More than 3 million homes and businesses were without power early Thursday as Hurricane Milton continues to pull away from Florida as a category 1 storm after spawning multiple tornadoes and major flooding as it moved through the state overnight. 11 a.m. EDT, Oct 10 — The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Milton had moved...
Hurricane Milton tore through Florida, spawning multiple dangerous tornadoes, heavy rainfall, storm surges and flash floods that left more than 3 million homes and businesses without power, before moving into the Atlantic Ocean early on Thursday. Milton made landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday night as a major Category 3 Hurricane with maximum sustained...
Consumer prices rose faster than economists forecasted last month for the first time since March, posing a potential obstacle to the yearslong fight to return to 2% inflation. Headline consumer price index inflation was 2.4% in September, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Thursday morning. The 2.4% year-over-year increase in the index compares...