BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s
Serhii Pozniak, a commander with a Ukrainian sniper unit who lost a leg after stepping on a mine, carries his rifle during training near Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)“We have to fight. I do not think that (the war) will be over soon,” he said. “My (example) motivates others, and the commander must set an example for the soldiers.”
Follow the AP’s coverage of the war atFollow AP visual journalism:PANAMA CITY (AP) — They crossed oceans to get to the U.S., fleeing conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Cameroon, China, Pakistan and Iran.
After flying to Central and South America, they bused through countries where they didn’t speak the language and walked through unfamiliar jungle to get to the U.S.-Mexico border.Within days, they were detained and put on military aircraft that flew
sought to accelerate deportations to more complicated destinations.
. But for those unwilling to return home — mostly out of well-founded fear — Panama sent them toThe Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, and the county has some new weapons this season, including a brand-new emergency operations center and a new seawater desalination water treatment plant. The county also relies on surveillance flights from hurricane-hunting aircraft from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for information about how to prepare.
But, the potential for a catastrophic storm likein 2017 is always at the back of residents’ minds. The Category 4 storm made landfall in the Florida Keys with winds up to 132 mph (209.2 kph), destroying around 1,180 homes and seriously damaging another 3,000.
Weiner recently talked to the Associated Press about the upcoming hurricane season. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Weiner: Our entire island chain is surrounded by water. We have more water than we do land mass. Being uniquely situated between the two large bodies of water makes us very vulnerable. We see storms early, sometimes in their formation — storms that come across the Atlantic and then storms that develop in the south, in the Caribbean Sea. We tend to be in their path, and so we get a lot of storm practice here in Monroe County.