(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Cleanup and damage assessments are underway at airports in Florida after Hurricane Milton barreled into the state's western coast as a Category 3 storm.Multiple airports in the Tampa, Sarasota and Orlando areas closed in the hours and days ahead of landfall, with thousands of flights canceled.Bridges and…
(NEW YORK) -- One person is dead and nearly two dozen others were rescued Thursday after being stuck underground due to an equipment failure in a Colorado gold mine, officials said.The individuals were part of a tour group and became stuck near the bottom of Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in…
(ST.PETERSBURG, Fla.) -- As Hurricane Milton pummeled the St. Petersburg area, with winds strong enough to shred the roof of Tropicana Field, Kristy Austin said it sounded like a "freight train" was coming through her apartment building."It sounded like the ocean was hitting our windows and the water was just…
(TAMPA, Fla.) -- The fiberglass roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, was left in tatters, a 10,000-square-foot sheriff's facility was demolished and several people were killed at a senior living community in St. Lucie County. That was among the widespread damage emerging Thursday after Hurricane Milton slammed Florida's…
(NEW YORK) -- A Turkish Airlines flight diverted to New York on Wednesday morning after one of its pilots died.Flight 204 was traveling from Seattle to Istanbul when it was diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport for an emergency landing at approximately 6 a.m. after "one of the pilots…
(NEW YORK) -- Florida authorities began assessing the damage left by Hurricane Milton's passage across the state early Thursday, as the storm passed into the Atlantic Ocean after a night of high winds, torrential rain and storm surge.Milton made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast late Wednesday as a Category 3…
(NEW YORK) -- ABC News legal contributor Brian Buckmire talks about the music mogul’s return to court on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.Sean "Diddy" Combs accused federal agents and prosecutors of unlawful leaks in a court filing on Wednesday.Combs has been held without bail after he was arrested and…
(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Milton is forecast to bring a slew of devastation to Florida's west coast as the Category 3 storm makes landfall in the Tampa area Wednesday evening.In addition to physical damage to the region, power blackouts and cell service outages could last for days after the storm…
(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Tampa General Hospital put its flood barrier to the test during Hurricane Helene late last month, helping protect the facility from record storm surge.As Hurricane Milton is expected to bring record-breaking storm surge yet again to the region, the hospital -- located on the bay near downtown…
(REDINGTON BEACH, Fla.) -- As Hurricane Milton churns closer, Floridians are still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Helene's devastation late last month.Debris left from Helene, still in the process of being removed, is likely to pose significant dangers as the next one prepares to make landfall, officials say.On Tuesday,…
