{"id":35469,"date":"2023-09-02T14:58:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=35469"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:58:59","slug":"president-biden-and-first-lady-land-in-gainesville-then-helicopter-to-live-oak-to-review-idalias-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/09\/02\/president-biden-and-first-lady-land-in-gainesville-then-helicopter-to-live-oak-to-review-idalias-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden and First Lady land in Gainesville then helicopter to Live Oak to review Idalia&#8217;s damage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden arrived in Florida Saturday afternoon to assess the destruction left behind by&nbsp;Hurricane Idalia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"280\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/biden.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/biden.png 391w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/biden-300x215.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president&#8217;s much-anticipated Florida visit comes three days after the Category 3 storm ravaged part of the Big Bend region with sustained winds of 110 mph and water surges around 7 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force 1 first landed at the Gainesville Airport about 1 p.m., where the president and first lady Jill Biden were greeted by Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward and Alachua County Commission Chair Anna Prizzia. 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