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Recovery efforts underway in Hurricane Idalia's wake

NPR

Published August 31, 2023 at 8:06 AM EDT

A pickup truck with an American flag tied to sits halfway into a canal in Horseshoe Beach after the passage of Hurricane Idalia. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

Hurricane Idalia left thousands of homes and businesses in Florida flooded. The storm also hit Georgia and South Carolina.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd checks in on recovery efforts with Timmy Dyke, a resident of Lee, Florida.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Ilana Glazer appreciates how becoming a parent forced them to draw some lines

Rachel Martin

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The Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he's picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as an envoy for special missions, dealing with tough foreign policy decisions.
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The Associated Press

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