At the center of Florida’s tornado damage, a retirement community picks up the pieces
A tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton struck precisely among some of those most vulnerable to natural disasters — elderly ...
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For Floridians in mobile homes, Hurricane Helene was a disaster waiting to happen
The Big Bend of Florida has been hit by three hurricanes in the past 13 months. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images “Families who live in manufactured home parks, their rate of poverty is ...
‘Nowhere else to go’: Southwest Florida seniors struggle to recover after Milton, Helene
I don’t know how I’ll ever be able to live there. But I have nowhere else to go,” said an 82-year-old Sarasota woman ...
6 dead after tornadoes hit St. Lucie County mobile home park
FORT PIERCE: Six people died at a senior mobile home community in St. Lucie County after Hurricane Milton touched down on ...
How Climate Disasters Are Making Mobile Homes a Huge Risk
Millions of Americans, many poor and vulnerable, live in mobile and manufactured homes. When catastrophe strikes, they’re ...
‘Unusually strong’ tornadoes in Florida’s southeast reached rare EF-3 strength, carved miles-long paths of destruction
Tornadoes along Florida’s southeast traveled dozens of miles, tossed homes from their foundations, killed six people and left ...
Hurricane Milton damages more than property as some storm-rattled residents plan exit
The past two months have not been kind to people who live in what had once had been a Florida staple — lower-cost mobile home ...
Hurricane Milton latest: See Florida evacuation zones
Hurricane Milton strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane Monday on a path toward Florida population centers, threatening a ...
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EVACUATIONS: Tampa Bay-area counties under mandatory evacuation orders due to Hurricane Milton
Those who live in manufactured homes will have to evacuate regardless ... into a hurricane as it heads for the west coast of Florida. The National Hurricane Center announced that their NOAA ...
Florida Evacuation Map Update as Hurricane Helene's Path Shifts
More mandatory evacuations have been ordered across Florida as Hurricane Helene looms closer to the state while narrowing its ...
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Fears of Hurricane Milton Drive Millions From Their Homes in Florida
Florida’s strong building code means most ... as well as those in mobile and manufactured homes, according to county emergency management officials. As of Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 12:29 p.m. Eastern ...