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The top-tier hourly wage of $39 for longshoremen amounts to just over $81,000 annually, but dockworkers can make significantly more by taking on extra shifts. For example, according to a 2019-20 annual report from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, about one-third of local longshoremen made $200,000 or more a year.
In the Gulf of Mexico, it intensified from tropical storm to hurricane status late on August 4, before making landfall in Florida. On August 8, Debby made a second landfall in South Carolina, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Charleston. [117] Steadily weakening once inland, later that day, Debby weakened into a tropical depression. [118]
September 1 – Hurricane Hermine made landfall along the Big Bend of Florida with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h), making it the first hurricane landfall to the state since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. The highest recorded wind gust in the state was 78 mph (126 km/h) in Bald Point State Park .
Videos posted online claim that toilet paper is sold out at Costco stores in several states – including New Jersey – with one worker saying their stock was cleared one hour after opening.
Florida, the nation’s largest swing state is — for now, at least — turning into one of its most unseen. ... Florida is disappearing from the national political map. Matt Dixon and Ben ...
In southwestern Florida, the storm produced a storm surge of 1.13 ft (0.34 m) in St. Petersburg. [10] In the central portion of the state, some areas for pasture were flooded due to outer rainbands. [39] The Florida panhandle was still recovering from Hurricane Dennis when Katrina moved ashore.
Wilma is the second most expensive hurricane in Florida history, due in part to a five-year window in which to file claims. [34] Florida was the site of the second costliest weather disaster in U.S. history, Hurricane Andrew, which caused more than US$25 billion in damage when it struck on August 24, 1992.
Roughly 375,000 people across 22 Florida counties in the Florida Panhandle and north-central Florida were under orders or recommendations to evacuate. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for parts of several Florida counties, including communities such as Panama City Beach and covering over 180,000 residents.