Irma Will Test Florida’s Infrastructure, From Dikes to Sewage Plants

By HENRY FOUNTAIN September 9, 2017 FORT MYERS, Fla. — Engineers stopped pumping water out of Lake Okeechobee on Saturday, confident that they had lowered levels enough to keep the dike and the towns around it safe as Hurricane Irma swept into southern...

Like fading powers of the past, Britain shows signs of being in terminal decline | Will Hutton

It was a glorious September morning. But I was in a ruminative mood, walking towards Westminster’s Church House for the unveiling of another damning account of Britain’s economy. It was the launch of the interim report from the Institute of Public...

Hurricane Irma will restrengthen and slam into Florida’s Keys with winds of over 100 miles per hour

Hurricane Irma, which was downgraded to a Category 3 storm on Saturday, is set to gain its second wind before buffeting the outskirts of Florida Coast early Sunday morning with “catastrophic and life-threatening” conditions, the National Weather Service...