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Florida begins recovery efforts after Hurricane Idalia slams Gulf Coast
Floridians are already working to put their communities back together, one day after a Category 3 hurricane brought record storm surges to the region.
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‘Unprecedented' Hurricane Idalia aftermath seen in before-and-after photos
See the extent of the damage Idalia left behind in Florida’s Big Bend region in these images from above.
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Photos: ‘Catastrophic' Hurricane Idalia slams Florida's Big Bend
Idalia slammed into Florida’s West Coast early Wednesday morning, swamping a 200 mile stretch of coastline from Tampa to Tallahassee with heavy storm surges. Photos show the extent of the damage caused by the storm – the first major hurricane to ever pass through the area.
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Over half of U.S. beaches are potentially unsafe due to poop contamination, new report finds
About half of the beaches nationwide tested potentially unsafe last year due to fecal contamination levels with at least one day exceeding the Environment Protective Agency’s “Beach Action Value,” a preventative tool to measure bacteria, according to a report by Environment America.
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Ian Shows the Risks and Costs of Living on Barrier Islands
Experts say that Hurricane Ian is shining a spotlight once again on the vulnerability of the nation’s barrier islands and the increasing cost of people living on them.