Arian Campo-Flores is an economics reporter for The Wall Street Journal, based in Miami. He mainly covers Florida and the Southeast but also does stories in other parts of the U.S. He regularly writes ...

An Atlanta business owner was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison on fraud, theft and money laundering charges tied to a $156 million FEMA contract.

The most recent Category 5 storm to hit the U.S. was Hurricane Andrew in 1992, which struck South Florida with stronger winds than Maria's. Storms of much greater ferocity than Hurricane Maria ...