Senate Votes to Raise Debt Limit and Approves $15 Billion in Hurricane Relief

The Republican-led chamber reluctantly approved the new debt ceiling after the surprising deal reached by President Trump and the Democratic leadership on Wednesday.

Live Briefing: Irma Churns Over Dominican Republic and Heads Toward Turks and Caicos

The death toll is at least 11, and nearly 70 percent of households in Puerto Rico were without power.

After Andrew, Florida Changed Its Approach to Hurricanes

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ and MARC SANTORA September 6, 2017 MIAMI — Survivors of Hurricane Andrew — a Category 5 storm that decimated cities south of Miami — talk of pre-Andrew and post-Andrew as a kind of biblical milestone. But out of...