DISASTER

President Joe Biden approved Florida’s disaster declaration, allowing the state to receive federal funding after Hurricane Nicole.

In an aggressive move to help families struggling after Hurricane Ian, the U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest disaster loans with a 12-month deferral period “before payments must be paid.”

Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez that grounded on Alaska’s Bligh Reef in 1989, causing one of the nation’s worst oil spills, has died.

More than 40 firefighters from Central Florida who are part of the Task Force 4 team deployed to assist in the search and rescue operations in Surfside.

A New York City man bought a beachfront condo in Florida to start a new chapter of his life after his wife and parents died.