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What makes a storm a hurricane? The dangers across 5 categories
Read full article: What makes a storm a hurricane? The dangers across 5 categoriesThe Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic damage to locations from the Caribbean islands and Central America, all the way up through the United States and into Canada.
Hurricane Milton forces Bucs and Lightning to leave Florida early and other teams to alter games
Read full article: Hurricane Milton forces Bucs and Lightning to leave Florida early and other teams to alter gamesThe NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week.
Florida boy, 7, struck, killed while looking at Christmas lights with family
Read full article: Florida boy, 7, struck, killed while looking at Christmas lights with familyOn Saturday night, Marquel Anthony McClendon, 7, was out looking at Christmas lights with his family when a motorcycle driven by Shaun Elliott Wyrich hit him. After he hit the boy, Wyrich told investigators he “got scared and just decided the leave," according to arrest records. When news broke that the child had died, Wyrich told investigators that guilt got the better of him. “I couldn’t live with myself knowing what I had done,” he told investigators on Sunday afternoon, the arrest report said. He told investigators he hid the bike inside his house, the arrest report said.
Motorcyclist arrested in neighborhood crash that killed 7-year-old Florida boy
Read full article: Motorcyclist arrested in neighborhood crash that killed 7-year-old Florida boyPORT RICHEY, Fla. – Florida authorities arrested on Sunday a motorcyclist who they said had fled after striking a 7-year-old boy, killing him. The Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release that the boy was crossing a road late Saturday in a residential neighborhood of Port Richey, Florida, when he was hit by the motorcycle. The motorcyclist fled the scene and the child died from his injuries at a hospital, authorities said. The law enforcement agency later said Shaun Elliott Wyrich, 19, arrived at the Port Richey Police Department and surrendered to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, admitting to his involvement in the crash. Authorities also recovered the motorcycle at a residence not far from the scene of the crash.
Officials: Florida woman dies in gunfire with deputies
Read full article: Officials: Florida woman dies in gunfire with deputiesPORT RICHEY, Fla. A white woman was shot dead Saturday after firing at Florida sheriff deputies, authorities said. The Pasco County Sheriffs Office said on a series of Twitter posts that the woman fled during an investigation in Port Richey, Florida. The office said that the woman fired a shot at the deputies, who then shot at her, striking her once. Officials say the woman was pronounced death at the scene after being treated by emergency personnel. The sheriffs office did not release the name of the woman or the deputies.