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Pinellas County barrier islands reopen

Pinellas officials give update on barrier islands’ water restoration, other recovery efforts

Pinellas County officials are providing an update on recovery efforts just one week after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida.

Yahoo · 1d

Pinellas County crews working to restore water on barrier islands

Pinellas County Utilities Director Jeremy Waugh says a team of more than 100 continue to work to fix the many issues impacting access to water on the islands.

YAHOO!News · 1d

Pinellas barrier islands to reopen to public with additional patrols

The bridges to Pinellas County's barrier islands are set to reopen, Tuesday afternoon. "We're trying to get people back out here as quickly as we can," Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.

Tampa Bay Times on MSN · 1d

Many Pinellas beach residents, businesses resent islands reopening after Helene

Driving through Pinellas beach towns battered by Hurricane Helene feels like something out of an apocalypse movie. There’s a burned-up shell of a Tesla in an otherwise vacant parking lot. A block over,

Tracking Duke Energy power outages in Carolinas

E&E · 1h

State officials and Duke Energy send conflicting messages on Pinellas power outages

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that most of the remaining 9,000 customers without power in Florida are in the Big Bend area. But a few thousand more in Pinellas County may be unaccounted for because of state and utility reporting methods.

WFMY News2 · 9h

Duke Energy says 90% of outages in NC, SC will be restored by Friday after Helene

The energy company said 90% of customers in North and South Carolina will have power restored by Friday, Oct. 4. In South Carolina, Duke Energy said 134,000 customers will get power by Friday evening and 85,

WBTV Charlotte on MSN · 15h

Tracking Duke Energy power outages in Carolinas after Helene on Oct. 3, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of Duke Energy customers in the Carolinas were still without power Wednesday in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which caused severe flooding and destruction in parts of the region.

Pinellas families mourn amid rising Helene death toll

Tampa Bay Times · 1d

Pinellas County’s death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 12

Twelve people in Pinellas County have died as a result of Hurricane Helene, officials said Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths in Tampa Bay to at least 14.

WFLA Tampa on MSN · 1d

‘He tried to resuscitate her’: Pinellas families mourn amid rising Helene death toll

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — The death toll from Hurricane Helene continues to rise. Officials said there are now 183 confirmed fatalities in multiple states, and hundreds are still missing as a result of the storm and its aftermath.

ABC News on MSN · 8h

Helene live updates: Death toll rising in hard-hit Asheville with 200 missing

More than 200 people have been killed from Hurricane Helene, which unleashed devastation across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.

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Business Insider on MSN · 1d

Viral videos of EVs catching fire after Hurricane Helene raise safety concerns in Florida

Florida officials confirmed 16 lithium-ion-battery fires related to Hurricane Helene's storm surge, six of which were in electric vehicles.

Yahoo · 1d

VIDEO: Timelapse footage shows Hurricane Helene hit Florida’s Big Bend

Timelapse footage captured when Hurricane Helene landed as a Category 4 storm in Florida's Big Bend on Thursday, Sept. 26.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Drone footage shows Hurricane Helene destruction in Florida

Drone footage shared by Republican Congresswoman Kat Cammack on social media on Wednesday (October 2) revealed the destruction Hurricane Helene left behind in north central Florida.

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Who should serve on the Pinellas County Commission? Here’s an answer

Pinellas County commissioners serve four-year terms and oversee a nearly $4 billion budget. Some seats on the seven-member ...

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'We're still finding bodies': Florida beach communities ask public to avoid Helene ravaged areas

Even as residents in some coastal Florida communities are only beginning to recover after Hurricane Helene, political leaders ...

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Pinellas County is monitoring red tide off beaches post-Helene

Residents along the beach communities, especially those cleaning out their homes and businesses from Hurricane Helene, may ...

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Achievement gap between Black, white students still plagues Florida schools

School boards: The Flagler County School Board will operate with four members until Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints a replacement for a member who resigned after the deadline to hold an election, the ...

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Speaker Johnson surveys Florida’s damage

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday became the latest high-profile elected official to survey storm damage in Florida.

Pinellas County deputy in serious condition after crash: PCSO

The deputy was transported to a hospital with serious head injuries and is in stable condition. He was hired by PCSO in 2019 ...

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Red tide found in Pinellas County waters as Hurricane Helene cleanup is underway

Residents and business owners slogging through cleanup from Hurricane Helene on Pinellas County’s barrier islands now have ...

Florida Politics1d

Debris pickup underway in Pinellas County

Pinellas County has begun collecting residential storm debris, six days after Hurricane Helene rolled past the Tampa Bay area ...

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