Schiavo autopsy completed; separate funerals planned
A six-hour autopsy was performed Friday on the body of Terri Schiavo but the results may not be released for several weeks, the state medical examiner for Pinellas County said....
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Ranks of hurricane homeless rising by 100 a day
The ranks of Florida's hurricane homeless continue to swell by as many as 100 people per day, three months after the first of four storms struck the state, a Federal...
Hurricanes’ cost notches place in history
Floridians knee-deep in the state's fourth hurricane mess in six weeks learned Tuesday they have endured the costliest series of natural disasters in U.S. history. Tom Gallagher, the state's chief...
Struggling back — again
Weather-whipped Floridians blinked into the bright sun Monday and for the fourth time in six weeks trudged toward recovery, dragging broken tree limbs and ripped shingles to the curb. President...
More misery
Emergency crews struggled Friday to reach areas hit hardest by Hurricane Ivan as residents learned that some of the miseries wrought by the storm will plague them for weeks. Rescue...
Florida’s ordeal
Hurricane Frances crawled across the Florida peninsula Sunday, leaving a record 5 million people in the state without power, damaging homes, flooding roadways and prompting the governor to divert gasoline...
Charley may be gone, but toll keeps climbing
7:22 a.m. Early today, 391,000 people remained without power, said Kristy Campbell, spokeswoman at the state emergency management center. One of three hospitals shut down by the storm, Fawcett Memorial...
Migrants cut deep by destruction, confusion
For thousands of migrant and seasonal farm workers who didn't have much even before Hurricane Charley hit, the devastation has presented special hardships, advocates said after touring Florida migrant camps...
‘Help on the way,’ president tells residents after tour
Looking solemn and perspiring heavily after touring this hurricane-ravaged town, President Bush said Sunday that he had talked to residents "whose lives have been turned upside down" and assured them:...
Storm shatters lives, homes
A garage-sale geisha painting, held against a shattered door, was all that kept Hurricane Charley from ripping through Cesar Pares' mobile home. "It sounded deadly, like a killer thing," he...