TAMPA — Hurricane Milton could result in a $60 billion loss for the global insurance industry, creating a surge in 2025 reinsurance prices which could boost some insurance companies’ shares, analysts at RBC Capital said.…
MIAMI — Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow morning along Florida’s west coast, near or just south of Tampa. The National Hurricane Center expects the storm will have an…
TAMPA — The NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week. The Bucs departed yesterday, relocating to New Orleans, where they’ll face…
TAMPA — The sheriff of the county that includes Tampa, part of the most populous region in Milton’s bull’s-eye, said that those in mandatory evacuation zones who stay put are gambling with their lives. “They’re…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) advises the public on a collapsed 140-foot wastewater sewer line near the Norre Gade/Moravian School area. Repairs are scheduled for Wednesday, October 9, 2024, throughout…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Human Services (VIDHS) is excited to announce anincrease in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, effective October 1, 2024.This increase represents a critical step in ensuring that our most…
PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti (AP) — Angry whispers have broken the heavy silence that fell over Pont-Sondé just days after a vicious gang attack left more than 70 dead, marking one of Haiti’s biggest massacres in recent history. The…
MIAMI — Hurricane Milton continued tracking eastward as a powerful Category 4 storm early this morning, with forecasts showing it on a path to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast mid-week. The storm was moving at 12 miles per…
MIAMI — Hurricane Milton has strengthened to Category 5 and continues to intensify two days before it’s due to strike Florida’s Gulf Coast, where communities now are rushing cleanup from catastrophic Hurricane Helene. Ahead of what…
MIAMI — The first Hurricane Watches have been posted along Florida’s west coast as millions of people across the region prepare for dangerous impacts from Hurricane Milton, such as a life-threatening storm surge, destructive winds and flooding rain. A Hurricane Watch is in effect…