Current Conditions And Forecasts
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The federal government's new "HeatRisk" tool can help people assess when heat goes from uncomfortable to dangerous.
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The News Service of Florida has 5 Questions for Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
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At stake is 10s of millions of dollars in flood insurance discounts that policy holders have enjoyed for years.
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss three decisions from the Florida Supreme Court on abortion access and recreational marijuana use, Colorado State releases its annual forecast for the 2024 hurricane season, Lee County prepares to sue FEMA over its loss of flood insurance discount, why home buyers are getting priced out in Tampa Bay, why online gambling could provide millions to save land and fight sea rise, and the rise in calls to the state's gambling hotline.
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Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season in their initial 2024 forecast. The team cites record warm tropical and eastern subtropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures as a primary factor for their prediction of 11 hurricanes this year.
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The greater Tampa Bay region can expect the strongest chance of storms on Wednesday afternoon.
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FEMA representatives told Lee County and four municipalities within it that residents were losing their long-held flood insurance discounts because they didn’t follow the federal agency’s rules on rebuilding after a storm.
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A senior research associate at the University of Miami said sea surface temperatures have been breaking records every day since March 2023.
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss warm waters in the Atlantic and what it means for coral reefs, a legal settlement between Disney and DeSantis’ allies, why the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse in Baltimore is a reminder for Tampa Bay residents, ‘mangrove rangers’ try to preserve disappearing mangroves, and a conversation with photojournalist Octavio Jones about his reporting trip in Haiti.
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Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Sheriff Chad Chronister signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday that would provide aid to each agency during Hurricane Season, should the need arise.
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Severe storms with flooding risk across north Florida through Wednesday.
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A developing storm should produce multiple rounds of heavy rain over parts of Florida on Friday and Saturday. Localized flooding is expected over parts of South Florida. Severe thunderstorms are possible along the immediate Gulf Coast of Florida.
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The Miami-Dade County Commission withdrew the bill because they couldn’t legally pass it after Florida’s legislature passed a bill banning any local government from setting their own heat enforcement rules.