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Organizations like the Red Cross and the Salvation Army are asking Floridians for financial donations to help the victims of the Haiti’s earthquake. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on a Naples group that is looking for some specific items.
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Counselors with Hope Hospice in Fort Myers are holding grief sessions this week for people struggling to cope with last week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. WGCU’s John Davis reports.
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Southwest Florida is home to thousands of Haitian Americans and local non-profits have long been involved in efforts to help the struggling Caribbean nation. In the wake of the earthquake, those efforts have been ramped up. WGCU’s John Davis prepared this report.
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South Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Congress needs to move quickly to let undocumented Haitians stay in the U.S. legally. Alex Keefe reports from Washington.
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The Red Cross of Lee County is collecting monetary contributions from people who want to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.
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Max Mayfield is wrapping up his tenure as Director of the National Hurricane Center – a position he’s held since 2000. He began working for the center 34 years ago – and has been eye-witness to huge changes in how storms are forecast and tracked. He talked to us about some of those changes – and what...
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A magnitude 6 earthquake occurred in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday morning about 250 miles west of Sarasota. There are no reports of damage or injuries but 5000 people from as far away as Louisiana reported feeling it. US Geological Survey geophysicist Amy Vaughn says the event is a mystery.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto dumped plenty of rain on Florida as it moved across the state earlier this week. It didn’t do much widespread damage, other than knocking down a few trees and flooding some streets. That was a relief to federal and state emergency authorities who were on standby in case the storm...
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The state’s Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee is operating at its highest level in response to Ernesto. Emergency managers in all 67 counties are taking part in a constant round of conference calls and briefing sessions. W-G-C-U’s Valerie Alker paid a visit Monday to the Charlotte County Emergency...
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A group of people in Cape Coral marked the first day of the Atlantic Hurricane Season by attending a Hurricane Seminar. A few years ago Lee County Emergency Management presented about 20 of these information sessions. This year – after two tough hurricane seasons – they’re holding 4 times as many...
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