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How did a hurricane kill over 100 people in Florida?
Some accuse the US of disregarding human life in its evacuation and relief strategy after over 100 died and thousands were displaced or went missing, writes NATALIA MARQUES
STRANDED: A resident wades through floodwaters in a flooded mobile home community near Fort Myers, Florida, September 29
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
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OVER 100 people are dead in Florida after Hurricane Ian ripped through the state, making landfall on September 28 as a Category 4 storm.
Over 202,000 Florida homes and businesses are still without power. The hurricane caused damage that US President Joe Biden claimed could rank as “the worst in the nation’s history,” with economic damage that could cost up to $75 billion — possibly among the five costliest storms in US history.
The death toll combined with the imagery of utter destruction paints a harrowing picture of the fate of Floridians after this storm. Cities such as Fort Myers were levelled, Sanibel Island completely cut off from the mainland, and 3.4 million homes and businesses experienced power outages across several states and a boil water notice was issued in the hardest hit county.
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While ordinary Americans were suffering in the wake of 2005’s deadly hurricane, the Bush administration was more concerned with maintaining its anti-Cuba stance than with saving lives, writes MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS
