As Hurricane Milton barrelled toward Florida last month, I taught a three-hour Zoom class and tried not to refresh my phone for updates. I grew up in Florida, and my parents, along with my sister and her family, still live on the Atlantic Coast, a hundred and fifty miles from where Milton hit. All day, … Read more
A benefit raising money for relief efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton will be broadcast Saturday night on CBS and CMT, two divisions of Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News. The hourlong “United Way Benefit for Hurricane Relief” will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and it will also be streamed … Read more
As the nearly 65,000 residents of hard-hit Rutherford County, North Carolina, struggle to clear endless mud and debris left behind by Hurricane Helene, help has hit a roadblock. Federal Emergency Management Agency crews in North Carolina were forced to relocate due to a reported armed threat against workers, first reported by The Washington Post. An … Read more
Alejandro Mayorkas says election disinformation is “extremely damaging” – CBS News Watch CBS News Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says disinformation around the responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, border security and the election is “extremely damaging.” ” It causes people to lose confidence in the integrity of the election system, and we need people … Read more
As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes—almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make one more, dropping his ashes into the storm as a lasting tribute to the longtime National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration radar specialist and researcher. … Read more
Coast Guard rescues boat captain clinging to cooler in Gulf of Mexico – CBS News Watch CBS News A boat captain rode out Hurricane Milton overnight in the Gulf of Mexico before he was found clinging to a cooler about 30 miles offshore and rescued by helicopter. (Video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard) Be … Read more
Washington — President Biden spoke about Hurricane Milton ahead of its landfall Wednesday night and assured Florida residents and others who have been impacted by the recent storms, “We’ve got your back.” He said his administration would offer support “for as long as it takes to rescue, recover and rebuild.” Mr. Biden said Milton is expected to … Read more
Milton makes landfall as Category 3 hurricane – CBS News Watch CBS News Hurricane Milton made landfall just after 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm. Jonathan Vigliotti, Vladimir Duthiers and Nicole Valdes report from the impact zone. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, … Read more
Elon Musk is the richest man in the world and the owner of X, Tesla, and SpaceX. But perhaps the more apt description of the guy would be the internet’s biggest and most dangerous troll—a characterization that has been on full display over the last several weeks, as Musk has trafficked in all manner of … Read more
As detailed in the pages of this publication, Caroline Calloway has survived online cancellation. Now, refusing to evacuate her beachfront home in Sarasota, Florida, directly on that dotted-line path of Category 4 Hurricane Milton, it’s not 100 percent clear even to her whether she’ll survive the storm—but, she tells Vanity Fair, speaking by phone on … Read more
