Hurricane Irma Archives

Florida Nursing Home Employees Charged in Patient Deaths

Nursing home patients at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, ranging in age from 57...

Did Hurricane Irma Create a ‘Cloud Face’?

A web site passed off a video shot in Canada in 2011 as "live footage"...

Floridians Can Obtain Food Stamp Benefits If Their Power Went Out During Hurricane Irma?

A series of Facebook rumors about food stamp benefits for post-Irma Florida residents have a...

Raw Sewage Still Poses Threat in Aftermath of Hurricane Irma

Residents of Everglades City, Florida remain on notice to boil drinking water due to fecal...

Was Hillary Clinton Caught on Tape Laughing About Irma’s ‘Wiping Out All of Those Florida Hillbillies?‘

A disreputable web site fabricated a story about the Democratic presidential nominee and MSNBC host...

Did Ben Carson Tell Hurricane Victims ‘Homelessness Is A Gift From Heaven’?

An image circulating online attributes an insensitive (and fabricated) quote to the Secretary of Housing...

Can Hurricane Victims Delay Their Mortgage Payments?

Lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as well as the federal government, have programs to...

Did Crabs Swarm a Florida Road After Irma?

A web site falsely claimed to be showing live footage of a mass crab migration...

Did the Red Cross Serve This Meal to Hurricane Victims?

A photograph purportedly showing a meal served by the Red Cross to victims of Hurricane...

6 Die at Nursing Home as Irma’s Aftermath Brings New Hazards

Six patients at a sweltering Hollywood nursing home died in Hurricane Irma's aftermath.

The Latest: Another Death Blamed on Gas from a Generator

One person died and three others were treated at a hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning...

Were Three Sharks Filmed in Miami Flood Waters After Hurricane Irma?

A video purportedly showing sharks swimming in a flooded area of Miami after Irma passed...