Chris Perkins | South Florida Sun Sentinel
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The tropical wave moving west in the Atlantic Ocean, generally toward the United States, could develop into a tropical storm by the middle of next week, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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He eluded capture for more than three decades, but in January 2020 South Florida authorities said they finally captured a man widely suspected of being the serial “Pillowcase Rapist.”
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Florida, according to one hurricane expert, has the highest chance among U.S. states of being hit by a hurricane this year. Louisiana, which has been hit by four hurricanes in the last two years, is second.
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Some of Florida’s biggest municipalities went against the national trend in 2021 by reducing their murder numbers, or keeping them practically the same, from 2020, according to statistics from medical examiners.
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The state of Florida on Friday awarded millions of dollars for improvements as part of a larger South Florida effort to deal with flooding and other water-control efforts.
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The arctic blast forecast to invade this weekend is expected to drop temperatures to the lowest point in a dozen years.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an initiative to increase access to at-home COVID testing, delivering about a million self-administered units, first to nursing homes and then to senior centers.
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Temperatures Wednesday morning could be as low as 41 degrees in the western reaches, and with the wind it could feel like a frigid 37. On the coast, temperatures could dip to 48 degrees with a wind chill of 46.
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A low-pressure system in the Caribbean looming closer to Florida has a 60% chance of developing into the next tropical depression or tropical storm in the next five days.