The Atlantic Coast Conference has been tossed into a state of flux by Hurricane Irma. Games have been postponed, practices suspended and players throughout the conference have been left wondering about their families’ welfare as news reports of flooding and power outages dominate the news.
Pinellas County residents and businesses that are trying to put their lives back together after Hurricane Irma can put in an application for federal assistance.
Authorities say a 55-year-old Florida man who was preparing his home for Hurricane Irma died after falling off a ladder. The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s office reported Wednesday that Vincent Forest was pronounced dead Sunday at a Tampa hospital, a day after the accident at his Lake Placid home.
A Coral Springs company is helping out Florida businesses affected by Hurricane Irma by giving out mobile credit card readers so they can reopen their doors.
Several locations of the Community Health Centers of Pinellas County have recovered from Hurricane Irma and reopened to patients Wednesday.
St. Petersburg entrepreneur Bill Edwards, in association with the St. Petersburg branch of the NAACP, state Rep. Wengay Newton and mayoral candidate Rick Baker, will open a FEMA Disaster Recovery Registration Center Wednesday night. The center is slated to be open 6-9 p.m. and is located at 6090 Central Ave.
Some 8,000 Irma-related insurance claims have landed with Citizens Property Insurance Corp. — and counting. That was the number as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, company spokesman Michael Peltier said.