FEMA worker accused of telling staff to skip hurricane-ravaged Trump homes claims it was common practice: ‘This is not isolated’
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FEMA worker accused of telling staff to skip hurricane-ravaged Trump homes claims it was common practice: ‘This is not isolated’

ByNews Polite

The Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor accused of telling staff to skip Florida homes with Trump campaign signs claims it wasn’t a “isolated” incident — and that she’s been hung out to dry.Marn’i Washington, who was fired last week over the saga, broke her silence in an interview with YouTube…

House Oversight calls on FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to testify over workers avoiding Florida homes with Trump signs
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House Oversight calls on FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to testify over workers avoiding Florida homes with Trump signs

ByNews Polite

The House of Representatives Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after an employee was terminated for instructing hurricane relief workers in Florida to avoid homes with Trump flags Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairperson of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, announced Saturday he sent FEMA…

Florida digs out of mountains of sand swept in by back-to-back hurricanes
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Florida digs out of mountains of sand swept in by back-to-back hurricanes

ByNews Polite

When a hurricane sets its sights on Florida, storm-weary residents may think of catastrophic wind, hammering rain and dangerous storm surge. Mounds of sand swallowing their homes? Not so much. That’s the reality for some after Hurricanes Helene and Milton clobbered Florida’s Gulf Coast with back-to-back hits in less than…

Florida man, Giovanny Aldama Garcia, arrested for leaving dog near highway before Hurricane Milton
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Florida man, Giovanny Aldama Garcia, arrested for leaving dog near highway before Hurricane Milton

ByNews Polite

The cruel Florida dog owner who left his pooch tied to a fence in flood waters on the side of a highway as Hurricane Milton barrelled down on the Sunshine State last week has been caught. Giovanny Aldama Garcia was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated animal cruelty, a third-degree…

Florida dog cruelly tied to fence before Hurricane Milton ‘safe and sound’ in foster care, receives name
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Florida dog cruelly tied to fence before Hurricane Milton ‘safe and sound’ in foster care, receives name

ByNews Polite

He’s a trooper. The abandoned Florida dog who was cruelly tied to a fence before Hurricane Milton barreled through the Sunshine State is recovering “safe and sound” in foster care, where he is flashing “smiles” to his saviors. Florida Highway Patrol posted the heartbreaking video of the drenched pet standing…

Arizona mom, Sandra Guadarrama-Baumunk, and family ride out Hurricane Milton at Disney World Florida
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Arizona mom, Sandra Guadarrama-Baumunk, and family ride out Hurricane Milton at Disney World Florida

ByNews Polite

A Disney-loving family from Arizona rode out Hurricane Milton’s wrath on Wednesday from the comfort of their Disney World resort room as the park offered partial compensation amid the destructive and deadly storm. Sandra Guadarrama-Baumunk has made the trip from Phoenix to Orlando over the past three years and thought…

Death toll from Hurricane Milton rises as Florida picks up the pieces from the storm’s destruction
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Death toll from Hurricane Milton rises as Florida picks up the pieces from the storm’s destruction

ByNews Polite

Power and other utilities continue to slowly be restored across Florida after Hurricane Milton’s less than 12-hour trek across the state, leaving behind more than 4 million without electricity at its peak and neighborhoods flooded. Milton is being blamed for at least 17 deaths across eight counties in Florida. Hurricane Milton…

Republicans slam hurricane conspiracists — including MTG — for weather ‘control’ claims as ‘misinformation’ hampers NC relief efforts
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Republicans slam hurricane conspiracists — including MTG — for weather ‘control’ claims as ‘misinformation’ hampers NC relief efforts

ByNews Polite

Republican members of Congress are slamming conspiracists — including far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — for spreading claims that Hurricane Helene was “geoengineered by the government” or that federal aid workers are obstructing local relief efforts in North Carolina following the devastation. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC)…