Shira Moolten

Breaking News Reporter

Shira Moolten

Shira Moolten covers breaking news, crime and public safety at the South Florida Sun Sentinel, where she has worked since 2022. She received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 2021 and a master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2022. Before joining the Sun Sentinel, she freelanced for two local newspapers in Northern California, and the . Her on lead emissions at South Florida's general aviation airports is a finalist in the and the ' Sunshine State Awards.

A U.S. Coast Guard District 7, Air Station Miami 65 helicopter crew rescued a man clinging to a cooler off Longboat Key on Thursday, hours after Hurricane Milton made landfall. (U.S. Coast Guard District 7/Courtesy)

Fishing boat captain survives night clinging to a cooler in Gulf of Mexico during Hurricane Milton

October 11, 2024 at 2:21 p.m.

A fishing boat captain who disappeared on his boat in the St. Petersburg area Wednesday night as Hurricane Milton made landfall was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico the...

James High hugs his wife, Leslie High, after arriving in their neighborhood to discover most of the homes there destroyed by Hurricane Helene in the small community of Dekle Beach near Keaton Beach, Fla., on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Helene thrashed Florida as a powerful hurricane, producing dangerous storm surge along the coast and bringing heavy winds and rain across the southeastern United States as it moved inland as a tropical storm on Friday. (Paul Ratje/The New York Times)

Hurricane Helene鈥檚 deadly path of destruction spans across southeastern U.S., leaving at least 52 dead

September 28, 2024 at 11:09 a.m.

Hurricane Helene, a massive Category 4 storm at landfall in Florida's Big Bend, caused catastrophic storm surge, and its path of destruction continued on into Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee...

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Fishing boat captain survives night clinging to a cooler in Gulf of Mexico during Hurricane Milton

Hurricane Helene鈥檚 deadly path of destruction spans across southeastern U.S., leaving at least 52 dead