David C Adams
Senior Editor, Univision News
David Adams is a Senior Editor at Univision News, responsible for English language content. He was previously Miami bureau chief for Thomson Reuters, leading coverage of the Southeast US and Caribbean.
British-born, Adams came to the United States in the summer of 1992 after five years as a freelance correspondent in Central America. He spent 15 years as the Miami-based Latin America correspondent of the Tampa Bay Times, Florida’s largest newspaper. During a career spanning four decades he has covered the civil wars in Central America, the U.S. invasion of Panama, the Zapatista uprising in Mexico and other historic events in Cuba and Haiti as well as U.S. politics and immigration issues.
In 2002, Adams was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot prize by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism for outstanding reporting on Latin America and commitment to Inter-American understanding. His twin, Paul Adams, is an award-winning correspondent for the BBC.
Mountains of hurricane debris: what to do with it all?
It will take months to dispose of an estimated 20 million cubic yards of debris after Hurricane Irma, and that's just the dead tree branches, officials say. Some counties plan to turn it into mulch and compost, while a small portion may get turned into electricity.
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IN PHOTOS The big Florida mulch: cleaning up after Hurricane Irma, step by step
Local officials say it will take two to three months to pick up and dispose of the three million tons of hurricane debris from Irma, at a cost that could exceed $200 million. Here how the process works, from curbside pick up to mulching.
¿Qué hacer con todo esto? Florida se enfrenta a las montañas de desechos de Irma
Se necesitarán meses para retirar los 20 millones de yardas cúbicas de restos de vegetación que ha dejado Irma. Algunos condados planean convertirlo en "mulch" (mantillo) y abono, una solucion preferible a tirarlo en vertederos.
La ruleta de los huracanes: cómo los pronósticos y un poco de suerte evitaron una catástrofe en Florida
Ahora que Irma ha muerto comenzó la autopsia: ¿Fueron demasiado alarmistas los meteorólogos? ¿Cuán grande fue la catástrofe de la que se salvó Florida? ¿Cuán precisos fueron los pronósticos? Las respuestas pueden sorprenderte.
Weather roulette: why good forecasting and a bit of luck avoided a hurricane catastrophe in Florida
Now that Hurricane Irma is dead, the post-mortem has begun. How bad was the storm? How much worse could it have been? And how accurate was the forecast? The answers might surprise you.
¿Cuándo puedo volver a mi casa tras el huracán? Chequea todo esto antes de regresar
Lista actualizada: Horarios de toques de queda por zonas, situación de los aeropuertos, cortes de luz, estado de las carreteras. Información básica para la vuelta al hogar.
Why Hurricane Irma could turn Tampa Bay into a nightmare scenario
Four million people live in Tampa, St. Petersburg and other cities around the bay, which is one of the most vulnerable areas in the U.S. to flooding from a powerful storm.
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