning beforehand. Victims of the Parkland school shootingSeventeen students and staff were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Seventeen others were injured.Can't see the graphic? Click here.Settlement with Broward School DistrictThe Broward County School District will pay more than $26 million to the families of the victims.Board members approved the two legal settlements on in December 2021.A total of $25 million will be shared by 51 plaintiffs, including families of the 17 dead as well as students and staff who were injured. Another $1.25 million will be paid in one lump sum to Anthony Borges, who suffered some of the most severe injuries.Video below: Nikolas Cruz outlines shooting plan in video recordingFour years after shootingFor many families, they said there will never be closure for the loss of their loved ones.Students and families turned into activists.'I still can't believe this is my reality': Parkland parent creates way to track school violence after son is killed in school shootingJim Gard, a math teacher that day, said they were all victims."These kids that were in the class, just because they weren't hit doesn't mean they weren’t hit," he said.And since that day, so many of those victims have refused to just sit back and do nothing. In the days following the shooting, a movement called March For Our Lives was born.David Hogg was one of the founders."When we started doing the march, we thought there would be about 90 people that we could get up to D.C.," Hogg said. "We got near a million."Video below: Father of Parkland victim hangs banner in view of White House four years after shootingFour years later, March For Our Lives is still going strong with chapters across the country.They’ve helped pass state laws designed to keep guns away from violent offenders. They’ve worked to get more federal funding to control gun violence.'I have to accomplish her dream': Hunter Pollack changes career path after sister is murdered in Parkland massacreIt's become a full-time job nobody wants."We want our job to be done so we can go back to being college students or high school students and young people and young professionals," Hogg said.When they watched the Parkland shooter plead guilty to the murders he committed, both Hogg and Gard are pleased to see this chapter end.Video below: School safety changes made following Parkland school shootingThey just ask you not to call it closure."It's the parents of the kids, the parents who lost their children, I don’t know if there can ever be closure on that," Gard said. "I know for a lot of the people that I talked to, families that I talked to, there is not closure that can come. There’s nothing that will ever bring their kids back, their siblings back, their best friends back."If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, call 211 or the National Suicide Hotline at 988.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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<p>Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through a three-story classroom building at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago.</p>
<p>The video, compiled from 13 security cameras inside the building, was not shown to the gallery, where parents of many of the victims sat. Prosecutors say it shows Cruz shooting many of his victims at point-blank range, going back to some as they lay wounded on the floor to kill them with a second volley of shots.</p>
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<p>The 12 jurors and 10 alternates stared intently at their video screens. Many held hands to their faces as they viewed the 15-minute recording, which has no sound.</p>
<p>Some started squirming. One juror looked at the screen, looked up at Cruz with his eyes wide and then returned to the video.</p>
<p>Cruz looked down while the video played and did not appear to watch it. He sometimes looked up to exchange whispers with one of his attorneys.</p>
<p>The video was played over the objection of Cruz's attorneys, who argued that any evidentiary value it has is outweighed by the emotions it would raise in the jurors. They argued that witness statements of what happened would be sufficient.</p>
<p>Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer dismissed the objection, saying a video that accurately reflects Cruz's crimes does not unfairly prejudice his case. Prosecutors are using the video to prove several aggravating factors, including that Cruz acted in a cold, calculated and cruel manner.</p>
<p>Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder, and 17 more counts of attempted murder for those he wounded. The jury must decide if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole for the nation's deadliest mass shooting to go before a jury.</p>
<p>Later on day two of the trial, jurors heard testimony from Christopher McKenna, who was a freshman during the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting. He had left his English class to go to the bathroom and exchanged greetings with two students, Luke Hoyer and Martin Duque, as they crossed paths in the first-floor hallway. McKenna then entered a stairwell and encountered Cruz assembling his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.</p>
<p>"He said get out of here. Things are about to get bad," McKenna recalled.</p>
<p>McKenna sprinted out to the parking lot as Cruz went into the hallway and began shooting. McKenna alerted Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach who doubled as a security guard. Feis drove McKenna in his golf cart to an adjacent building for safety, and then went to the three-story building McKenna fled from.</p>
<p>By then, the sounds of gunfire were already ringing out across the campus. Feis went in and was fatally shot immediately by Cruz, who had already killed Hoyer, 15, and Duque, 14, and eight others. Cruz then continued through the second floor, where he fired into classrooms but hit no one. When he reached the third-floor, he killed six more.</p>
<p>The jurors also heard testimony from English teacher Dara Hass, who had three students killed and several wounded in her classroom when Cruz fired through a window in the door.</p>
<p>"The sound was so loud. The students were screaming," said Hass, who wept and dabbed her eyes with tissue as she testified. She thought it might be a drill, but then she spotted the body of 14-year-old Alex Schachter, who had been fatally shot at his desk.</p>
<p>"That's when I saw it wasn't a drill," she said. Two 14-year-old girls also died in the classroom: Alaina Petty and Alyssa Alhadeff.</p>
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<p>When police arrived and evacuated her students, Hass said she did not want to leave but officers convinced her.</p>
<p>"I wanted to stay with the students who couldn't go," she said, referring to Schachter, Petty and Alhadeff.</p>
<p>One student in her class, Alexander Dworet, said he originally thought the loud bangs were the school's marching band, but then he felt a "hot sensation" on the back of his head where he had been grazed by a bullet and "I realized I was in danger."</p>
<p>Dworet's 17-year-old brother, Nick, was across the hall in his Holocaust studies class. Cruz fired into that classroom, too, killing him.</p>
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<h2 class="body-h2">Jury selection</h2>
<p>The jurors currently on the main panel are two banking executives and two technology workers, a probation officer, a human resources professional and a Walmart store stock supervisor. Also included are a librarian, a medical claims adjuster, a legal assistant, a customs officer and a retired insurance executive. </p>
<p>The jury selection was filled with setbacks and possible mistrials over the questioning of possible jurors and COVID-19 cases on the defense. </p>
<p>The defense asked to delay the trial because of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 21 dead. McNeill’s team argued that the shooting has again raised emotions in Broward County and makes it impossible for Cruz to get a fair trial currently.</p>
<p>Many of the possible jurors were not able to hold seat because of the time commitment for the lengthy process.</p>
<p><strong><em>Full Recap: <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-parkland-nikolas-cruz-trial-jury-attorneys-delay/40207816" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jury sworn in to sentencing trial for Parkland high school shooter</a></em></strong></p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Pleading guilty to all charges</h2>
<p>Cruz <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/nikolas-cruz-parkland-guilty-school-shooting-plea/38002665" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded guilty</a> in October 2021 to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the deadly shooting.</p>
<p>Legal analysts said Cruz’s <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/nikolas-cruz-strategy-parkland-guilty-death-penalty/37977231" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan to plead guilty to all charges</a> in the Parkland shooting — along with the guilty plea in a battery on a jail guard charge — is a calculated move by his attorneys for him to avoid the death penalty.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Cruz pleads guilty in court</em></strong></p>
<p>By pleading guilty to killing 17 people and attempting to kill 17 more in 2018, legal experts said Cruz is hoping to convince the jury that he is taking some responsibility for his actions.</p>
<p>"He’s trying to save his life, and the only way to do that is to take responsibility and not put all these poor people through a trial," criminal defense attorney Marc Shiner said. </p>
<p>Death penalty trials in Florida and much of the country often take two years to start because of their complexity, but Cruz's was further delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and extensive legal wrangling.</p>
<p>If Cruz is sentenced to death, that will still not be the end of the process. Death sentences in Florida are given automatic priority review by the Florida Supreme Court.  </p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Trial preparations</h2>
<p class="body-text">Trial preparations were extensive for what was expected to be the biggest murder trial in Broward County history for one of the most infamous crimes in Florida history.</p>
<p>Cruz was <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/body-cam-video-of-zachary-cruz-arrest-released/19578612" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested about an hour after the attack</a> with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on Valentine's Day 2018.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Body camera of arrest of Nikolas Cruz released</em></strong></p>
<p>His lawyers repeatedly offered to plead guilty in return for a guaranteed sentence of life in prison, but prosecutors refused to drop their pursuit of the death penalty.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Cruz interrogation video released</em></strong></p>
<p class="body-text">Much of the penalty phase is expected to focus on Cruz’s mental condition at the time of the slayings, with prosecutors emphasizing their horrific nature and Cruz’s intensive planning beforehand. </p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Victims of the Parkland school shooting</h2>
<p>Seventeen students and staff were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Seventeen others were injured.</p>
<p>Can't see the graphic? Click <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/app/florida-jury-selection-parkland-cruz-sentencing/39612722" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Settlement with Broward School District</h2>
<p>The Broward County School District will pay more than $26 million to the families of the victims.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-district-to-pay-26-million-to-shooting-victims/38525651" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Board members approved the two legal settlements</a> on in December 2021.</p>
<p>A total of $25 million will be shared by 51 plaintiffs, including families of the 17 dead as well as students and staff who were injured. Another $1.25 million will be paid in one lump sum to Anthony Borges, who suffered some of the most severe injuries.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Nikolas Cruz outlines shooting plan in video recording</em></strong></p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Four years after shooting</h2>
<p>For many families, they said there will never be closure for the loss of their loved ones.</p>
<p>Students and families turned into activists.</p>
<p><strong><em>'I still can't believe this is my reality': <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/parkland-parent-creates-way-to-track-school-violence-after-son-is-killed-in-school-shooting/35495290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Parkland parent creates way to track school violence after son is killed in school shooting</a></em></strong></p>
<p>Jim Gard, a math teacher that day, <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/teacher-student-talk-about-parkland-shooting-work-thats-been-done-since/38008543#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said they were all victims</a>.</p>
<p>"These kids that were in the class, just because they weren't hit doesn't mean they weren’t hit," he said.</p>
<p>And since that day, so many of those victims have refused to just sit back and do nothing. In the days following the shooting, a movement called <a href="https://marchforourlives.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">March For Our Lives</a> was born.</p>
<p>David Hogg was one of the founders.</p>
<p>"When we started doing the march, we thought there would be about 90 people that we could get up to D.C.," Hogg said. "We got near a million."</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Father of Parkland victim hangs banner in view of White House four years after shooting</em></strong></p>
<p>Four years later, March For Our Lives is still going strong with chapters across the country.</p>
<p>They’ve helped pass state laws designed to keep guns away from violent offenders. They’ve worked to get more federal funding to control gun violence.</p>
<p><strong><em>'I have to accomplish her dream': <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/hunter-pollack-changes-career-path-after-sister-is-murdered-in-parkland-massacre/35495267" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Pollack changes career path after sister is murdered in Parkland massacre</a></em></strong></p>
<p>It's become a full-time job nobody wants.</p>
<p>"We want our job to be done so we can go back to being college students or high school students and young people and young professionals," Hogg said.</p>
<p>When they watched the Parkland shooter plead guilty to the murders he committed, both Hogg and Gard are pleased to see this chapter end.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: School safety changes made following Parkland school shooting</em></strong></p>
<p>They just ask you not to call it closure.</p>
<p>"It's the parents of the kids, the parents who lost their children, I don’t know if there can ever be closure on that," Gard said. "I know for a lot of the people that I talked to, families that I talked to, there is not closure that can come. There’s nothing that will ever bring their kids back, their siblings back, their best friends back."</p>
<p>If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, call 211 or the National Suicide Hotline at 988.</p>
<p><em><strong>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</strong></em></p>
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					Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz walked casually into a sandwich shop minutes after he murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago, showing no signs of stress or nervousness, video played at his penalty trial Thursday showed.Cruz then walked to a nearby McDonald's, where, by coincidence, he unsuccessfully sought a ride from the brother of a girl he had seriously wounded. The boy did not know who Cruz was.Thursday's abbreviated court session focused on Cruz's attempted escape after the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting and his arrest, about an hour after he fled the campus. The mostly low-key testimony and evidence stood in contrast with the previous three emotional days, which covered the seven minutes Cruz stalked a three-story classroom building firing his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle into crowded classrooms and hallways.After the shooting, Cruz fled the building, dressed in a burgundy shirt from the Stoneman Douglas Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps — he had been a member when he attended the school — and a New York City Police Department cap.The former Stoneman Douglas student blended in with students who were evacuating campus and went to a nearby Walmart, where security video shows that 25 minutes after he stopped shooting, he turned into the Subway sandwich shop inside the entrance.Store manager Carlos Rugeles testified that Cruz ordered a cherry and blue raspberry Icee. The video shows that when Cruz got his drink and change, he tossed the coins into the tip jar, stuck a straw into the lid and walked out.Eight minutes later, Cruz entered a nearby McDonald's, still drinking his Icee, store video shows. He climbed into a booth with then-Stoneman Douglas freshman John Wilford, who did not know him.Wilford testified that he didn't know exactly what had happened at the school, but after evacuating, he had been trying to call his older sister Maddy — he didn't know she had been seriously wounded by this stranger. When he couldn't reach her, he called his mom, who said she would pick him up.He then tried to make small talk with Cruz."I told him, 'This is so chaotic, it's crazy with all these helicopters and squad cars. What do you think this could be?'" Wilford recalled. "He didn't say much. He had his head down."A minute later, Wilford went to meet his mother in the parking lot. Cruz followed and asked for a ride, but Wilford said no."He was pretty insistent on it. I wasn't really thinking much of it. I just wanted to get home and my sister wasn't answering her phone," Wilford said.Cruz walked away. He was arrested about a half-hour later by Michael Leonard, an officer with the neighboring Coconut Creek Police Department. Leonard testified he was driving through neighborhoods looking for anyone matching the shooter's description.The officer was 3 miles from the school and about to drive back toward it when he spotted Cruz walking on a residential street. He said he stopped and Cruz looked at him. He pulled his gun and ordered Cruz to the ground. Cruz complied.A search found $350 in Cruz's pocket.Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder. The jury must only decide if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole for the nation's deadliest mass shooting to go before a jury.Nine other gunmen who killed at least 17 people died during or immediately after their shootings, either by suicide or police gunfire. The suspect in the 2019 slaying of 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, is awaiting trial.When jurors eventually get the case, probably in October or November, they will vote 17 times, once for each of the victims, on whether to recommend capital punishment.For each death sentence, the jury must be unanimous or the sentence for that victim is life. The jurors are told that to vote for death, the prosecution's aggravating circumstances for that victim must, in their judgment, "outweigh" the defense's mitigators. A juror can also vote for life out of mercy for Cruz. During jury selection, the panelists said under oath that they are capable of voting for either sentence.  Jury selectionThe jurors currently on the main panel are two banking executives and two technology workers, a probation officer, a human resources professional and a Walmart store stock supervisor. Also included are a librarian, a medical claims adjuster, a legal assistant, a customs officer and a retired insurance executive. The jury selection was filled with setbacks and possible mistrials over the questioning of possible jurors and COVID-19 cases on the defense. The defense asked to delay the trial because of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 21 dead. McNeill’s team argued that the shooting has again raised emotions in Broward County and makes it impossible for Cruz to get a fair trial currently.Many of the possible jurors were not able to hold seat because of the time commitment for the lengthy process.Full Recap: Jury sworn in to sentencing trial for Parkland high school shooterPleading guilty to all chargesCruz pleaded guilty in October 2021 to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the deadly shooting.Legal analysts said Cruz’s plan to plead guilty to all charges in the Parkland shooting — along with the guilty plea in a battery on a jail guard charge — is a calculated move by his attorneys for him to avoid the death penalty.Video below: Cruz pleads guilty in courtBy pleading guilty to killing 17 people and attempting to kill 17 more in 2018, legal experts said Cruz is hoping to convince the jury that he is taking some responsibility for his actions."He’s trying to save his life, and the only way to do that is to take responsibility and not put all these poor people through a trial," criminal defense attorney Marc Shiner said. Death penalty trials in Florida and much of the country often take two years to start because of their complexity, but Cruz's was further delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and extensive legal wrangling.If Cruz is sentenced to death, that will still not be the end of the process. Death sentences in Florida are given automatic priority review by the Florida Supreme Court.  Trial preparationsTrial preparations were extensive for what was expected to be the biggest murder trial in Broward County history for one of the most infamous crimes in Florida history.Cruz was arrested about an hour after the attack with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on Valentine's Day 2018.Video below: Body camera of arrest of Nikolas Cruz releasedHis lawyers repeatedly offered to plead guilty in return for a guaranteed sentence of life in prison, but prosecutors refused to drop their pursuit of the death penalty.Video below: Cruz interrogation video releasedMuch of the penalty phase is expected to focus on Cruz’s mental condition at the time of the slayings, with prosecutors emphasizing their horrific nature and Cruz’s intensive planning beforehand. Victims of the Parkland school shootingSeventeen students and staff were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Seventeen others were injured.Can't see the graphic? Click here.Settlement with Broward School DistrictThe Broward County School District will pay more than $26 million to the families of the victims.Board members approved the two legal settlements on in December 2021.A total of $25 million will be shared by 51 plaintiffs, including families of the 17 dead as well as students and staff who were injured. Another $1.25 million will be paid in one lump sum to Anthony Borges, who suffered some of the most severe injuries.Video below: Nikolas Cruz outlines shooting plan in video recordingFour years after shootingFor many families, they said there will never be closure for the loss of their loved ones.Students and families turned into activists.'I still can't believe this is my reality': Parkland parent creates way to track school violence after son is killed in school shootingJim Gard, a math teacher that day, said they were all victims."These kids that were in the class, just because they weren't hit doesn't mean they weren’t hit," he said.And since that day, so many of those victims have refused to just sit back and do nothing. In the days following the shooting, a movement called March For Our Lives was born.David Hogg was one of the founders."When we started doing the march, we thought there would be about 90 people that we could get up to D.C.," Hogg said. "We got near a million."Video below: Father of Parkland victim hangs banner in view of White House four years after shootingFour years later, March For Our Lives is still going strong with chapters across the country.They’ve helped pass state laws designed to keep guns away from violent offenders. They’ve worked to get more federal funding to control gun violence.'I have to accomplish her dream': Hunter Pollack changes career path after sister is murdered in Parkland massacreIt's become a full-time job nobody wants."We want our job to be done so we can go back to being college students or high school students and young people and young professionals," Hogg said.When they watched the Parkland shooter plead guilty to the murders he committed, both Hogg and Gard are pleased to see this chapter end.Video below: School safety changes made following Parkland school shootingThey just ask you not to call it closure."It's the parents of the kids, the parents who lost their children, I don’t know if there can ever be closure on that," Gard said. "I know for a lot of the people that I talked to, families that I talked to, there is not closure that can come. There’s nothing that will ever bring their kids back, their siblings back, their best friends back."If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, call 211 or the National Suicide Hotline at 988.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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<p>Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz walked casually into a sandwich shop minutes after he murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago, showing no signs of stress or nervousness, video played at his penalty trial Thursday showed.</p>
<p>Cruz then walked to a nearby McDonald's, where, by coincidence, he unsuccessfully sought a ride from the brother of a girl he had seriously wounded. The boy did not know who Cruz was.</p>
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<p>Thursday's abbreviated court session focused on Cruz's attempted escape after the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting and his arrest, about an hour after he fled the campus. The mostly low-key testimony and evidence stood in contrast with the previous three emotional days, which covered the seven minutes Cruz stalked a three-story classroom building firing his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle into crowded classrooms and hallways.</p>
<p>After the shooting, Cruz fled the building, dressed in a burgundy shirt from the Stoneman Douglas Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps — he had been a member when he attended the school — and a New York City Police Department cap.</p>
<p>The former Stoneman Douglas student blended in with students who were evacuating campus and went to a nearby Walmart, where security video shows that 25 minutes after he stopped shooting, he turned into the Subway sandwich shop inside the entrance.</p>
<p>Store manager Carlos Rugeles testified that Cruz ordered a cherry and blue raspberry Icee. The video shows that when Cruz got his drink and change, he tossed the coins into the tip jar, stuck a straw into the lid and walked out.</p>
<p>Eight minutes later, Cruz entered a nearby McDonald's, still drinking his Icee, store video shows. He climbed into a booth with then-Stoneman Douglas freshman John Wilford, who did not know him.</p>
<p>Wilford testified that he didn't know exactly what had happened at the school, but after evacuating, he had been trying to call his older sister Maddy — he didn't know she had been seriously wounded by this stranger. When he couldn't reach her, he called his mom, who said she would pick him up.</p>
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<p>He then tried to make small talk with Cruz.</p>
<p>"I told him, 'This is so chaotic, it's crazy with all these helicopters and squad cars. What do you think this could be?'" Wilford recalled. "He didn't say much. He had his head down."</p>
<p>A minute later, Wilford went to meet his mother in the parking lot. Cruz followed and asked for a ride, but Wilford said no.</p>
<p>"He was pretty insistent on it. I wasn't really thinking much of it. I just wanted to get home and my sister wasn't answering her phone," Wilford said.</p>
<p>Cruz walked away. He was arrested about a half-hour later by Michael Leonard, an officer with the neighboring Coconut Creek Police Department. Leonard testified he was driving through neighborhoods looking for anyone matching the shooter's description.</p>
<p>The officer was 3 miles from the school and about to drive back toward it when he spotted Cruz walking on a residential street. He said he stopped and Cruz looked at him. He pulled his gun and ordered Cruz to the ground. Cruz complied.</p>
<p>A search found $350 in Cruz's pocket.</p>
<p>Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder. The jury must only decide if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole for the nation's deadliest mass shooting to go before a jury.</p>
<p>Nine other gunmen who killed at least 17 people died during or immediately after their shootings, either by suicide or police gunfire. The suspect in the 2019 slaying of 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, is awaiting trial.</p>
<p>When jurors eventually get the case, probably in October or November, they will vote 17 times, once for each of the victims, on whether to recommend capital punishment.</p>
<p>For each death sentence, the jury must be unanimous or the sentence for that victim is life. The jurors are told that to vote for death, the prosecution's aggravating circumstances for that victim must, in their judgment, "outweigh" the defense's mitigators. A juror can also vote for life out of mercy for Cruz. During jury selection, the panelists said under oath that they are capable of voting for either sentence. </p>
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<h2 class="body-h2">Jury selection</h2>
<p>The jurors currently on the main panel are two banking executives and two technology workers, a probation officer, a human resources professional and a Walmart store stock supervisor. Also included are a librarian, a medical claims adjuster, a legal assistant, a customs officer and a retired insurance executive. </p>
<p>The jury selection was filled with setbacks and possible mistrials over the questioning of possible jurors and COVID-19 cases on the defense. </p>
<p>The defense asked to delay the trial because of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 21 dead. McNeill’s team argued that the shooting has again raised emotions in Broward County and makes it impossible for Cruz to get a fair trial currently.</p>
<p>Many of the possible jurors were not able to hold seat because of the time commitment for the lengthy process.</p>
<p><strong><em>Full Recap: <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-parkland-nikolas-cruz-trial-jury-attorneys-delay/40207816" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jury sworn in to sentencing trial for Parkland high school shooter</a></em></strong></p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Pleading guilty to all charges</h2>
<p>Cruz <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/nikolas-cruz-parkland-guilty-school-shooting-plea/38002665" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded guilty</a> in October 2021 to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the deadly shooting.</p>
<p>Legal analysts said Cruz’s <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/nikolas-cruz-strategy-parkland-guilty-death-penalty/37977231" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan to plead guilty to all charges</a> in the Parkland shooting — along with the guilty plea in a battery on a jail guard charge — is a calculated move by his attorneys for him to avoid the death penalty.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Cruz pleads guilty in court</em></strong></p>
<p>By pleading guilty to killing 17 people and attempting to kill 17 more in 2018, legal experts said Cruz is hoping to convince the jury that he is taking some responsibility for his actions.</p>
<p>"He’s trying to save his life, and the only way to do that is to take responsibility and not put all these poor people through a trial," criminal defense attorney Marc Shiner said. </p>
<p>Death penalty trials in Florida and much of the country often take two years to start because of their complexity, but Cruz's was further delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and extensive legal wrangling.</p>
<p>If Cruz is sentenced to death, that will still not be the end of the process. Death sentences in Florida are given automatic priority review by the Florida Supreme Court.  </p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Trial preparations</h2>
<p class="body-text">Trial preparations were extensive for what was expected to be the biggest murder trial in Broward County history for one of the most infamous crimes in Florida history.</p>
<p>Cruz was <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/body-cam-video-of-zachary-cruz-arrest-released/19578612" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested about an hour after the attack</a> with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on Valentine's Day 2018.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Body camera of arrest of Nikolas Cruz released</em></strong></p>
<p>His lawyers repeatedly offered to plead guilty in return for a guaranteed sentence of life in prison, but prosecutors refused to drop their pursuit of the death penalty.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Cruz interrogation video released</em></strong></p>
<p class="body-text">Much of the penalty phase is expected to focus on Cruz’s mental condition at the time of the slayings, with prosecutors emphasizing their horrific nature and Cruz’s intensive planning beforehand. </p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Victims of the Parkland school shooting</h2>
<p>Seventeen students and staff were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Seventeen others were injured.</p>
<p>Can't see the graphic? Click <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/app/florida-jury-selection-parkland-cruz-sentencing/39612722" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Settlement with Broward School District</h2>
<p>The Broward County School District will pay more than $26 million to the families of the victims.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-district-to-pay-26-million-to-shooting-victims/38525651" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Board members approved the two legal settlements</a> on in December 2021.</p>
<p>A total of $25 million will be shared by 51 plaintiffs, including families of the 17 dead as well as students and staff who were injured. Another $1.25 million will be paid in one lump sum to Anthony Borges, who suffered some of the most severe injuries.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Nikolas Cruz outlines shooting plan in video recording</em></strong></p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Four years after shooting</h2>
<p>For many families, they said there will never be closure for the loss of their loved ones.</p>
<p>Students and families turned into activists.</p>
<p><strong><em>'I still can't believe this is my reality': <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/parkland-parent-creates-way-to-track-school-violence-after-son-is-killed-in-school-shooting/35495290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Parkland parent creates way to track school violence after son is killed in school shooting</a></em></strong></p>
<p>Jim Gard, a math teacher that day, <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/teacher-student-talk-about-parkland-shooting-work-thats-been-done-since/38008543#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said they were all victims</a>.</p>
<p>"These kids that were in the class, just because they weren't hit doesn't mean they weren’t hit," he said.</p>
<p>And since that day, so many of those victims have refused to just sit back and do nothing. In the days following the shooting, a movement called <a href="https://marchforourlives.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">March For Our Lives</a> was born.</p>
<p>David Hogg was one of the founders.</p>
<p>"When we started doing the march, we thought there would be about 90 people that we could get up to D.C.," Hogg said. "We got near a million."</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Father of Parkland victim hangs banner in view of White House four years after shooting</em></strong></p>
<p>Four years later, March For Our Lives is still going strong with chapters across the country.</p>
<p>They’ve helped pass state laws designed to keep guns away from violent offenders. They’ve worked to get more federal funding to control gun violence.</p>
<p><strong><em>'I have to accomplish her dream': <a href="https://www.wpbf.com/article/hunter-pollack-changes-career-path-after-sister-is-murdered-in-parkland-massacre/35495267" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Pollack changes career path after sister is murdered in Parkland massacre</a></em></strong></p>
<p>It's become a full-time job nobody wants.</p>
<p>"We want our job to be done so we can go back to being college students or high school students and young people and young professionals," Hogg said.</p>
<p>When they watched the Parkland shooter plead guilty to the murders he committed, both Hogg and Gard are pleased to see this chapter end.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: School safety changes made following Parkland school shooting</em></strong></p>
<p>They just ask you not to call it closure.</p>
<p>"It's the parents of the kids, the parents who lost their children, I don’t know if there can ever be closure on that," Gard said. "I know for a lot of the people that I talked to, families that I talked to, there is not closure that can come. There’s nothing that will ever bring their kids back, their siblings back, their best friends back."</p>
<p>If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, call 211 or the National Suicide Hotline at 988.</p>
<p><em><strong>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</strong></em></p>
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					Former President Donald Trump said in a lengthy statement Monday that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.The circumstances were not immediately clear. Spokespeople for the FBI and the Justice Department did not return messages seeking comment Monday evening.“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump said in his statement.The Justice Department has been investigating the discovery of boxes of records containing classified information that were taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump's presidency had concluded. It was not clear whether the FBI search was connected to that probe.A separate investigation related to efforts by Trump allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has also been intensifying in Washington.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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<p>Former President Donald Trump said in a lengthy statement Monday that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.</p>
<p>The circumstances were not immediately clear. Spokespeople for the FBI and the Justice Department did not return messages seeking comment Monday evening.</p>
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<p>“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump said in his statement.</p>
<p>The Justice Department has been investigating the discovery of boxes of records containing classified information that were taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump's presidency had concluded. It was not clear whether the FBI search was connected to that probe.</p>
<p>A separate investigation related to efforts by Trump allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has also been intensifying in Washington.</p>
<p><em>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.</em></p>
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<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant on Monday at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida while investigating the handling of presidential documents. </p>
<p>As <a class="Link" href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/mar-a-lago-search-warrant-fbi-donald-trump/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN reported</a>, the former president was not in Florida when the FBI search warrant was <a class="Link" href="https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/palm-beach/donald-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-in-palm-beach-raided-by-fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executed</a>. Axios <a class="Link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/08/08/donald-trump-home-raided-fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Trump was in New York City at the time. </p>
<p>Trump said his Florida residence and resort was "raided" by FBI agents. Trump released the statement on Monday, writing that his "beautiful home" was "currently under siege."</p>
<p>Agents seemed to be focused on an area of the club where Trump's personal residence and offices are located, according to CNN, citing a source familiar with the situation. </p>
<p>Trump released a statement on his Truth Social platform, <a class="Link" href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing,</a> "After working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate."</p>
<p>It wasn't immediately clear what the specific reason for the FBI raid was or what specific part of an investigation it was connected to. </p>
<p>Trump wrote in his statement, "Nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the United States before," he said.</p>
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<p>CNN <a class="Link" href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1556775176783667202" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, located in Palm Beach, Florida. </p>
<p>If fully confirmed, the move will signal that the Department of Justice's investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection is honing in on Trump himself. </p>
<p>Trump claimed that agents broke open a safe, which, if accurate as the <a class="Link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/us/politics/trump-fbi-mar-a-lago.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times reported</a>, would be one of the biggest escalations in the multiple investigations into the former president. </p>
<p><a class="Link" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-08/trump-says-fbi-raided-his-florida-home-as-focus-escalates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg reported</a> that the White House has referred questions about the raid to the Department of Justice. </p>
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					It's primary election day in New York, Florida and Oklahoma.Though New York held many of its primaries in June, the Empire State's prolonged redistricting process not only pushed its congressional primaries to August, it also created several notable Democratic races.New York is also holding two special elections to fill vacant house seats.There is a full slate of primaries in Florida, including a key Democratic gubernatorial primary to see who will take on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in the fall, a Democratic Senate primary to see who will take on Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, as well as a number of competitive House races.And there are primary runoffs in Oklahoma including the GOP contest for the special Senate election to replace Sen. Jim Inhofe when he resigns next year.Here's a look at the results as they come in: 11 p.m. ETJosh Riley won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 19th Congressional District, while Andrew Garbarino won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the state's 2nd Congressional District.10:40 p.m. ETTina Forte won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in New York's 14th Congressional District, while Nicholas LaLota won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the state's 1st Congressional District.10:15 p.m. ETPat Ryan won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 18th Congressional District, while Jamaal Bowman won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House for the state's 16th Congressional District. Matt Castelli also won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 21st Congressional District and Brandon Williams won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the 22nd Congressional District.10:05 p.m. ET Republican Josh Brecheen won the nomination for U.S. House in Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District. The former state senator from Coalgate defeated state Rep. Avery Frix, of Muskogee.Brecheen will now face Democrat Naomi Andrews, of Tulsa, and independent Ben Robinson, of Muskogee, in November.9:45 p.m. ETU.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler defeated U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a Democratic primary after a court forced the two veteran lawmakers into the same New York City congressional district. As the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Nadler twice led fights to impeach former President Donald Trump. His victory ends a 30-year run in Congress for Maloney, who fought to get government aid for people sickened by clouds of toxic soot after the Sept. 11 attacks. The unusual battle between incumbents resulted from a redistricting process that lumped Nadler’s home base on the west side of Manhattan together with Maloney’s on the east side. Elsewhere in New York, Max Rose won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 11th Congressional District and Paul Tonko won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the state's 20th Congressional District.In addition, Brian Higgins won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the 26th Congressional District, Sean Patrick Maloney won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the 17th Congressional District and Michael Lawler won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the 17th Congressional District.9:15 p.m. ETResults from New York's primary are now starting to come in. Adriano Espaillat won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 13th Congressional District, while Hakeem Jeffries won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the state's 8th Congressional District, Nydia Velazquez won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the 7th Congressional District and Nicole Malliotakis won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the 11th Congressional District.In Florida, Robert Asencio won Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the state's 28th Congressional District, while Joanne Terry won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the 8th Congressional District.9 p.m. ETAnnette Taddeo won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 27th Congressional District and Rebekah Jones won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 1st Congressional District.Joe Budd also won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 23rd Congressional District, Alan Cohn won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 15th Congressional District and Maxwell Frost won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 10th Congressional District.8:55 p.m. ETDanielle Hawk won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 3rd Congressional District, while James Judge won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 14th Congressional District.In addition, Jesus Navarro won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 24th Congressional District and Carla Spalding won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 25th Congressional District.In Oklahoma, Madison Horn won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma in a runoff against Jason Bollinger.Horn will now face incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. James Lankford, who will be the heavy favorite in November, along with a Republican and an independent.8:30 p.m. ETIn Florida, incumbent Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz won his party's nomination for Florida's 1st Congressional District. He is seeking a fourth term. Laurel Lee also won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 15th Congressional District and Cory Mills won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 7th Congressional District.In Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin won the Republican primary in a special election for U.S. Senate. Mullin was in a runoff election with former state House Speaker T.W. Shannon for the GOP nominee to fill the seat of Sen. Jim Inhofe, who is resigning in January.  8 p.m. ETAs polls begin closing in Florida, here are the results for the state's congressional primary races so far: • Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida primary election.• Val Demings won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida primary election. • Aaron Bean won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 4th Congressional District.• Kathy Castor won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 14th Congressional District.• Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 20th Congressional District.• Kat Cammack won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 3rd Congressional District.• Michael Waltz won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House in Florida's 6th Congressional District.• Gus Bilirakis won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 12th Congressional District.• Vern Buchanan won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 16th Congressional District.• Byron Donalds won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 19th Congressional District.• Brian Mast won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 21st Congressional District.• Debbie Wasserman Schultz won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 25th Congressional District.• Maria Elvira Salazar won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 27th Congressional District.• Mario Diaz-Balart won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 26th Congressional District. • John Rutherford won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 5th Congressional District.• Frederica Wilson won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 24th Congressional District.• Carlos Gimenez won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 28th Congressional District.Calvin Wimbish won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 10th Congressional District.• Scott Franklin won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 18th Congressional District.• Jared Moskowitz won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 23rd Congressional District.• Karen Green won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 7th Congressional District.• Daniel Webster won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 11th Congressional District.• Scotty Moore won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 9th Congressional District.• Anna Luna won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 13th Congressional District.
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<p>It's primary election day in New York, Florida and Oklahoma.</p>
<p>Though New York held many of its primaries in June, the Empire State's prolonged redistricting process not only pushed its congressional primaries to August, it also created several notable Democratic races.</p>
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<p>New York is also holding two special elections to fill vacant house seats.</p>
<p>There is a full slate of primaries in Florida, including a key Democratic gubernatorial primary to see who will take on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in the fall, a Democratic Senate primary to see who will take on Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, as well as a number of competitive House races.</p>
<p>And there are primary runoffs in Oklahoma including the GOP contest for the special Senate election to replace Sen. Jim Inhofe when he resigns next year.</p>
<p><strong>Here's a look at the results as they come in: </strong></p>
<p><strong><em>11 p.m. ET</em><br /></strong></p>
<p>Josh Riley won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 19th Congressional District, while Andrew Garbarino won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the state's 2nd Congressional District.</p>
<p><strong><em>10:40 p.m. ET</em><br /></strong></p>
<p>Tina Forte won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in New York's 14th Congressional District, while Nicholas LaLota won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the state's 1st Congressional District.<em><strong/></em></p>
<p><strong><em>10:15 p.m. ET</em></strong></p>
<p>Pat Ryan won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 18th Congressional District, while Jamaal Bowman won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House for the state's 16th Congressional District. </p>
<p>Matt Castelli also won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 21st Congressional District and Brandon Williams won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the 22nd Congressional District.</p>
<p><strong><em>10:05 p.m. ET</em></strong> </p>
<p>Republican Josh Brecheen won the nomination for U.S. House in Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District. The former state senator from Coalgate defeated state Rep. Avery Frix, of Muskogee.</p>
<p>Brecheen will now face Democrat Naomi Andrews, of Tulsa, and independent Ben Robinson, of Muskogee, in November.</p>
<p><strong><strong><em>9:45 p.m. ET</em></strong></strong></p>
<p>U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler defeated U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a Democratic primary after a court forced the two veteran lawmakers into the same New York City congressional district. </p>
<p>As the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Nadler twice led fights to impeach former President Donald Trump. His victory ends a 30-year run in Congress for Maloney, who fought to get government aid for people sickened by clouds of toxic soot after the Sept. 11 attacks. </p>
<p>The unusual battle between incumbents resulted from a redistricting process that lumped Nadler’s home base on the west side of Manhattan together with Maloney’s on the east side. </p>
<p>Elsewhere in New York, Max Rose won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 11th Congressional District and Paul Tonko won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the state's 20th Congressional District.</p>
<p>In addition, Brian Higgins won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the 26th Congressional District, Sean Patrick Maloney won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the 17th Congressional District and Michael Lawler won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the 17th Congressional District.</p>
<p><strong><em>9:15 p.m. ET</em></strong></p>
<p>Results from New York's primary are now starting to come in. </p>
<p>Adriano Espaillat won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 13th Congressional District, while Hakeem Jeffries won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the state's 8th Congressional District, Nydia Velazquez won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the 7th Congressional District and Nicole Malliotakis won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the 11th Congressional District.</p>
<p>In Florida, Robert Asencio won Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the state's 28th Congressional District, while Joanne Terry won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the 8th Congressional District.</p>
<p><strong><em>9 p.m. ET</em></strong></p>
<p>Annette Taddeo won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 27th Congressional District and Rebekah Jones won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 1st Congressional District.</p>
<p>Joe Budd also won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 23rd Congressional District, Alan Cohn won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 15th Congressional District and Maxwell Frost won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 10th Congressional District.</p>
<p><strong><em>8:55 p.m. ET</em></strong></p>
<p>Danielle Hawk won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 3rd Congressional District, while James Judge won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 14th Congressional District.</p>
<p>In addition, Jesus Navarro won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 24th Congressional District and Carla Spalding won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 25th Congressional District.</p>
<p>In Oklahoma, Madison Horn won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma in a runoff against Jason Bollinger.</p>
<p>Horn will now face incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. James Lankford, who will be the heavy favorite in November, along with a Republican and an independent.</p>
<p><strong><em>8:30 p.m. ET</em><br /></strong></p>
<p>In Florida, incumbent Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz won his party's nomination for Florida's 1st Congressional District. He is seeking a fourth term. Laurel Lee also won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 15th Congressional District and Cory Mills won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 7th Congressional District.</p>
<p>In Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin won the Republican primary in a special election for U.S. Senate. Mullin was in a runoff election with former state House Speaker T.W. Shannon for the GOP nominee to fill the seat of Sen. Jim Inhofe, who is resigning in January.  </p>
<p><strong><em>8 p.m. ET</em></strong></p>
<p>As polls begin closing in Florida, here are the results for the state's congressional primary races so far: </p>
<p>• Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida primary election.</p>
<p>• Val Demings won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida primary election. </p>
<p>• Aaron Bean won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 4th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Kathy Castor won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 14th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 20th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Kat Cammack won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 3rd Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Michael Waltz won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House in Florida's 6th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Gus Bilirakis won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 12th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Vern Buchanan won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 16th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Byron Donalds won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 19th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Brian Mast won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 21st Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Debbie Wasserman Schultz won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 25th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Maria Elvira Salazar won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 27th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Mario Diaz-Balart won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 26th Congressional District. </p>
<p>• John Rutherford won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 5th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Frederica Wilson won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 24th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Carlos Gimenez won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 28th Congressional District.</p>
<p>Calvin Wimbish won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 10th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Scott Franklin won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 18th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Jared Moskowitz won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 23rd Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Karen Green won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 7th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Daniel Webster won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 11th Congressional District.</p>
<p><b>• </b>Scotty Moore won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 9th Congressional District.</p>
<p>• Anna Luna won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 13th Congressional District.</p>
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<p>The Florida Commission on Ethics announced Wednesday that they found probable cause to believe that Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony provided false information before he was appointed sheriff. </p>
<p>According to the Associated Press, Tony, who Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed in 2019, may not have disclosed during the hiring process that he fatally shot an 18-year-old neighbor when he was 14 during a fight at his family’s Philadelphia home in 1993.</p>
<p>The commission also stated in the news release that they found probable cause that Tony provided false information or failed to disclose information before he was hired as an officer for the Coral Springs Police Department; when completing a notarized Florida Department of Law Enforcement form while serving as sheriff; when applying to renew his driver's license while serving in law enforcement.</p>
<p>"The commission rejected the recommendation of its advocate and found probable cause to believe Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony misused his public position," the commission said in a press release.</p>
<p>According to the Associated Press, Tony also did not disclose that he had used LSD.</p>
<p>The news outlet reported that he could either be fined by the ethics committee or face a public hearing. </p>
<p>Another possibility is that he could also be removed by DeSantis, the news outlet reported.</p>
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											alright with this west to alright with this west to facebook live update. Just wanted to give *** quick update here from the two o'clock intermediate advisory doesn't affect the cone, but it certainly does give us *** better idea as to what's going on out there in the tropics. Again, very active, very busy out there. We've got post tropical Fiona doing *** lot of destruction Southeast, Canada Gastone again over to the south and west of Lisbon and then her mean is gonna kind of hug the host coast there west africa, another little wave there in between the lesser Antilles. In africa, not gonna do much and then all eyes of course are going to be on IAN here as it continues to develop. I wanted to get *** little bit of *** close up shot here for you kind of give you the the latest look on it and you can see what's going on right there. It's uh starting to get that look that that turning and twisting, trying to get those storms there around the the entire corps, not just one side, which is what we were seeing earlier this morning water vapor channel here yesterday. We had of course *** lot of wind shear not seeing as much of that today as we did yesterday. So you still have that little uh high to the north right in there. There's *** little bit of *** low, it's kind of like right in here and one of the things that we're gonna have to watch is this, how soon does this begin to turn even more towards the west northwest and then the northwest as it moves off, generally speaking to the west. So that's again one of the things that we're gonna be watching, remember that Northwestern Caribbean folks. Uh It is Jacked. This is some high octane, deep warm water in the northwestern caribbean. So the farther west that this goes closer to Cancun on the western tip there of Havana, That would mean more added additional potential for this storm to try and develop. There's Ian, this is the two o'clock advisory. Now, moving west. Okay, moving west at 16 Windsor at 45 miles an hour, pressure is starting to come down as we uh as we go through and have gone through the last 24 hours. Let me show you the the tip of the cone. There big differences here, so to speak, in the advancement more towards the north, all of central florida is now in the cone. Believe it or not, Miami date is not because of that trend more towards the west here. Um bringing that track there just north of Tampa approaching her nando county and potentially Marion County while uh potentially shooting up towards Jacksonville. So again, you take *** look at the storm tracks, we get new models coming in here within the next hour. But the trend this morning has been more towards the west. Look at that between Cancun and Havana look at laser locked in. That's what's going on right there. Then we start to see that bend from the big bend, that's the H worf over towards the I. Four corridor. Uh Let me see if I can see uh Let me do it. Let me show it to you this way. So this is gonna this is gonna be uh let's see your models don't want to do that, let's do the animation. I wanna show you, Give me the animation. Just bear with me right there, there's *** look at the animation and and notice there's our storm incredibly good agreement. Now west of Havana potentially staying in the core of the warmest waters right there. Then by Wednesday you can start to see that turn Tampa west of Tampa I four is the right side of the envelope of the models and then *** good chunk of them, very close to Marion County and over towards the big bend there of the panhandle. So again, *** lot to watch here but again little bit of *** push back towards the west. Now one of the things I love to do is show you the cone but then superimposed all of the models. Very good agreement. Initially there one the one model there on the outside of the left side of it. But notice how for the most part the majority of the models on that center point and then off to the north and west, center point off towards the north and the west. We'll get some new model runs here between 2 33 30 and have those on air for you tonight at five and six. So that's the trend. That's the tendency, we're still in that front, right quadrant. But the point I've got to make here for everybody is that, you know, the farther west the center of the storm goes, the core of the strongest winds go farther to the west. And that's what we're hoping for as it becomes really game time by Tuesday, Wednesday and thursday of next week, models here all indicating *** major hurricane uh by as early as monday night. Uh And then as we go through Tuesday and Wednesday, you can see Cat three and Cat four potential storm, they're either going up the western side of the florida peninsula or or coming ashore. So *** lot of people have been asking me about charley and Frances charlie, is that blue line? And there's the cone. Now the IAN forecast again, just to the west of that, so very similar. And we're watching this cold front to the north of it as we go through the next couple of days, the longer the time it takes for this storm to make that turn to the north, the farther west, I believe it'll go um as it comes into the gulf of Mexico Gfs pretty far to the west, the european now, which was over south florida two runs ago is coming ashore very close to the Tampa Bay area and you can see the gfs there. Uh Oops, I didn't mean to do that. The G. F. S right there, Gfs slowing down west of Tampa and look at the Euro coming in south of Tampa. So that has been the trend folks as we've gone through the last couple of model runs and that's what we're gonna continue to watch. So I'm gonna wrap this up with this particular graphic. Uh the timing of IAN, the first arriving tropical storm force winds, Tuesday evening, south florida, Wednesday morning, central florida. Um and then Wednesday evening up to the north. If it continues to slow down, we adjust those values back. If it looks like it's going to speed up, then we'll make *** Tuesday morning in yada yada yada. One final note, One final note, the rainfall forecast on many of the models is predicting anywhere from *** half *** foot to potentially *** foot of rain across central florida. So we need to make sure that your folks are paying close attention to all of the different components and aspects. Um, I do want to show this particular graphic here real quick. Um, so this is the wave action. This is the wave action based on *** Cat three Cat for potential hurricane, you can see the red orange. Look at that. 40 to 45 ft wave action right there. You talk about the potential for storm surge. It's, it's, it's incredible. That's one of the things folks that we're gonna have to watch. Um as we, as we sit and babysit this thing in the timeline, one more time. I'm gonna end it on this. So today, you know, the trend has been more towards the west. That's good. We still want you to get those hurricane kids taken care of this weekend monday. You're putting up some some uh apply locks. If you have that storm shutters, you're, you're thinking about shutting them for for for Tuesday and then Wednesday we think the storm is gonna arrive. So The confidence today, we're still, there's still *** good divergence at the end. So it's still low. We think that that's gonna improve though by Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Alright, game. Gotta answer the phone. Boss is calling. 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					Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian as it rumbled through the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane in the coming days on a forecast track toward the state.Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for all of Florida the previous day, expanding an initial order that had covered two dozen counties. He urged residents to prepare for a storm that could lash large swaths of the state with heavy rains, high winds and rising seas.“We encourage all Floridians to make their preparations,” DeSantis said in a statement.President Joe Biden also declared an emergency, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance to protect lives and property. The president postponed a scheduled Sept. 27 trip to Florida due to the storm.The National Hurricane Center said Ian was expected to strengthen before moving over western Cuba and toward the west coast of Florida and the Florida Panhandle by the middle of the week. The agency advised Floridians to have hurricane plans in place and monitor updates of the storm's evolving path.The center issued an updated advisory at 5 a.m. Sunday, which noted the tropical storm was forecast to begin “rapidly strengthening later today” with the “risk of significant wind and storm surge impacts increasing for western Cuba.”Ian was expected to become a hurricane Sunday and a major hurricane as soon as late Monday. The storm had top sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) on Sunday morning as it swirled about 345 miles (555 kilometers) southeast of Grand Cayman, in the Cayman Islands.A hurricane warning remained in effect for the island and hurricane watches were issued for western Cuba.John Cangialosi, a senior hurricane specialist at the Miami-based center, said it was not yet clear exactly where Ian will hit hardest. He said Floridians should begin preparations, including gathering supplies for potential power outages.“At this point really the right message for those living in Florida is that you have to watch forecasts and get ready and prepare yourself for potential impact from this tropical system,” he said.In Pinellas Park, near Tampa, people were waiting in line at a Home Depot when it opened at 6 a.m. Saturday, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Manager Wendy Macrini said the store had sold 600 cases of water by early afternoon and ran out of generators.People also were buying up plywood to shore up their windows: “Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it,” Matt Beaver, of Pinellas Park, told the Times.Elsewhere, powerful post-tropical cyclone Fiona crashed ashore Saturday in Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Canada region, washing houses into the sea, tearing off rooftops and knocking out power to more than 500,000 customers in two provinces.
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<p>Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian as it rumbled through the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane in the coming days on a forecast track toward the state.</p>
<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for all of Florida the previous day, expanding an initial order that had covered two dozen counties. He urged residents to prepare for a storm that could lash large swaths of the state with heavy rains, high winds and rising seas.</p>
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<p>“We encourage all Floridians to make their preparations,” DeSantis said in a statement.</p>
<p>President Joe Biden also <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/09/24/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-florida-emergency-declaration-4/" rel="nofollow">declared an emergency</a>, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance to protect lives and property. The president postponed a scheduled Sept. 27 trip to Florida due to the storm.</p>
<p>The National Hurricane Center said Ian was expected to strengthen before moving over western Cuba and toward the west coast of Florida and the Florida Panhandle by the middle of the week. The agency advised Floridians to have hurricane plans in place and <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?start#contents" rel="nofollow">monitor updates</a> of the storm's evolving path.</p>
<p>The center issued an updated advisory at 5 a.m. Sunday, which noted the tropical storm was forecast to begin “rapidly strengthening later today” with the “risk of significant wind and storm surge impacts increasing for western Cuba.”</p>
<p>Ian was expected to become a hurricane Sunday and a major hurricane as soon as late Monday. The storm had top sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) on Sunday morning as it swirled about 345 miles (555 kilometers) southeast of Grand Cayman, in the Cayman Islands.</p>
<p>A hurricane warning remained in effect for the island and hurricane watches were issued for western Cuba.</p>
<p>John Cangialosi, a senior hurricane specialist at the Miami-based center, said it was not yet clear exactly where Ian will hit hardest. He said Floridians should begin preparations, including gathering supplies for potential power outages.</p>
<p>“At this point really the right message for those living in Florida is that you have to watch forecasts and get ready and prepare yourself for potential impact from this tropical system,” he said.</p>
<p>In Pinellas Park, near Tampa, people were waiting in line at a Home Depot when it opened at 6 a.m. Saturday, the Tampa Bay Times <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2022/09/24/tropical-storm-ianhurricane-ianflorida-hurricanehurricane-fionaflorida/" rel="nofollow">reported</a>. Manager Wendy Macrini said the store had sold 600 cases of water by early afternoon and ran out of generators.</p>
<p>People also were buying up plywood to shore up their windows: “Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it,” Matt Beaver, of Pinellas Park, told the Times.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, powerful <a href="https://apnews.com/f0f5833f97f7f413c83a09ab546a372b" rel="nofollow">post-tropical cyclone</a> Fiona crashed ashore Saturday in Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Canada region, washing houses into the sea, tearing off rooftops and knocking out power to more than 500,000 customers in two provinces.</p>
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					Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on Monday, on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday.Ian was forecast to hit Cuba as a major hurricane and then become an even stronger Category 4 with top winds of 140 miles over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida along a stretch of coast including the Tampa Bay area.“Please treat this storm seriously. It’s the real deal. This is not a drill,” Hillsborough County Emergency Management Director Timothy Dudley said at a Monday news conference on storm preparations in Tampa.Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and planned evacuations Monday as Ian gained strength on approach to Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of Isla de Juventud, Pinar del Rio and Artemisa. Cuba also was shutting down its train system ahead of the worst weather.“Cuba is expecting extreme hurricane force winds, also life threatening storm surge and heavy rainfall,” U.S. National Hurricane Center senior specialist Daniel Brown told The Associated Press early Monday.At 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, Ian was moving northwest at 13 mph, about 240 miles southeast of the western tip of Cuba, with top sustained winds increasing to 80 mph.As the hurricane approached the Cayman Islands, members of the government and opposition were working together “to ensure that our people are made as safe as possible -- the supplies, plywood, in some cases sandbags, are distributed so that they can safely weather this storm," Premier Wayne Panton said in a video posted Sunday. "We must prepare for the worst and absolutely pray and hope for the best.” “Ian is not expected to spend much time over western Cuba, and additional strengthening is likely over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday,” the center said. "Ian is likely to have an expanding wind field and will be slowing down by that time, which will have the potential to produce significant wind and storm surge impacts along the west coast of Florida.” A surge of up to 10 feet of ocean water and 10 inches of rain was predicted across the Tampa Bay area, with as much as 15 inches in isolated areas. That's enough water to inundate low-lying coastal communities. Florida residents were getting ready, lining up for hours in Tampa to collect bags of sand and clearing store shelves of bottled water. As many as 300,000 people may be evacuated from low-lying areas in Hillsborough County alone, county administrator Bonnie Wise said at a news conference Monday on preparations.Some of those evacuations were beginning Monday afternoon in the most vulnerable areas, with schools and other locations opening as shelters. “We must do everything we can to protect our residents. Time is of the essence,” Wise said.A hurricane watch was issued for Florida's central western coast including the Tampa Bay area, where Hillsborough County suspended classes through Thursday to prepare schools to serve as shelters for evacuees. Additional watches for more northern areas along the peninsula’s west coast may be issued, Brown said.Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency throughout Florida and urged residents to prepare for the storm to lash large swaths of the state with heavy rains, high winds and rising seas.President Joe Biden also declared an emergency, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance to protect lives and property. The president postponed a scheduled Sept. 27 trip to Florida because of the storm.Flash and urban flooding was predicted for much of the Florida peninsula midweek, and then heavy rainfall was possible for the southeast United States later this week. With tropical storm force winds extending 115 miles from its center, watches were issued Monday from the Florida Keys to Lake Okeechobee.As of Monday, Tampa and St. Petersburg appeared to be among the most likely targets for their first direct hit by a major hurricane in a century.Bob Gualtieri, sheriff of Pinellas County, Florida, which includes St. Petersburg, said in a briefing that while no one will be forced to leave, “mandatory” evacuation orders are expected to begin Tuesday.“What it means is, we’re not going to come help you. If you don’t do it, you’re on your own,” Gualtieri said.The evacuation zone is all along Tampa Bay and the rivers that feed it, encompassing MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa International Airport and well-known neighborhoods such as parts of Hyde Park, Davis Islands and Ybor City.St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch urged residents not to ignore any evacuation orders. “This is a very real threat that this storm poses to our community,” Welch said.The hurricane center has advised Floridians to have hurricane plans in place and monitor updates of the storm’s evolving path.  ___Associated Press writer Julie Walker contributed to this report from New York.
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<p>Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on Monday, on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday.</p>
<p>Ian was forecast to hit Cuba as a major hurricane and then become an even stronger Category 4 with top winds of 140 miles over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida along a stretch of coast including the Tampa Bay area.</p>
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<p>“Please treat this storm seriously. It’s the real deal. This is not a drill,” Hillsborough County Emergency Management Director Timothy Dudley said at a Monday news conference on storm preparations in Tampa.</p>
<p>Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and planned evacuations Monday as Ian gained strength on approach to Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of Isla de Juventud, Pinar del Rio and Artemisa. Cuba also was shutting down its train system ahead of the worst weather.</p>
<p>“Cuba is expecting extreme hurricane force winds, also life threatening storm surge and heavy rainfall,” U.S. National Hurricane Center senior specialist Daniel Brown told The Associated Press early Monday.</p>
<p>At 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, Ian was moving northwest at 13 mph, about 240 miles southeast of the western tip of Cuba, with top sustained winds increasing to 80 mph.</p>
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<p>As the hurricane approached the Cayman Islands, members of the government and opposition were working together “to ensure that our people are made as safe as possible -- the supplies, plywood, in some cases sandbags, are distributed so that they can safely weather this storm," Premier Wayne Panton said in a video posted Sunday. "We must prepare for the worst and absolutely pray and hope for the best.” </p>
<p>“Ian is not expected to spend much time over western Cuba, and additional strengthening is likely over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday,” the center said. "Ian is likely to have an expanding wind field and will be slowing down by that time, which will have the potential to produce significant wind and storm surge impacts along the west coast of Florida.” </p>
<p>A surge of up to 10 feet of ocean water and 10 inches of rain was predicted across the Tampa Bay area, with as much as 15 inches in isolated areas. That's enough water to inundate low-lying coastal communities. </p>
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<p>Florida residents were getting ready, lining up for hours in Tampa to collect bags of sand and clearing store shelves of bottled water. As many as 300,000 people may be evacuated from low-lying areas in Hillsborough County alone, county administrator Bonnie Wise said at a news conference Monday on preparations.</p>
<p>Some of those evacuations were beginning Monday afternoon in the most vulnerable areas, with schools and other locations opening as shelters. “We must do everything we can to protect our residents. Time is of the essence,” Wise said.</p>
<p>A hurricane watch was issued for Florida's central western coast including the Tampa Bay area, where Hillsborough County suspended classes through Thursday to prepare schools to serve as shelters for evacuees. Additional watches for more northern areas along the peninsula’s west coast may be issued, Brown said.</p>
<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency throughout Florida and urged residents to prepare for the <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/storms" rel="nofollow">storm</a> to lash large swaths of the state with heavy rains, high winds and rising seas.</p>
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<p>President Joe Biden also declared an emergency, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance to protect lives and property. The president postponed a scheduled Sept. 27 trip to Florida because of the storm.</p>
<p>Flash and urban flooding was predicted for much of the Florida peninsula midweek, and then heavy rainfall was possible for the southeast United States later this week. With tropical storm force winds extending 115 miles from its center, watches were issued Monday from the Florida Keys to Lake Okeechobee.</p>
<p>As of Monday, Tampa and St. Petersburg appeared to be among the most likely targets for their first direct hit by a major hurricane in a century.</p>
<p>Bob Gualtieri, sheriff of Pinellas County, Florida, which includes St. Petersburg, said in a briefing that while no one will be forced to leave, “mandatory” evacuation orders are expected to begin Tuesday.</p>
<p>“What it means is, we’re not going to come help you. If you don’t do it, you’re on your own,” Gualtieri said.</p>
<p>The evacuation zone is all along Tampa Bay and the rivers that feed it, encompassing MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa International Airport and well-known neighborhoods such as parts of Hyde Park, Davis Islands and Ybor City.</p>
<p>St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch urged residents not to ignore any evacuation orders. “This is a very real threat that this storm poses to our community,” Welch said.</p>
<p>The hurricane center has advised Floridians to have hurricane plans in place and <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?start#contents" rel="nofollow">monitor updates</a> of the storm’s evolving path. </p>
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<p>Associated Press writer Julie Walker contributed to this report from New York.</p>
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					Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida near Cayo Costa as a massive Category 4 storm on Wednesday afternoon, lashing the state with heavy rain and pushing a devastating storm surge. Here's the latest on Hurricane Ian:Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida near Cayo Costa around 3:05 p.m. ET WednesdayIan weakened to a tropical storm ThursdayIan is moving northeast at 8 mph Nearly 2.5 million homes and businesses were without electricity, and Florida Power and Light warned those in Ian’s path to brace for days without power. Florida has requested a federal Major Disaster Declaration for all 67 of the state's counties.Hurricane Ian knocked out Cuba's power grid and work is underway to restore service to the country’s 11 million peopleWatch live video coverage above from sister station WESH in Orlando. See live video from other parts of Florida below.Latest hurricane cone and satellite imageSee live streaming video of Ian's latest location and cone in the video player above.Sunshine Skyway Bridge Live storm coverage is also available for free on your connected TV from Very Local. Download the app here
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					<strong class="dateline">FORT MYERS, Fla. —</strong> 											</p>
<p>Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida near Cayo Costa as a massive Category 4 storm on Wednesday afternoon, lashing the state with heavy rain and pushing a devastating storm surge. </p>
<p><strong><em>Here's the latest on Hurricane Ian:</em></strong></p>
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<li>Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida near Cayo Costa around 3:05 p.m. ET Wednesday</li>
<li>Ian weakened to a tropical storm Thursday</li>
<li>Ian is moving northeast at 8 mph </li>
<li>Nearly 2.5 million homes and businesses were without electricity, and Florida Power and Light warned those in Ian’s path to brace for days without power. Florida has requested a federal Major Disaster Declaration for all 67 of the state's counties.</li>
<li>Hurricane Ian knocked out Cuba's power grid and work is underway to restore service to the country’s 11 million people</li>
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<p><strong>Watch live video coverage above from sister station WESH in Orlando. See live video from other parts of Florida below.</strong></p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Latest hurricane cone and satellite image</h2>
<p>See live streaming video of Ian's latest location and cone in the video player above.</p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Sunshine Skyway Bridge</h2>
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					After leaving a path of destruction across Florida, Tropical Storm Ian has again intensified into a hurricane Thursday afternoon as it heads toward Georgia and the Carolinas. Here's the latest on Tropical Storm Ian:Tropical Storm Ian strengthened into a hurricane again around 5 p.m. ET Thursday, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. At 5 p.m. ET, the storm was about 240 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina. Authorities confirmed at least one storm death in Florida.President Joe Biden said Ian "could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history" and warned, "we're hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life."Ian weakened to a tropical storm Thursday after making landfall Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane.The storm is expected to reintensify Thursday night before making landfall in South Carolina.  Roughly 2.67 million homes and businesses were without electricity in FloridaWatch live video coverage above from sister station WESH in Orlando.Live storm coverage is also available for free on your connected TV from Very Local. Download the app here.Ian's impact in Florida Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed homes and businesses and left millions in the dark. The devastation began to come into focus a day after Ian made landfall in Florida as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. The storm flooded homes on both the state's coasts, cut off the only bridge to a barrier island, destroyed a historic waterfront pier and knocked out electricity to 2.67 million Florida homes and businesses — nearly a quarter of utility customers. At least one man was confirmed dead.Aerial photos from the Fort Myers area, a few miles west of where Ian struck land, showed homes ripped from their slabs and deposited among shredded wreckage. Businesses near the beach were completely razed, leaving just twisted debris. Broken docks floated at odd angles beside damaged boats, and fires smoldered on lots where houses once stood. Authorities confirmed at least one storm death in Florida — a 72-year-old man in Deltona who fell into a canal while using a hose to drain his pool in the heavy rain, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. “We’ve never seen storm surge of this magnitude,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told a news conference. “The amount of water that’s been rising, and will likely continue to rise today even as the storm is passing, is basically a 500-year flooding event.”Video: WESH reporter talks about water rescueThe National Hurricane Center said storm surge and flooding rains remained a threat as Ian crept across the Florida peninsula and emerged in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Canaveral.Sheriffs in southwest Florida said 911 centers were inundated by thousands of stranded callers, some with life-threatening emergencies. The U.S. Coast Guard began rescue efforts hours before daybreak on barrier islands near where Ian struck, DeSantis said. More than 800 members of federal urban search and rescue teams were also in the area.  A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people normally live. It was unknown how many heeded orders to evacuate, but Charlotte County Emergency Management Director Patrick Fuller expressed cautious optimism that worst-case scenarios might not have been realized.No deaths or injuries have been confirmed in the county, and flyovers of barrier islands show “the integrity of the homes is far better than we anticipated,” Fuller said.South of Sanibel, the historic beachfront pier in Naples got destroyed, with even the pilings underneath torn out, as towering waves crashed over the structure. "Right now, there is no pier," said Penny Taylor, a commissioner in Collier County, which includes Naples.The Florida Highway Patrol shut down the Florida Turnpike in the Orlando area and said the main artery in the middle of the state will remain closed until water subsides. Video: Florida wakes up to Hurricane Ian destruction Ian struck Florida as a monstrous Category 4 storm, with 150 mph winds that tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the U.S.Ian's pathBefore reintensifying to a hurricane late Thursday afternoon, Ian dropped to a tropical storm over land as its center moved over the Atlantic Ocean.At 5 p.m. Thursday, the storm was about 240 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, carrying maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.The National Hurricane Center warned storm surge of 6 feet or more was possible from Daytona Beach, Florida, to north of Charleston, South Carolina. Rainfall of up to 8 inches threatened flooding in the Carolinas and Virginia.A hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast. LATEST CONELATEST MODELSLATEST SATELLITEThe governors of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia all preemptively declared states of emergency.Devastation in CubaA boat carrying Cuban migrants sank Wednesday in stormy weather east of Key West.The U.S. Coast Guard initiated a search and rescue mission for 23 people and managed to find three survivors about two miles  south of the Florida Keys, officials said. Four other Cubans swam to Stock Island, just east of Key West, the U.S. Border Patrol said. Aircrews continued to search for possibly 20 remaining migrants.The storm previously tore into Cuba, killing two people and bringing down the country's electrical grid.Video: Space station flies over Hurricane Ian
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<p>After leaving a path of destruction across Florida, Tropical Storm Ian has again intensified into a hurricane Thursday afternoon as it heads toward Georgia and the Carolinas. </p>
<p><u><strong><em>Here's the latest on Tropical Storm Ian:</em></strong></u></p>
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<li>Tropical Storm Ian strengthened into a hurricane again around 5 p.m. ET Thursday, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. </li>
<li>At 5 p.m. ET, the storm was about 240 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina. </li>
<li>Authorities confirmed at least one storm death in Florida.</li>
<li>President Joe Biden said Ian "could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history" and warned, "we're hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life."</li>
<li>Ian weakened to a tropical storm Thursday after making landfall Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane.</li>
<li>The storm is expected to reintensify Thursday night before making landfall in South Carolina.  </li>
<li>Roughly 2.67 million homes and businesses were without electricity in Florida</li>
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<p><strong><em>Live storm coverage is also available for free on your connected TV from Very Local. <a href="https://verylocal.onelink.me/LjTu/hianall" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Download the app here</a>.</em></strong></p>
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<h2 class="body-h2">Ian's impact in Florida </h2>
<p>Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed homes and businesses and left millions in the dark. </p>
<p>The devastation began to come into focus a day after Ian made landfall in Florida as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. </p>
<p>The storm flooded homes on both the state's coasts, cut off the only bridge to a barrier island, destroyed a historic waterfront pier and knocked out electricity to 2.67 million Florida homes and businesses — nearly a quarter of utility customers. At least one man was confirmed dead.</p>
<p>Aerial photos from the Fort Myers area, a few miles west of where Ian struck land, showed homes ripped from their slabs and deposited among shredded wreckage. Businesses near the beach were completely razed, leaving just twisted debris. Broken docks floated at odd angles beside damaged boats, and fires smoldered on lots where houses once stood.</p>
<p>Authorities confirmed at least one storm death in Florida — a 72-year-old man in Deltona who fell into a canal while using a hose to drain his pool in the heavy rain, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. </p>
<p>“We’ve never seen storm surge of this magnitude,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told a news conference. “The amount of water that’s been rising, and will likely continue to rise today even as the storm is passing, is basically a 500-year flooding event.”</p>
<p><strong><em>Video: WESH reporter talks about water rescue</em></strong></p>
<p>The National Hurricane Center said storm surge and flooding rains remained a threat as Ian crept across the Florida peninsula and emerged in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Canaveral.</p>
<p>Sheriffs in southwest Florida said 911 centers were inundated by thousands of stranded callers, some with life-threatening emergencies. The U.S. Coast Guard began rescue efforts hours before daybreak on barrier islands near where Ian struck, DeSantis said. More than 800 members of federal urban search and rescue teams were also in the area.</p>
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<p>A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people normally live. It was unknown how many heeded orders to evacuate, but Charlotte County Emergency Management Director Patrick Fuller expressed cautious optimism that worst-case scenarios might not have been realized.</p>
<p>No deaths or injuries have been confirmed in the county, and flyovers of barrier islands show “the integrity of the homes is far better than we anticipated,” Fuller said.</p>
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<p>South of Sanibel, the historic beachfront pier in Naples got destroyed, with even the pilings underneath torn out, as towering waves crashed over the structure. "Right now, there is no pier," said Penny Taylor, a commissioner in Collier County, which includes Naples.</p>
<p>The Florida Highway Patrol shut down the Florida Turnpike in the Orlando area and said the main artery in the middle of the state will remain closed until water subsides. </p>
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<p><em><strong>Video: Florida wakes up to Hurricane Ian destruction</strong></em></p>
<p>Ian struck Florida as a monstrous Category 4 storm, with 150 mph winds that tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the U.S.</p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Ian's path</h2>
<p>Before reintensifying to a hurricane late Thursday afternoon, Ian dropped to a tropical storm over land as its center moved over the Atlantic Ocean.</p>
<p>At 5 p.m. Thursday, the storm was about 240 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, carrying maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.</p>
<p>The National Hurricane Center warned storm surge of 6 feet or more was possible from Daytona Beach, Florida, to north of Charleston, South Carolina. Rainfall of up to 8 inches threatened flooding in the Carolinas and Virginia.</p>
<p>A hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast. </p>
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<p>The governors of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia all preemptively declared states of emergency.</p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Devastation in Cuba</h2>
<p>A boat carrying Cuban migrants sank Wednesday in stormy weather east of Key West.</p>
<p>The U.S. Coast Guard initiated a search and rescue mission for 23 people and managed to find three survivors about two miles  south of the Florida Keys, officials said. Four other Cubans swam to Stock Island, just east of Key West, the U.S. Border Patrol said. Aircrews continued to search for possibly 20 remaining migrants.</p>
<p>The storm previously tore into Cuba, killing two people and bringing down the country's electrical grid.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video: Space station flies over Hurricane Ian</em></strong></p>
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					A revived Hurricane Ian made landfall on coastal South Carolina on Friday. It's threatening the historic city of Charleston with severe flooding after the deadly storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida and trapped thousands in their homes.Here's the latest on Hurricane Ian: Hurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, around 2 p.m. ET Friday as Category 1 storm.Nine people were confirmed dead in Florida, but that number is expected to increase.Ian hits South CarolinaHurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, around 2 p.m. ET Friday as a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Its maximum sustained winds remained at 85 mph with higher gusts.In Charleston earlier in the day, powerful wind gusts bent tree branches and sent sprays of steadily falling rain sideways. Streets in the 350-year-old city were largely empty, an ordinarily packed morning commute silenced by the advancing storm.  Video: Myrtle Beach reports first signs of storm damage as Ian approachesThe hurricane warning stretched from the Savannah River to Cape Fear, with flooding likely across the Carolinas and southwestern Virginia, the center said. The forecast predicted a storm surge of up to 7 feet into coastal areas of the Carolinas, and rainfall of up to 8 inches.LATEST CONELATEST MODELSLATEST SATELLITEA hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast and extended to Cape Fear on the southeastern coast of North Carolina. With tropical storm-force winds reaching about 415 miles from its center, the NHC expects a life-threatening storm surge of up to 7 feet and hurricane conditions along the Carolina coast by Friday afternoon. Rainfall of up to 8 inches threatened flooding from South Carolina to Virginia.Video below: Winds, rain pick up off the coast of Georgia's Tybee IslandFlorida's rescue effortIn Florida, rescue crews piloted boats and waded through riverine streets Thursday to save thousands of people trapped amid flooded homes and buildings shattered by Hurricane Ian.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said rescue crews have gone door-to-door to over 3,000 homes in the hardest-hit areas."There's really been a Herculean effort," he said Friday during a news conference in Tallahassee.Video: Florida governor gives update on Ian's damageClimate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, according to a study prepared immediately after the storm, said its co-author, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab climate scientist Michael Wehner.Those killed in Florida included a 67-year-old man who was waiting to be rescued and fell into rising water inside his New Smyrna Beach home late Thursday, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Patrol vehicles had been unable to reach him because roads were flooded.Video: WESH reporter talks about water rescueAt least three people were reported killed in Cuba after the hurricane struck there on Tuesday.In the Fort Myers area, businesses near the beach were completely razed, leaving twisted debris. Broken docks floated at odd angles beside damaged boats. Fires smoldered on lots where houses once stood."I don't know how anyone could have survived in there," William Goodison said amid the wreckage of a mobile home park in Fort Myers Beach where he'd lived for 11 years. Goodison said he was alive only because he rode out the storm at his son's house inland.The hurricane tore through the park of about 60 homes, leaving many destroyed or mangled beyond repair, including Goodison’s single-wide home. Wading through waist-deep water, Goodison and his son wheeled two trash cans containing what little he could salvage — a portable air conditioner, some tools and a baseball bat.Video: Couple will not put off wedding for Hurricane IanThe road into Fort Myers was littered with broken trees, boat trailers and other debris. Cars were abandoned in the road, having stalled when the storm surge flooded their engines.Emergency crews sawed through toppled trees to reach stranded people. Many in the hardest-hit areas were unable to call for help because of electrical and cellular outages.A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people live.Ian's pathHours after weakening to a tropical storm while crossing the Florida peninsula, Ian regained strength Thursday evening over the Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center predicted it would hit South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane Friday, still much weaker than the Category 4 hurricane it was on Wednesday.National Guard troops were being positioned in South Carolina to help with the aftermath, including any water rescues. And in Washington, President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for the state, a needed step to speed federal assistance for recovery once Ian passes.The storm was on track to later hit North Carolina, forecasters said. Gov. Roy Cooper urged residents to prepare for torrents of rain, high winds and potential power outages.
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<p>A revived Hurricane Ian made landfall on coastal South Carolina on Friday. It's threatening the historic city of Charleston with severe flooding after the deadly storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida and trapped thousands in their homes.</p>
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<li>Hurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, around 2 p.m. ET Friday as Category 1 storm.</li>
<li>Nine people were confirmed dead in Florida, but that number is expected to increase.</li>
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<h2 class="body-h2">Ian hits South Carolina</h2>
<p>Hurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, around 2 p.m. ET Friday as a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Its maximum sustained winds remained at 85 mph with higher gusts.</p>
<p>In Charleston earlier in the day, powerful wind gusts bent tree branches and sent sprays of steadily falling rain sideways. Streets in the 350-year-old city were largely empty, an ordinarily packed morning commute silenced by the advancing storm.  </p>
<p><em><strong>Video: Myrtle Beach reports first signs of storm damage as Ian approaches</strong></em></p>
<p>The hurricane warning stretched from the Savannah River to Cape Fear, with flooding likely across the Carolinas and southwestern Virginia, the center said. The forecast predicted a storm surge of up to 7 feet into coastal areas of the Carolinas, and rainfall of up to 8 inches.</p>
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<p>A hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast and extended to Cape Fear on the southeastern coast of North Carolina. With tropical storm-force winds reaching about 415 miles from its center, the NHC expects a life-threatening storm surge of up to 7 feet and hurricane conditions along the Carolina coast by Friday afternoon. Rainfall of up to 8 inches threatened flooding from South Carolina to Virginia.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Winds, rain pick up off the coast of Georgia's Tybee Island</em></strong></p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Florida's rescue effort</h2>
<p>In Florida, rescue crews piloted boats and waded through riverine streets Thursday to save thousands of people trapped amid flooded homes and buildings shattered by <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/hurricanes" rel="nofollow">Hurricane Ian</a>.</p>
<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said rescue crews have gone door-to-door to over 3,000 homes in the hardest-hit areas.</p>
<p>"There's really been a Herculean effort," he said Friday during a news conference in Tallahassee.</p>
<p><em><strong>Video: Florida governor gives update on Ian's damage</strong></em></p>
<p>Climate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-science-storms-climate-and-environment-hurricane-ian-80f57ce05ec99bae841e7b72e710cd13?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_09" rel="nofollow">a study</a> prepared immediately after the storm, said its co-author, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab climate scientist Michael Wehner.</p>
<p>Those killed in Florida included a 67-year-old man who was waiting to be rescued and fell into rising water inside his New Smyrna Beach home late Thursday, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Patrol vehicles had been unable to reach him because roads were flooded.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video: WESH reporter talks about water rescue</em></strong></p>
<p>At least three people were reported killed in Cuba after the hurricane struck there on Tuesday.</p>
<p>In the Fort Myers area, businesses near the beach were completely razed, leaving twisted debris. Broken docks floated at odd angles beside damaged boats. Fires smoldered on lots where houses once stood.</p>
<p>"I don't know how anyone could have survived in there," William Goodison said amid the wreckage of a mobile home park in Fort Myers Beach where he'd lived for 11 years. Goodison said he was alive only because he rode out the storm at his son's house inland.</p>
<p>The hurricane tore through the park of about 60 homes, leaving many destroyed or mangled beyond repair, including Goodison’s single-wide home. Wading through waist-deep water, Goodison and his son wheeled two trash cans containing what little he could salvage — a portable air conditioner, some tools and a baseball bat.</p>
<p><em><strong>Video: Couple will not put off wedding for Hurricane Ian</strong></em></p>
<p>The road into Fort Myers was littered with broken trees, boat trailers and other debris. Cars were abandoned in the road, having stalled when the storm surge flooded their engines.</p>
<p>Emergency crews sawed through toppled trees to reach stranded people. Many in the hardest-hit areas were unable to call for help because of electrical and cellular outages.</p>
<p>A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people live.</p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Ian's path</h2>
<p>Hours after weakening to a tropical storm while crossing the Florida peninsula, Ian regained strength Thursday evening over the Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center predicted it would hit South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane Friday, still much weaker than the Category 4 hurricane it was on Wednesday.</p>
<p>National Guard troops were being positioned in South Carolina to help with the aftermath, including any water rescues. And in Washington, President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for the state, a needed step to speed federal assistance for recovery once Ian passes.</p>
<p>The storm was on track to later hit North Carolina, forecasters said. Gov. Roy Cooper urged residents to prepare for torrents of rain, high winds and potential power outages.</p>
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					Video above: Aerial footage of Ft. Myers flooding As Ian, now a post-tropical cyclone, pushes rain across the central Appalachians Saturday, people are taking stock of the damage it caused in the Carolinas and especially Florida, where at least 45 have been reported dead in what was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the Sunshine State's history.In Florida, the hurricane's effects will be felt into next week, as forecasters warn of possible major river flooding inland. Near Sarasota, a possible levee break has forced officers to evacuate a neighborhood early Saturday over flooding concerns.Ian smashed into southwest Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday, pulverizing coastal homes and trapping residents with floodwaters, especially in the Fort Myers and Naples areas. It pushed through the peninsula into Thursday, bringing strong winds and damaging flooding.The hurricane then made another landfall Friday in South Carolina between Charleston and Myrtle Beach as a Category 1 storm, flooding homes and vehicles along the shoreline and eventually knocking out power for hundreds of thousands more in the Carolinas and Virginia. In Florida's hard-hit Fort Myers Beach, where a furious storm surge wiped out homes and left little but debris, shaken survivors are coping with what they saw and mourning those they've lost.Kevin Behen, who rode out the storm on the second floor of a building in Fort Myers Beach, told CNN Friday night he knew of two men who died making sure their wives escaped a home that had begun to flood."These guys pushed their wives out the windows to where a tree was," Behen said. "They just looked at their wives and they said, 'We can't hold on anymore, we love you. Bye,' and that was it."Video below: North Myrtle Beach homeowner wades through flooded homeAbout 90% of the island "is pretty much gone," Fort Myers Beach Town Councilman Dan Allers said Friday. "Unless you have a high-rise condo or a newer concrete home that is built to the same standards today, your house is pretty much gone."More than 1.6 million utility customers were without power Saturday morning in four states in Ian's wake, including 1.2 million in Florida; more than 300,000 in North Carolina; 79,000 in Virginia; and 49,000 in South Carolina, according to PowerOutage.us.In western Florida early Saturday, concerns over a possible levee break forced sheriff's officers to go door-to-door in the Sarasota-area community of Hidden River to warn residents of possible flooding there, a sheriff's office said.Video below: Florida Gulf Coast island faces massive cleanupIn South Carolina, Ian dumped 7 to nearly 10 inches of rain in some coastal areas, according to National Weather Service data. Ian had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone by Friday night, and its center -- with sustained winds of 25 mph -- was near the North Carolina-Virginia state line at 11 a.m. Saturday.It should dissipate by Saturday evening. By the storm's end, it may have dumped 2 to 6 inches of rain across parts of the central Appalachians and coastal mid-Atlantic, the hurricane center said.Damage to South Carolina shores Authorities in South Carolina began cataloging damage on Pawleys Island, a coastal town roughly 70 miles north of Charleston. The biggest concern there, according to the mayor, is how to remove debris so the island can be safe again."It was a Category 1 hurricane, but we experienced tremendous storm surge today, probably beyond what most people anticipated," Mayor Brian Henry told CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday."Most of us did not believe we would see the storm surge at 7-plus feet," Henry said. "It's beginning to recede, but we have a huge amount of water on the roadways and across the island."Video below: Nest home camera shows flooding underneath South Carolina homePawleys Island residents are not allowed to return home until safety assessments are fully conducted Saturday, police said.The storm has flooded homes and submerged vehicles along the shoreline. Two piers -- one in Pawleys Island and another in North Myrtle Beach -- partially collapsed as high winds pushed water even higher.In Horry County, where North Myrtle Beach is located, crews began removing debris left by the storm. Officials are urging residents to remain home and to not drive."It's a pretty scary sight," Myrtle Beach Mayor Brenda Bethune said of the hurricane. "I'm seeing way too many cars passing by. And I think people just don't realize how dangerous it is to be out in these types of conditions. We've seen so many people's cars get stuck, and emergency personnel has to go out and rescue people."South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said on social media Friday, "A lot of prayers have been answered," adding that the storm is "not as bad as it could have been, but don't let your guard down yet. We are not out of the woods, there is water on the roads, still heavy winds, and it is still dangerous in many parts of the state."Crews race to assist Floridians in needA swath of destruction was cut across the Florida peninsula Wednesday and Thursday, with communities along the southwestern coast facing the brunt of Ian's storm surge at landfall.  Sanibel and Captiva islands have been cut off from the mainland after parts of a causeway were obliterated by the storm.Those living in Charlotte County are "facing a tragedy" without homes, electricity or water supplies, said Claudette Smith, public information officer for the sheriff's office."We need everything, to put it plain and simple. We need everything. We need all hands on deck," Smith told CNN Friday. "The people who have come to our assistance have been tremendously helpful, but we do need everything."Video below: Here's why Hurricane Ian heavily damaged Central Florida despite making landfall near Fort MyersFrom Florida's coastal shores to inland cities such as Orlando, dangerous flooding has forced locals into dire circumstances. In one Orlando neighborhood where deep water has covered roads, some residents traveled by boat to assist others.Rivers rising due to the substantial rainfall are still impacting areas headed into the weekend. A 12-mile portion of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County is closed in both directions due to the rising Myakka River, according to the Florida Department of Transportation Friday evening.The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued more than 275 people in Florida, according to Rear Admiral Brendan McPherson, and hundreds of additional rescues were being performed by teams from FEMA and local and state agencies. But post-storm conditions remain a huge challenge, he told CNN on Friday.Video below: Kayakers take to the streets in Orlando"We're flying and we're operating in areas that are unrecognizable. There's no street signs. They don't look like they used to look like. Buildings that were once benchmarks in the community are no longer there," he said.At least 45 deaths suspected to be related to Ian have been reported in Florida, including 16 in Lee County, 12 in Charlotte County, eight in Collier County, four in Volusia County, one in Polk County, one in Lake County, one in Manatee County and two in unincorporated Sarasota County, according to officials. Unconfirmed death cases are being processed by local medical examiners, who decide whether they are disaster-related, state emergency management Director Kevin Guthrie said.
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<p class="body-text">As Ian, now a post-tropical cyclone, pushes rain across the central Appalachians Saturday, people are taking stock of the damage it caused in the Carolinas and especially Florida, where at least 45 have been reported dead in what was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the Sunshine State's history.</p>
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<p>In Florida, the hurricane's effects will be felt into next week, as <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/010840.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">forecasters warn</a> of possible major river flooding inland. Near Sarasota, a possible levee break has forced officers to evacuate a neighborhood early Saturday over flooding concerns.</p>
<p>Ian smashed into southwest Florida as a <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Category 4</a> hurricane Wednesday, pulverizing coastal homes and trapping residents with floodwaters, especially in the Fort Myers and Naples areas. It pushed through the peninsula into Thursday, bringing strong winds and damaging flooding.</p>
<p>The hurricane then made another landfall Friday in South Carolina between Charleston and Myrtle Beach as a Category 1 storm, flooding homes and vehicles along the shoreline and eventually knocking out power for hundreds of thousands more in the Carolinas and Virginia. </p>
<p>In Florida's hard-hit Fort Myers Beach, where a furious storm surge wiped out homes and left little but debris, shaken survivors are coping with what they saw and mourning those they've lost.</p>
<p>Kevin Behen, who rode out the storm on the second floor of a building in Fort Myers Beach, told CNN Friday night he knew of two men who died making sure their wives escaped a home that had begun to flood.</p>
<p>"These guys pushed their wives out the windows to where a tree was," Behen said. "They just looked at their wives and they said, 'We can't hold on anymore, we love you. Bye,' and that was it."</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: North Myrtle Beach homeowner wades through flooded home</em></strong></p>
<p>About 90% of the island "is pretty much gone," Fort Myers Beach Town Councilman Dan Allers said Friday. "Unless you have a high-rise condo or a newer concrete home that is built to the same standards today, your house is pretty much gone."</p>
<p>More than 1.6 million utility customers were without power Saturday morning in four states in Ian's wake, including 1.2 million in Florida; more than 300,000 in North Carolina; 79,000 in Virginia; and 49,000 in South Carolina, according to <a href="https://poweroutage.us/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">PowerOutage.us</a>.</p>
<p>In western Florida early Saturday, concerns over a possible levee break forced sheriff's officers to go door-to-door in the Sarasota-area community of Hidden River to warn residents of possible flooding there, a sheriff's office <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=464443082390113&amp;set=a.222501943250896" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">said</a>.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Florida Gulf Coast island faces massive cleanup</em></strong></p>
<p>In South Carolina, Ian dumped 7 to nearly 10 inches of rain in some coastal areas, according to National Weather Service data. </p>
<p>Ian had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone by Friday night, and its center -- with sustained winds of 25 mph -- was near the North Carolina-Virginia state line at <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIAWPCAT4+shtml/011437.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">11 a.m. Saturday</a>.</p>
<p>It should dissipate by Saturday evening. By the storm's end, it may have dumped 2 to 6 inches of rain across parts of the central Appalachians and coastal mid-Atlantic, the hurricane center <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2022/al09/al092022.public.035.shtml?" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">said</a>.</p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Damage to South Carolina shores </h2>
<p>Authorities in South Carolina began <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/30/weather/weather-forecast-south-carolina-charleston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cataloging damage</a> on Pawleys Island, a coastal town roughly 70 miles north of Charleston. The biggest concern there, according to the mayor, is how to remove debris so the island can be safe again.</p>
<p>"It was a Category 1 hurricane, but we experienced tremendous storm surge today, probably beyond what most people anticipated," Mayor Brian Henry told CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday.</p>
<p>"Most of us did not believe we would see the storm surge at 7-plus feet," Henry said. "It's beginning to recede, but we have a huge amount of water on the roadways and across the island."</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Nest home camera shows flooding underneath South Carolina home</em></strong></p>
<p>Pawleys Island residents are not allowed to return home until safety assessments are fully conducted Saturday, police said.</p>
<p>The storm has flooded homes and submerged vehicles along the shoreline. Two piers -- one in Pawleys Island and another in North Myrtle Beach -- partially collapsed as high winds pushed water even higher.</p>
<p>In Horry County, where North Myrtle Beach is located, crews began removing debris left by the storm. Officials are urging residents to remain home and to not drive.</p>
<p>"It's a pretty scary sight," Myrtle Beach Mayor Brenda Bethune said of the hurricane. "I'm seeing way too many cars passing by. And I think people just don't realize how dangerous it is to be out in these types of conditions. We've seen so many people's cars get stuck, and emergency personnel has to go out and rescue people."</p>
<p>South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said <a href="https://twitter.com/henrymcmaster/status/1575918503307231244" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">on social media</a> Friday, "A lot of prayers have been answered," adding that the storm is "not as bad as it could have been, but don't let your guard down yet. We are not out of the woods, there is water on the roads, still heavy winds, and it is still dangerous in many parts of the state."</p>
<h2 class="body-h2">Crews race to assist Floridians in need</h2>
<p class="body-text">A swath of destruction was cut across the Florida peninsula Wednesday and Thursday, with communities along the southwestern coast facing the brunt of Ian's storm surge at landfall.  Sanibel and Captiva islands have been cut off from the mainland after parts of a causeway were obliterated by the storm.</p>
<p>Those living in Charlotte County are "facing a tragedy" without homes, electricity or water supplies, said Claudette Smith, public information officer for the sheriff's office.</p>
<p>"We need everything, to put it plain and simple. We need everything. We need all hands on deck," Smith told CNN Friday. "The people who have come to our assistance have been tremendously helpful, but we do need everything."</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Here's why Hurricane Ian heavily damaged Central Florida despite making landfall near Fort Myers</em></strong></p>
<p>From Florida's coastal shores to inland cities such as Orlando, dangerous flooding has forced locals into dire circumstances. In one Orlando neighborhood where deep water has covered roads, some residents traveled by boat to assist others.</p>
<p>Rivers rising due to the substantial rainfall are still impacting areas headed into the weekend. A 12-mile portion of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County is closed in both directions due to the rising Myakka River, according to the Florida Department of Transportation Friday evening.</p>
<p>The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued more than 275 people in Florida, according to Rear Admiral Brendan McPherson, and hundreds of additional rescues were being performed by teams from FEMA and local and state agencies. But post-storm conditions remain a huge challenge, he told CNN on Friday.</p>
<p><strong><em>Video below: Kayakers take to the streets in Orlando</em></strong></p>
<p>"We're flying and we're operating in areas that are unrecognizable. There's no street signs. They don't look like they used to look like. Buildings that were once benchmarks in the community are no longer there," he said.</p>
<p>At least 45 deaths suspected to be related to Ian have been reported in Florida, including 16 in Lee County, 12 in Charlotte County, eight in Collier County, four in Volusia County, one in Polk County, one in Lake County, one in Manatee County and two in unincorporated Sarasota County, according to officials. Unconfirmed death cases are being processed by local medical examiners, who decide whether they are disaster-related, state emergency management Director Kevin Guthrie said. </p>
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					<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As Hurricane Ian pummeled Florida, flamingos at a botanical park in St. Petersburg took shelter in a bathroom. Sunken Gardens took to its Twitter account Wednesday to give let animal lovers know that the pink feathered birds were doing fine as they rode out the storm. “We're hunkered down! Our animals are safe &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As Hurricane Ian pummeled Florida, flamingos at a botanical park in St. Petersburg took shelter in a bathroom.</p>
<p>Sunken Gardens took to its Twitter account Wednesday to give let animal lovers know that the pink feathered birds were doing fine as they rode out the storm.</p>
<p>“We're hunkered down! Our animals are safe w/staff on site to see them through the storm," the park said. "The flamingos are having a hurricane party in the bathroom; eating, drinking, &amp; dancing. Stay safe out there!” </p>
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<p><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f9a9.png" alt="🦩" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f300.png" alt="🌀" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />We're hunkered down! Our animals are safe w/staff on site to see them through the storm. <br />The flamingos are having a hurricane party in the bathroom; eating, drinking, &amp; dancing. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
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<p>This isn't the first time Floridians have seen flamingos huddled together for safety in a bathroom during a hurricane.</p>
<p>Wildlife photographer Ron Magill took a picture of flamingos inside a bathroom 30 years ago as they sought shelter from Hurricane Andrew, The Washington Post reported.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Of the countless images I have captured in my life, none is more iconic than this one. I can't believe it has been 30 years since Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida. I'll never forget capturing this image of the zoos flamingos huddled in the ladies restroom for protection. <a class="Link" href="https://t.co/iACXIBivSm">pic.twitter.com/iACXIBivSm</a></p>
<p>— Ron Magill (@RonMagill) <a class="Link" href="https://twitter.com/RonMagill/status/1562370328441110528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2022</a></p>
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<p>Hurricane Ian slammed into the state's southwest coast on Wednesday as a Category 4, with it bringing 150 mph winds, storm surges, and mass destruction.</p>
<p>Rescue and recovery efforts are underway as the state deals with the storm's aftermath, as officials conduct searches of residences.</p>
<p>On Friday, officials said 21 people have died, but they caution that the death toll is preliminary.</p>
<p>Areas that saw significant damage included Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island.</p>
<p>The storm has since been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[On top of the air conditioner, look at Michael saving the kitty. Viral video shows man rescuing stranded, shivering tabby cat during Hurricane Ian Updated: 4:35 PM EDT Oct 2, 2022 There have been hundreds of rescues in the wake of Hurricane Ian, but perhaps none went more viral than this one. Mike Ross saved &#8230;]]></description>
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					There have been hundreds of rescues in the wake of Hurricane Ian, but perhaps none went more viral than this one.  Mike Ross saved a terrified tabby cat at Bonita Beach on Wednesday and the video has been seen more than 1 million times on social media. Watch video of the rescue in the video player above. Not long after Ross saved the frightened feline, the air conditioning unit it was perched on was washed into the ocean. The female cat is now living with Ross and his family while they try to find its owner.  Since most veterinarians' offices are still closed, they haven't been able to see if the cat is microchipped.  If she isn't, they will keep her and decided that Ian would be a fitting name. But since she's a girl, maybe they'll call her Iana or Storm, instead.
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<p>There have been hundreds of rescues in the wake of Hurricane Ian, but perhaps none went more viral than this one.  </p>
<p>Mike Ross saved a terrified tabby cat at Bonita Beach on Wednesday and the video has been seen more than 1 million times on social media. </p>
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<p><strong><em>Watch video of the rescue in the video player above. </em></strong></p>
<p>Not long after Ross saved the frightened feline, the air conditioning unit it was perched on was washed into the ocean. </p>
<p>The female cat is now living with Ross and his family while they try to find its owner.  </p>
<p>Since most veterinarians' offices are still closed, they haven't been able to see if the cat is microchipped.  </p>
<p>If she isn't, they will keep her and decided that Ian would be a fitting name. But since she's a girl, maybe they'll call her Iana or Storm, instead.   </p>
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					<description><![CDATA[SpaceX founder Elon Musk is helping Florida get cell service and connect to the internet. More than 370 Starlink satellite units have been deployed across Florida, officials said Monday. The units can support up to 120 devices at a time. They are being centered at mobile command units to assist with rescue and recovery efforts. &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>SpaceX founder Elon Musk is helping Florida get cell service and connect to the internet. </p>
<p>More than 370 Starlink satellite units have been deployed across Florida, officials said Monday. </p>
<p>The units can support up to 120 devices at a time. They are being centered at mobile command units to assist with rescue and recovery efforts. </p>
<p>Speaking about the equipment on Monday, Florida emergency management officials thanked Musk for the donations, which they said were easy to use. They said it took people about 20 minutes to unbox the equipment and have it working in about 20 minutes. </p>
<p>Parts of Florida have struggled to get cell service following the devastation from Hurricane Ian. </p>
<p>As more people gain internet access, the state is requesting that they document when missing people have been found safe. They can fill out a form at <a class="Link" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/ocphoj/s38lb6e/gm7b9bb">https://safe.fl.gov</a>. To report a missing person, information can be submitted to <a class="Link" href="https://missing.fl.gov/es">https://missing.fl.gov/es</a>. </p>
<p>Drone videos from Fort Myers to Arcadia show the devastation. Some communities are still underwater. </p>
<p>Florida has reported 58 storm-related deaths. However, that number is expected to rise as officials gain more access to areas that were vulnerable to the hurricane. </p>
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											REST OF THE WORK WEEK, WHEN I SEE YOU COMING UP AT 4:18. JIM: TURNING OUT A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED THE WORST OF THE STORM. SUMMER: WHAT ARE PEOPLE TELLING YOU WHAT THEY ARE COMING HOME, DANICA? THERE’S NOT MUCH FOR THEM TO COME HOME TO. REPORTER: THAT IS THE CASE FOR A LOT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. BUT THE BRIDGE BEHIND ME OFFICIALLY SHUT DOWN YESTERDAY. ONLY FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ALLOWED THROUGH. THAT MEANS THE RESIDENCE WERE ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO GET ACROSS A BRIDGE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AT FORT MYERS BEACH. WE SPOKE TO RESIDENTS WE DECIDED TO WRITE OUT THE STORM -- RIDE OUT THE STORM. WE CAUGHT UP WITH A FEW. &gt;&gt; COME ON IN, GUYS. REPORTER: IT’S BEEN FIVE DAYS SINCE HURRICANE IAN. AND DENNIS SAYS HIS HOME DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. &gt;&gt; THEY ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO BE PULLED UP. REPORTER: THE FLOORS HAVE BUBBLED UNDER THE 3 INCHES OF RAINWATER, BUT MOST OF THE INTERIOR IS INTACT. DENNIS SAYS HE AND HIS MOTHER DECIDED LAST MINUTE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME AFTER EVACUATING AND RIDE OUT THE STORM. &gt;&gt; MY MOM IS LIKE, I HAVE GOT A LOT OF STUFF IN THE LANAI I WOULD LIKE TO SAVE, SO I SAID LET’S GO. SO WE WERE DRIVING 41 BACK, WE WERE DODGING TREES. REPORTER: SO YOU HAD A HOTEL AND DECIDED TO COME BACK TO YOUR HOUSE? &gt;&gt; YEAH. BIG MISTAKE, BIG MISTAKE. IT’S COMPLETELY GONE. REPORTER: DENNIS SAYS HE WATCHED AS HIS BACK LANAI WAS TORN OFF, HIS WINDOWS SHATTERED, AND A PIECE OF HIS NEIGHBOR’S ROOF FROM TWO DOORS DOWN SLAMMED INTO HIS BEDROOM WALL. &gt;&gt; THIS SLIDING GLASS DOOR STARTED BOWING. IT WAS 6 TO 8 INCHES, AND I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BREAK. I THOUGHT, IF THAT DOOR BREAKS, EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE IS GONE, SO I JUST GRABBED EACH SIDE OF THE DOOR AND I JUST PUT ALL MY WEIGHT AGAINST IT. I STOOD THERE FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS. REPORTER: BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO HIS HOME AND THE EMOTIONAL DRAIN, IT IS A HURRICANE EXPERIENCE HE HAS NO INTENTION OF REPEATING. &gt;&gt; YOU KNOW, THE FREIGHT TRAINS YOU HEAR ABOUT WITH THE TORNADOES, THIS WAS MORE OF A WHISTLE, VERY HIGH, CONSTANT WHISTLE. JUST CRAZY, NONSTOP FOR HOURS. REPORTER: BUT SOME GOOD NEWS BEFORE THE DAY’S END. JUST AS HE WAS SHOWING US THE DAMAGE TO A BEDROOM CLOSET. &gt;&gt; OH, YOU’RE MY GOOD LUCK CHARM. THE POWER IS ON. WE GOT POWER. I JUST SAW POWER. I WAS POINTING AT THE CLOSETS. I LOVE IT. REPORTER: AND IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE RUN OUTSIDE TO TELL HIS MOTHER AND NEIGHBOR THE GOOD NEWS. &gt;&gt; GO ON THE HOUSE AND TURN THE AIR ON, THE POWER IS ON. &gt;&gt; ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WOO-HOO! NOW I’M HAPPY. &gt;&gt; WE CAN HAVE MARGARITAS TODAY! WOO-HOO! REPORTER: DESPITE ALL THE DESTRUCTION, IT IS NICE TO SEE THOSE KINDS OF MOMENTS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE SEEING POWER CREWS PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE. HOPEFULLY THE ROAD TO RECOVERY IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE FOR THE FORT MYERS BEACH AREA. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE NOT EVEN GOTTEN TO THE PHASE OF CLEANING OUT SOME OF THE DEBRIS FROM THE ROADWAYS. SO HERE START IN LATE, IT IS GOING TO BE A WHILE. JIM: LOVE THAT, WHEN THE POWER CAME BACK ON. BEFORE YOU GO, A LOT OF CHATTER IN THESE PARTS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND ONE OF THE LOCAL COUNTIES WHERE YOU ARE GAY PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME TO GET OUT OF HARM’S WAY, AN ISSUE OF THE EVACUATION ORDERS, IS THAT TOP OF MIND FOR PEOPLE THEY ARE OR ARE THEY JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE NEXT MEAL? REPORTER: THAT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS. WE DID ACTUALLY SPEAK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO WRITE OUT THE STORM. I ASKED IF YOU HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU WERE LISTENING TO OFFICIALS, WHAT WAS THE DECISION TO STAY? MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE TO TOLD ME THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE OK, HAD WRITTEN OUT -- ROIDDEN OUT POWERFUL STORMS BEFORE, NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS, THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD HANDLE THIS. OBVIOUSLY AT THIS POINT NOW, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY REGRET IT. SUMMER: HAVE YOU BEEN SEEING MEMORIALS? WHO HAVE BEEN REPORTING THE DEATH TOLL GOING UP. IS THAT ANYWHERE ON THEIR RADAR RIGHT NOW? OR IS THAT GOING TO BE LATER? REPORTER: WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, SUMMER, THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO SORT THROUGH THE DESTRUCTION. I DON’T EVEN THINK THEY HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR. THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE COMING OFF OF THIS BRIDGE FROM FORT MYERS BEACH, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME COMING OVER THE BRIDGE, AS FAR AS RESCUE CREWS, FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY’VE BEEN IN A BUBBLE FOR DAYS. THEY DON’T KNOW ANYTHING BEYOND HOW THEY SURVIVED ON THAT ISLAND FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE MORE ON THAT IN OUR EVENING NEWSCAST. I DON’T EVEN THINK ANYONE HERE IS STARTING TO PROCESS WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. IT’S BEEN JUST SURVIVAL. JIM: THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT MOMENT OF JOY, WE WISH THE BEST
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					Some residents in southwest Florida decided to ride out Hurricane Ian instead of evacuating.Dennis, a Fort Myers man who did not want to use his last name, said he and his mother decided last minute to return to their home after evacuating and ride out the storm."My mom said, 'I have a lot of stuff in the lanai, I'd like to stay,' so I said 'alright, let's go. So we were driving back, we were dodging trees... Big mistake, big mistake," he said. Watch the full story in the video player above. He said his home's damage could've been worse."They're all going to have to be pulled up," he said in reference to the floors.The floors have bubbled under the three inches of rainwater. But most of the interior is intact. Dennis says he watched as his back lanai was torn off, his  windows shattered and a piece of his neighbor's roof from two doors down slammed into his bedroom wall."This sliding glass door started  bowing. It was six to eight inches and I knew it was going to break," he said. "So I grabbed each side of the door and I just put all my weight against it. I stood there for almost two hours." Between the physical damage to his home and the emotional drain, it's a hurricane experience he has no intention of repeating."You know the freight trains you hear about with the tornados. This was more of a whistle, very high, constant whistle. Just crazy, nonstop for hours," he recalled. "It was frightening. It was frightening. I'll never make that decision ever again."But some good news before the day's end: Just as he was showing sister station WESH the damage to a bedroom closet, the power came back."Oh, you're my good luck charm. The power is on, I just saw power," he said.He immediately ran outside to tell his mother and neighbor the good news."Go inside the house and turn the air on. The power's back," he said. "Woohoo, we can have margaritas today," the woman shouted back to him.
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<p>Some residents in southwest Florida decided to ride out Hurricane Ian instead of evacuating.</p>
<p>Dennis, a Fort Myers man who did not want to use his last name, said he and his mother decided last minute to return to their home after evacuating and ride out the storm.</p>
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<p>"My mom said, 'I have a lot of stuff in the lanai, I'd like to stay,' so I said 'alright, let's go. So we were driving back, we were dodging trees... Big mistake, big mistake," he said. </p>
<p><strong><em>Watch the full story in the video player above. </em></strong></p>
<p>He said his home's damage could've been worse.</p>
<p>"They're all going to have to be pulled up," he said in reference to the floors.</p>
<p>The floors have bubbled under the three inches of rainwater. But most of the interior is intact. </p>
<p>Dennis says he watched as his back lanai was torn off, his  windows shattered and a piece of his neighbor's roof from two doors down slammed into his bedroom wall.</p>
<p>"This sliding glass door started  bowing. It was six to eight inches and I knew it was going to break," he said. "So I grabbed each side of the door and I just put all my weight against it. I stood there for almost two hours." </p>
<p>Between the physical damage to his home and the emotional drain, it's a hurricane experience he has no intention of repeating.</p>
<p>"You know the freight trains you hear about with the tornados. This was more of a whistle, very high, constant whistle. Just crazy, nonstop for hours," he recalled. "It was frightening. It was frightening. I'll never make that decision ever again."</p>
<p>But some good news before the day's end: Just as he was showing sister station WESH the damage to a bedroom closet, the power came back.</p>
<p>"Oh, you're my good luck charm. The power is on, I just saw power," he said.</p>
<p>He immediately ran outside to tell his mother and neighbor the good news.</p>
<p>"Go inside the house and turn the air on. The power's back," he said. "Woohoo, we can have margaritas today," the woman shouted back to him. </p>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Florida begins to recover from Hurricane Ian, people are being warned about looting. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno appeared to threaten to use force on suspected looters. "They might be able to walk into someone's home, they might, but they will, they will be carried out," he said. "I ain't playing games." It's unclear &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>As Florida begins to recover from Hurricane Ian, people are being warned about looting.</p>
<p>Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno appeared to threaten to use force on suspected looters. </p>
<p>"They might be able to walk into someone's home, they might, but they will, they will be carried out," he said. "I ain't playing games."</p>
<p>It's unclear whether looting has become a pervasive problem in the wake of Hurricane Ian. </p>
<p>However, it's clear officials want to discourage the criminal act as many homes and businesses remain vulnerable. </p>
<p>"Florida will not tolerate looters taking advantage of #HurricaneIan to prey on vulnerable Floridians," said Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody.</p>
<p>In the days immediately following Hurricane Ian, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also warned looters that they could be shot.</p>
<p>"I would not want want to chance that if I were you, given that we are a Second Amendment state," DeSantis said. </p>
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