ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been charged with lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma.

Federal prosecutors in Orlando announced an indictment Tuesday against Steven Rembert,...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. government report published Thursday found that the Federal Emergency Management Agency mismanaged the distribution of goods in Puerto Rico after hurricanes...

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida husband and wife have been charged with lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma.

Christina Catalano, 38, and Joseph Catalano, 54, both of Holiday, were...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma.

Bernita Willette Carswell, 36, pleaded guilty in Jacksonville federal court...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma.

Deannajo White, 39, pleaded guilty in Jacksonville federal court Friday to one...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been accused of lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma, federal prosecutors announced this week.

MIAMI (AP) — Two Florida women have been accused of lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma in separate cases, federal prosecutors announced this week.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A cat that went missing two years ago in Florida during Hurricane Irma has been reunited with the pet's owner.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office tweeted late last...

MIAMI (AP) — Three South Florida cities are being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General for “questionable invoices” and other documents submitted by...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman has been convicted of fraudulently obtaining Hurricane Irma disaster relief money.

Court records show that 37-year-old Karen Latrice Houston was convicted...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors have formally charged four ex-employees of a Florida nursing home where a power outage after a hurricane led to 12 patients' deaths.

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GULF STREAM, Fla. (AP) — Authorities have used DNA to help figure out what happened to a high school student six years after he disappeared while swimming in the surf off South...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Disaster recovery workers are seeking more people who need their help after Hurricane Irma struck the Georgia coast in 2017.

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daniesha Hoskins' quintessential stubbornness was on full display during the nearly two years she spent in hospitals.

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — Officials say the Florida Keys will receive $21 million for Hurricane Irma recovery, along with $35 million for affordable housing.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Highway Patrol and other agencies plan to practice reversing lanes for hurricane evacuations.

Troopers say they will not actually reverse any lanes...

CANTON, Ga. (AP) — An Atlanta teen has pleaded guilty in the 2017 deaths of three pedestrians in Georgia, where two of them were trying to escape Hurricane Irma in Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman has been sentenced to one year and three months in prison for lying on an application seeking disaster relief benefits following Hurricane Irma.

ORANGE CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman has been arrested twice on multiple charges after authorities say she scammed hurricane victims while posing as a public adjuster.

A statement released by the office of Florida's Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis says 50-year-old Mary Bruce was arrested Monday in Brevard County and charged with unlicensed practice of public adjusting and grand theft. She was also arrested in January on similar charges.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Ricans who lost their jobs after hurricanes Maria and Irma can start applying for disaster unemployment assistance after the U.S. doubled the 26 weeks of benefits, officials announced Wednesday.

The National Employment Law Project estimates that more 10,000 Puerto Ricans are eligible and that lump-sum payments could total nearly $30 million, with overall individual payments ranging from $2,000 to $3,000.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has revoked the license of a nursing home where 12 elderly patients died in the heat after it lost power during a 2017 hurricane.

The Agency for Health Care Administration issued its order Friday, saying an administrative law judge correctly concluded the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills "created an unsafe environment" in September 2017 after Hurricane Irma knocked out its air conditioning.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Workers are preparing a Florida hospital for demolition more than a year after it was destroyed by Hurricane Irma.

Florida Hospital Oceanside spokeswoman Lindsay Cashio tells The Daytona Beach News-Journal that preparations have begun but the demolition won't be complete until summer.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal inspections at Puerto Rico's only zoo have found animals killed inhumanely or for unclear reasons, inadequate veterinary care and a string of other problems.

The reports obtained by The Associated Press span a decade up to its closure in 2017 and show inspectors accusing one former zoo veterinarian of covering up animal deaths, as well as complaining of expired medications, dirty and dilapidated enclosures and the presence of only a part-time veterinarian.

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for taking advantage of people who suffered property damage last year during Hurricane Irma.

Collier County prosecutors says 44-year-old Daniel Lawrence Ohleyer was sentenced Monday. He had been convicted of two counts of contracting without a license during a state of emergency, one count of grand theft and two counts of violation of probation.

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — An annual population survey in the Florida Keys shows how many people left the island chain after Hurricane Irma last year.

The Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida found that every Keys city and the unincorporated areas of Monroe County lost residents between 2017 and 2018.

The survey found the overall population in the Keys dropped to 73,940 — a loss of nearly 3,000 people.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Legislature has restored money to the state budget to help pay for damage from disasters several years ago.

The House and Senate both voted in a special session Wednesday to override Gov. Henry McMaster's veto of millions of dollars to help more than 20 counties with expenses, mostly from a destructive 2014 ice storm and Hurricane Irma passing west of the state in 2017.

IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — Debbie Coe sat on a stack of weathered garden pavers and looked out at the dirt plot that used to belong to her Immokalee trailer home.

"This is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life," the 62-year-old said as she wiped sweat and tears from her face on a hot summer day.

A year later and Coe still doesn't have a home to go to.