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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 18:15 UTC

Tag: Ron DeSantis Florida Gov

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 10:19 UTC

    Hurricane Milton leaves at least 12 dead in Florida

    “It's going to take several billion dollars” to build back from Milton, Biden said

    At least 12 people have been confirmed dead Thursday in the U.S. state of Florida, where Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving millions without power and causing severe damage. According to PowerOutage.us, 2.63 million homes were still without power in Florida Thursday night.

  • Sunday, May 5th 2024 - 12:03 UTC

    Campaign in several US states to ban sale of lab-grown “cultivated” meat

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned lab-grown meat, saying he will “save our beef” from the “global elite” and its “authoritarian plans”.

    Several US states, spear headed by Florida are on a campaign to ban the sale and distribution of lab-grown or “cultivated” meat. The process of making cultivated meat involves extracting cells from an animal, which are then fed with nutrients such as proteins, sugars and fats, and they were first cleared for consumption in the US in 2022. The end product is genetically indistinguishable from traditionally produced meat.

  • Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 08:38 UTC

    Idalia makes landfall a Category 3 hurricane in Florida

    “We have to remain vigilant,” President Biden said

    Two people have died and “incalculable damage” was caused by Idalia as it hit Florida before moving on to Georgia and the Carolinas as a tropical storm. The storm reached Category 4 status with winds up to 131 mph before hitting as a Category 3 hurricane.

  • Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

    US State of Florida braces for Hurricane Idalia

    “Now is the time to leave,” Florida Gov. DeSantis warned

    Some 1.6 million people in the US State of Florida were to evacuate their homes in the coming hours as Hurricane Idalia has been forecast to make landfall on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the northwest of the state with Category 3 winds (111 mph or 178 kph) Wednesday.

  • Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 11:48 UTC

    The ordeal of the Zaandam: Florida state is rejecting to receive any passengers

    “First of all, I’m not supportive of that,” Gov. DeSantis said. “We’ve talked to the Coast Guard, we’ve talked to the White House about it, and we don’t want it to come in.”

    United States Senator Rick Scott is calling for protective measures for Floridians ahead of the Holland America’s Zaandam and Rotterdam expected arrival at Port Everglades.