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Your Florida Daily: Possible tornadoes slice through Florida, Walt Disney World resumes unlimited park hopping
Read full article: Your Florida Daily: Possible tornadoes slice through Florida, Walt Disney World resumes unlimited park hoppingWhile no deaths have been reported in Florida, there have been several injuries.
Chic-fil-A employee fights off Florida man trying to carjack woman, deputies say
Read full article: Chic-fil-A employee fights off Florida man trying to carjack woman, deputies sayA Florida man is behind bars after Okaloosa County deputies say he attempted to take a woman’s keys and steal her car in the parking lot of a Chic-fil-A.
Chick-fil-A employee fights off Florida man trying to carjack woman, deputies say
Read full article: Chick-fil-A employee fights off Florida man trying to carjack woman, deputies sayA Florida man is behind bars after Okaloosa County deputies say he attempted to take a woman’s keys and steal her car in the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A.
Missing 14-year-old Pensacola girl found safe, officials say
Read full article: Missing 14-year-old Pensacola girl found safe, officials sayA missing child alert issued Friday for 14-year-old Naiomi Wicker was cancelled the same day after the case was resolved and the girl was found safe, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
4 killed, including toddler, in 2-vehicle crash in Panhandle
Read full article: 4 killed, including toddler, in 2-vehicle crash in PanhandleA car driving in the wrong direction in the Florida Panhandle hit another vehicle, causing it to go up in flames and killing four people, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Mainly cloudy, drier across Central Florida as Fred spins in the Gulf of Mexico
Read full article: Mainly cloudy, drier across Central Florida as Fred spins in the Gulf of MexicoFred continues to churn in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday. As the storm lifts north toward the Panhandle of Florida, clouds will continue to stick around for Central Florida. The heaviest rain will be tied to the Gulf of Mexico and the extreme West Coast of Florida, but a few showers and storms will be possible locally as Fred pulls in moisture.
Hero: Homeless Army veteran pulls man from burning vehicle in Florida
Read full article: Hero: Homeless Army veteran pulls man from burning vehicle in FloridaA homeless Army veteran is being called a hero for pulling the driver of a burning car to safety following a head-on crash in Florida’s Panhandle.
BASE jumper dies in fall from 14th floor of Florida resort
Read full article: BASE jumper dies in fall from 14th floor of Florida resortPANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – A man died when his parachute didn’t open after he jumped from a hotel balcony in Florida’s Panhandle, police said. The man who appeared to be in his 20s jumped from the 14th floor of the Sunrise Beach Resort in Panama City Beach on Sunday night, police said. Panama City Beach police were investigating the BASE jumping incident and have released few other details. BASE jumping stands for jumping not from planes, but from fixed locations including buildings, antenna, spans or Earth. It has produced stunning online videos of people parachuting from buildings and wingsuit fliers zooming shockingly close to the treetops — mostly recorded outside the United States.
Central Florida kicks off 2021 with near-record heat
Read full article: Central Florida kicks off 2021 with near-record heatORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida is continuing with unseasonably warm and humid weather for the start of 2021, with wake-up temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. [TRENDING: UK COVID-19 variant found in Florida | Florida reports 16,000 new COVID-19 cases on NYE | How to register for vaccine in Florida]Temperatures will again warm to near records, in the mid- to low 80s across most of the area, under partly cloudy skies. Here are the current records:Daytona Beach: 83 degrees set in 2019Leesburg: 84 degrees set in 2016Sanford: 85 degrees set in 1991Orlando: 87 degrees set in 1924Melbourne: 84 degrees set in 2016Sick of the heat? The big push of cold air will finally move into the area by Sunday night and into Monday morning. Temperatures on Sunday will run near normal, in the mid-70s, with another drop in temperatures by the start of next week.
Hurricane Zeta forces Florida Panhandle voting sites to close early
Read full article: Hurricane Zeta forces Florida Panhandle voting sites to close earlyPENSACOLA, Fla. – Early voting locations in several counties in Florida’s Panhandle will be closing as Hurricane Zeta approaches the region. While Hurricane Zeta is expected to make landfall south of New Orleans on Wednesday afternoon, Florida's western Panhandle region is expected to see deteriorating weather conditions throughout day, officials said. The voting locations should return to the normal 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. routine on Friday and Saturday, which is the last day for early voting in Florida. Similar hours have been posted for early voting locations in Santa Rosa County. In neighboring Okaloosa County, Supervisor of Elections Paul Lux said all early voting locations will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday “out of an abundance of caution," as the storm approaches.
Hurricane Sally makes landfall in same place on same day as Ivan did 16 years ago
Read full article: Hurricane Sally makes landfall in same place on same day as Ivan did 16 years agoHurricane Sally officially made landfall at 5:45 a.m. EDT on Sept. 16 as a Category 2 storm in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Sally made landfall on the 16 year anniversary of Hurricane Ivan, a Category 3 hurricane that also came ashore in Gulf Shores. Ivan officially made landfall at 3 a.m. Hurricane Ivan track from 2004Ivan at one time was an extremely powerful Category 5 storm as it moved through the Caribbean. Ivan famously made a loop-the-loop after emerging back into the Atlantic, impacting South Florida as a much weaker system.
Plodding and powerful, Sally moves in on Gulf Coast
Read full article: Plodding and powerful, Sally moves in on Gulf CoastHurricane Sally is expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast sometime through the night and morning. – Hurricane Sally, a plodding but powerful storm with winds of 100 mph, crept toward the northern Gulf Coast early Tuesday, with forecasters warning of potentially deadly storm surges, flash floods spurred by up to 2 feet (.61 meters) of rain and the possibility of tornadoes. Claunch marveled at how the Gulf waters had already crept over swaths of sandy shore and infiltrated bike paths and parking lots. Sally achieved hurricane strength Monday and quickly intensified to a Category 2 storm with 100 mph (161 kph) winds. Forecasters expect winds to increase to up to 110 mph (177 kph) over the warm Gulf waters before the storm blows ashore.
Newborn dies after being left in hot car in Florida
Read full article: Newborn dies after being left in hot car in FloridaPANAMA CITY, Fla. – A newborn baby died after being left inside a hot car in Florida’s Panhandle, sheriff’s officials said. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office offered few details about the case on Thursday. Rescue crews were called to a home in Panama City late Wednesday after the baby was found inside the car. Sheriff’s officials said the baby had possibly been left inside the vehicle for several hours. The Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation, and will be speaking to witnesses to establish a timeline of events.
Scoreboard: Florida gets a B for social distancing efforts
Read full article: Scoreboard: Florida gets a B for social distancing effortsORLANDO, Fla. – Florida isn’t doing too shabby with social distancing, at least, according to this scoreboard. Uncast developed a “social distancing scoreboard,” which evaluates how every state is following and implementing social distancing in the battle against COVID-19. The Sunshine State was graded a B for its efforts to keep people away from each other during the coronavirus outbreak. The scores were developed using “human mobility data,” looking at traveled distance for each state, assuming people who are staying home aren’t traveling, and therefore are practicing social distancing. Seminole County jumping in on restrictions with its county-wide social distancing order.