Sen. Bill Nelson said Monday that more funding for both Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey will be needed in the coming weeks and months.
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“I had no water here going in, any bottled water”, Nelson said.
Powerful storm surges could also cause more devastating flooding across the state.
“I didn’t think it was going to be this bad”, said Ramirez, 32, who works in downtown Atlanta but lives in Hiram, some 20 miles to the north.
Rolling Stonereports when Irma was swirling away as a category five storm, the sheer energy output was like nothing we’ve ever seen in the modern world.
“Right now, we are anxious about lives, not cost”, Trump said after returning from Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland where he monitored the storm and met with his Cabinet. “It’s life-threatening and people need to stay where they are”. “If you’re outside, get inside and shelter in place”. Some 900,000 customers lost power in Georgia.
Irma should then move inland over northern Florida and southwestern Georgia Monday afternoon, according to NHC. Petersburg area, once thought to be relatively safe from harm, suddenly found itself in the storm’s crosshairs.
The White House said Trump had received a “comprehensive update” on Irma earlier Sunday while at Camp David that included details on her status, forecasted path, evacuations and preparations for response and recovery.
While the NASA-NOAA GOES East and GOES-16 satellites provide visible light images of the hurricane from above, Suomi NPP captures infrared views using its Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument.
The latest from Hurricane Center now that Irma will track southwest of our area on Monday.
Irma made landfall on Marco Island off Florida’s west coast at 15:35 local time (19:35 GMT) on Sunday, with winds of up to 120mph. Neighboring St. Petersburg announced a 5 p.m. curfew.
“Well”, he added, “we’re about to get punched in the face”.
Katia’s remnants led to a mudslide that killed two people Saturday in Xalapa, a city in the Mexican coastal sate of Veracruz, Gov. Miguel Angel Yunes said. But he emphasized that Tampa is prepared.
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As the eye neared the island and Irma forced the area’s barometric pressure to drop dramatically, the roommates said they could feel a popping sensation in their ears similar to when a plane descends during landing. “This is when we are Tampa strong”.
