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How Hurricane Irma Is Affecting Different Parts Of Florida

4:24pm September 10, 2017

Hurricane Irma is taking aim at Florida's west coast. NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro in Miami, Leila Fadel in Tampa, and Jon Hamilton at the National Hurricane Center talk about the storm's progress

The Role Of The Coast Guard During A Hurricane

4:24pm September 10, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Vice Admiral Karl Schultz about the Coast Guard's Hurricane Irma response efforts.

A drone is flown during a property inspection following Hurricane Harvey in Houston. The mass destruction brought on by Harvey has been a seminal moment for drone operators, proving that they can effectively map flooding, locate people in need of rescue a

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Telecom Companies Turn To Drones For Help After Hurricanes

2:05pm September 10, 2017

by Laura Sydell

Cellphone service outages can leave people unable to ask for help or get in touch with family and friends to say they are alive, but drones can help assess damage and get things running again.

In The Age Of Screen Time, Is Paper Dead?

12:07pm September 10, 2017

by Steve Drummond

What does the push for digital classrooms mean for that oldest and simplest of touch screens: a plain old sheet of paper?

Bobby Huffstutler moves furniture from his late grandmother's home into his parents' house, which sits at a higher elevation.

Shunning Evacuation Orders, Some Coastal Floridians Choose To See Irma Through

10:33am September 10, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

More than 6.5 million Floridians were under mandatory evacuation orders. But not all of them left. Those who stayed were bracing for a monster storm — or shrugging off another hurricane.