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Hurricane irma has slammed into the us state of florida and is moving up its west coast bringing widespread coastal flooding, torrential rain, and winds of about 120 miles an hour. Power supplies have been cut to more than three million homes and businesses. Several cities in the state have declared overnight cu rfews to prevent looting. The storm has been downgraded to a category two, but officials are warning of life threatening storm surges. The streets of miamis Business District have been swamped by a up to three feet of water brought by a storm surge. 0ur correspondent, aleem maqbool, is there. They warned miami would flood, and it has. Irmas massive downpours and ocean surges combined to inundate the citys financial district. As thousands from the city hunkered down in hurricane shelters, others captured dramatic footage of the storm coming through. Its probably the hardest its been all day. Of power lines being torn dow ....
Stage Notes Academy of Performing Arts is excited to present its cast for Disney & Cameron Macintosh’s “Mary Poppins” set to take the stage in March at its new location ....
“The guy’s only doing it for some doll,” sing characters Nicely-Nicely Johnson and Benny Southstreet as they open up the show at Henderson County Performing Art Center’s production of Guys ....
The race to vaccinate millions of Americans is off to a slower, messier start than public health officials and leaders of the Trump administration s ....
She wouldn t do it again. Hadler said she waited 14 hours and that a brawl nearly erupted before dawn on Tuesday when people cut in line outside the library in Bonita Springs, Florida, where officials were offering shots on a first-come, first-served basis to those 65 or older. I m afraid that the event was a super-spreader, she said. I was petrified. The race to vaccinate millions of Americans is off to a slower, messier start than public health officials and leaders of the Trump administration s Operation Warp Speed had expected. Overworked, underfunded state public health departments are scrambling to patch together plans for administering vaccines. Counties and hospitals have taken different approaches, leading to long lines, confusion, frustration and jammed phone lines. A multitude of logistical concerns have complicated the process of trying to beat back the scourge that has killed over 340,000 Americans. ....