Balloons

Balloon releases are a popular way to celebrate weddings, graduations and other events. But once they deflate and fall, they become hazards for marine life, often killing turtles and birds who eat them.

In recent years, balloon-related power outages have slowly increased across the lower Florida Keys. Here are some tips on how to help avoid the disruption - and to be safe.

Two months after a gunman killed dozens inside an Orlando nightclub, the sound of popping balloons prompted shoppers to frantically flee an Orlando mall,…