South Florida beaches seeing oily tar balls wash ashore; Coast Guard investigating
Most of Fort Lauderdale’s beach was shut down to swimmers during a busy beach day Saturday due to oil washing ashore.
What's next for Tampa's flood zone X areas after Milton?
More than 100 days after Milton made landfall, Tampa City Councilman Luis Viera and Hillsborough County Commissioner Harry ...
Red tide in 'kill zone' reported near some Florida beaches. What you should know
While red tides and other algal blooms can occur worldwide, Karenia brevis is found almost exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico ...
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Polk County
The Lakeland Police Department says a missing girl has been found safe after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert. A Lakeland man is facing drug charges after 237.2 ...
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages
A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.
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Trump pardons Jan. 6 Florida rioters including Enrique Tarrio, commutes sentence for Joe Biggs
About 140 of them were from Florida. Not everyone got a pardon. Fourteen people involved from across the country who were charged with seditious conspiracy, including top members of two militia ...
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‘Not doing enough': Fort Lauderdale residents concerned as city discusses flooding issues
Flooding is a constant concern in parts of Fort Lauderdale. People living in one neighborhood brought their concerns to city leaders during a community meeting Thursday night. The city is holding ...
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Where did it snow in Florida? Here's a map
Snow fell Tuesday throughout parts of northern Florida and the Panhandle ... This interactive map from the National Weather Service shows snowfall reports from the last 24 hours, as well as ...
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When did it last snow in Florida? Here's when snow fell in Stuart, Vero Beach, Fort Pierce
while Fort Lauderdale and Miami also saw near-record lows. There were unverified reports of sleet and snow in some areas, including the Treasure Coast on Jan. 9. On Jan. 10, Florida temperatures ...
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Florida Snow Map Shows Counties To Get Hit Hardest
A forecast from AccuWeather, shared with Newsweek, showed that for much of the Florida Panhandle, around 1-3 inches was expected. A snowfall forecast map from AccuWeather, for Monday night to ...
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Has it ever snowed in Naples or Fort Myers? Our 2018 story tackled this popular question
In his story, which happened to be written the week snow was recorded in northern Florida, Gillis reported ... from the 1800s that say snow fell in Fort Myers in 1899. Snow has fallen as far ...
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Changing your eye color is easier than you think. But should you?
He joins other eye centers in South Florida that offer the procedure ... Rather than opting for the surgery, Paula Santos of Fort Lauderdale bought color contacts to change her brownish-black ...