Earthquake

As prices rise, the math of living just isn’t adding up for many Florida families. Now comes word of a connection between housing costs and foster children being kept from their parents.

When an expat pilot landed in Venezuela with desperately needed earthquake aid from Doral, he learned he'd lost numerous close family and friends in the disaster — but says it's made him even more determined now to deliver help.

Even as she's unable to leave Venezuela, a Tampa Bay real estate agent is using her contacts and capabilities to try to assist people impacted by back-to-back earthquakes.

Several businesses are partnering with the Tampa Bay Latin Chamber to collect donations of medication, medical supplies, nonperishable food and hygiene products to help with earthquake recovery.

South Florida journalist Maria Alesia Sosa is used to telling difficult stories — including the Surfside tragedy. She was visiting family in her home country of Venezuela when she experienced firsthand two devastating earthquakes.

At the Global Empowerment Mission warehouse, hundreds of volunteers hurried past each other to pack emergency supplies for families affected by the powerful earthquakes that devastated Venezuela earlier this week. "We need more hands," said one volunteer.

It was a sleepless night for many in South Florida's Venezuelan diaspora after two powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck the country. At least 164 people were killed, with nearly 1,000 injured and many trapped beneath collapsed buildings, after Wednesday evening's 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes.

We’re still reacting to the shock of a Florida earthquake. And we get into youth camps on Day 2 of our summer prep segments. Speaking of summertime, "flesh-eating bacteria" is back in the news.

A map from USGS shows shaking could be felt from south Florida all the way up to Tallahassee.

The outbreak, tied to the rainy season, is spreading throughout and around the capital, Port-au-Prince, as its health infrastructure nears collapse and insecurity escalates.

It occurred about 100 miles off the coast of Cape Canaveral. The last known earthquake in the state was in the Florida Panhandle in 2020.

As the U.N. launches an appeal for Haiti earthquake relief, nonprofits like Global Empowerment Mission in Doral are promoting a new, more direct aid model.