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In some cases, hospitals in Florida are installing wells on their campuses where possible.” These wells can be used in an emergency to provide water for fire suppression and cooling systems.
As Helene threatens, Florida hospitals and care facilities shore up resources The storm threatened to disrupt water and power supplies and cellphone service across the state’s Big Bend region.
In context: When Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida's west coast on October 9, it didn't just bring destructive winds and flooding – it also disrupted the supply of drinking water in several ...
Medical facilities in Florida have plenty of experience with hurricanes, but officials are aware that Milton may bring more damage than past storms.
Hurricane Ian has forced several Florida hospitals to evacuate patients and place staff members on lockdown as facilities contend with power outages and critical disruptions to water supplies.
Meghan Martin was in the hospital working as she saw Helene flood her home with four feet of water. Now her clean up tips have gone viral.
Manatee County officials ordered people in more than 300 homes to urgently evacuate the area around an old phosphate plant at Piney Point, where officials described a deteriorating leak.
Hurricane Ian flooded some Florida hospitals — climate change puts even more at risk Hospitals on the coasts could flood during even weak hurricanes. The roads leading to them could flood, too.
A man in southwest Florida has been charged with flooding a hospital’s emergency rooms after attacking a nurse and stripping off his clothes. The 53-year-old became agitated while in a waitin… ...
With rising COVID-19 cases, Florida’s hospital CEOs told Mr. DeSantis their biggest challenge is having enough staff to care for COVID-19 patients and the flood of other sick patients coming to ...
Officials said Monday there is no second breach in a Florida wastewater reservoir containment wall that is in danger of collapsing, according to the state’s Department of Environmental Protection.
Meghan Martin was in the hospital working as she saw Helene flood her home with four feet of water. Now her clean up tips have gone viral.