Danielle VanHoven arrives at her father’s devastated home in Big Pine Key on Sunday, Sept. 17,2017. Residents were allowed to return to their homes today a week after Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys.
Maria became a Category 1 hurricane Sunday afternoon, expected to hit the Leeward Islands Monday and become a major hurricane by the time it nears Puerto Rico.
Joann and Joe Ferrero return to their home in Summerland Key on Sunday, Sept. 17,2017, the first day residents were allowed back in following Hurricane Irma. Their home, a trailer that had survived for 65 years, was completely destroyed by the storm.
A week after Hurricane Irma devastated Big Pine Key near Marathon, Florida residents return and start to rebuild their homes on Saturday, Sept. 16,2017.
Over the next three days, National Hurricane Center forecasters say Maria will likely intensify to a major Category 3 storm as it nears the Lesser Antilles and the Virgin Islands. It could weaken slightly, but then regain strength as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
At 500 PM AST (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Maria was located near latitude 12.3 North, longitude 52.6 West. Maria is moving toward the west near 20 mph (31 km/h). A slower
west-northwest motion is expected during the next couple of
days. On the forecast track, Maria is expected to approach the
Leeward Islands on Monday.
The Michigan crew are part of a massive out-of-state relief effort recruited to turn the lights back on after Irma knocked out power for 6.7 million homes and businesses in Florida, a record. Power companies from 29 states — from Arkansas to California to Massachusetts — sent help. DTE sent 250 trucks to Florida. Among those crews, 120 linemen trecked more than 1,300 miles to Miami-Dade County to fix broken poles and downed wires, according to company spokesman David Lingholm
FP&L Florencia Contesse, Lead Communication Specialist Marketing & Communication talks about repairs in Coral Gables.
Alex and Josh Mann and their children and dogs decided to stay put in Marathon during Hurricane Irma. The family is doing well despite the lack of creature comforts.
US Representative, Carlos Curbelo, Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Governor Rick Scott speak to Monroe County and City of Marathon officials during a roundtable discussion concern the recovery efforts in the Florida Keys following Hurricane Irma.
Photos taken from a plane on Sept. 14,2017 show the damage caused by Hurricane Irma in the lower Florida Keys.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue does wellness checks in the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma on Sept. 15,2017.
From Friday afternoon until Irma passed Monday afternoon, a WeatherStem camera mounted atop the Science Laboratory & Administration Building at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science recorded the storm’s rising winds, capturing gusts that topped 103 mph and storm surge that eventually submerged the school’s dock.
The Miami HEAT teamed up with the Golden State Warriors and FedEx to airlift over 100 pre-Hurricane Irma pets from local Miami and Monroe County animal shelters to no-kill animal shelters in Oakland, California. Due to the severe impact to the South Florida area during Hurricane Irma, many animals were displaced from their owners or abandoned.
Tropical depression 14 has started to take shape in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, Sept. 15,2017.
A new tropical depression has begun forming in the far east Atlantic Ocean and it’s expected to become Tropical Storm Lee in the next 24 hours. The storm is currently sitting at about 435 miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
