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Officials went door-to-door Saturday warning residents who live near the Withlacoochee River north of Tampa Bay, Fla., of the potential for record-high water levels and flooding in the coming days. CBC | World News

More than 80 per cent of Floridians have had their power restored after Hurricane Irma roared through the state, but state emergency managers reported Friday that 1.92 million homes and businesses still don’t have electricity. CBC | World News

Donald Trump took aim at former President Barack Obama this week, claiming that his predecessor failed to come to Florida the last time a hurricane hit the state — even though it happened when George W. Bush was still in office. Trump traveled to the Sunshine State in the wake of Hurricane Irma to survey the damage and pledge help ...

U.S. President Donald Trump will hear directly from people affected by Hurricane Irma’s fury as he makes his third visit in less than three weeks to the storm-wracked South, this time Florida. CBC | World News

Six patients at a nursing home in Florida died in Hurricane Irma’s aftermath as people confronted a multitude of new hazards in the storm’s wake, including oppressive heat, brush-clearing accidents and poisonous fumes from generators. CBC | World News

Aid rushed in to hurricane-scarred Florida early Tuesday, residents began to dig out, and officials slowly pieced together the scope of Irma’s vicious path of destruction across the peninsula. CBC | World News

Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean and then hammered Florida, leaving human misery and a monumental cleanup task. CBC | World News

A weakened but still dangerous Irma pushes inland as it hammers Florida with winds and floodwaters, leaving nearly 4.5 million homes and businesses without power. CBC | World News

DONALD Trump has announced he will visit Florida “very soon” in the wake of the destruction of “big monster”, Hurricane Irma. Daily Express :: News Feed

Residents huddled in shelters watching for updates as Hurricane Irma began its assault on Florida early Sunday as a Category 4 storm, lashing the area with winds near 215 km/h and drenching rain. CBC | World News