Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A sign of the heaviest flood in St. Petersburg (1824) at the intersection of the Cadet line and the Bolshoi Prospekt of Vasilievsky Island. Prior to the founding of St. Petersburg in 1703, the largest flood occurred in 1691. Swedish annals report that the water covered the entire area of the present St. Petersburg by 25 feet (7.6 meters).
The most affordable way to adopt a child is through the U.S. foster care system. On average, it costs under $2,800 to adopt a child from foster care.. Independent adoption through an attorney ...
A flash flood emergency was in effect for Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater, the hurricane center said, after parts of the area were blasted with more than 16 inches of rain.
Mary Holland Park, named after the wife of former Florida governor Spessard Holland, is a 119-acre (0.48 km 2) park with three lakes, a playground, an overnight camping area, and a skateboard park. [99] The Bartow Civic Center is a 31-acre (130,000 m 2) complex with meeting rooms, concert facilities and a public pool. [99]
The deluge in South Florida was the latest instance after 1-in-1000 year rains also struck in areas including Dallas, St. Louis, eastern Kentucky and Yellowstone.
The Euclid St. Paul's Neighborhood began as an orange grove in 1912 [1] in a part of town most residents regarded as "out in the country." Co-owned by Mary Eaton, the founder of the St. Petersburg Memorial Historical Society, the 20-acre (81,000 m 2) grove was bounded by MLK (then known as Euclid Blvd.) and 12th Streets and 14th and 15th Avenues.
18.90 inches of rain fell during Hurricane Milton at the St. Petersburg Albert Whitted Airport. In just one hour, the rain gauge recorded 5.09 inches, an extremely high rainfall rate.
On June 11, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began monitoring a trough of low pressure over the Eastern Gulf of Mexico that was expected to produce heavy rainfall over the state of Florida. [3] Later that day, it was designated as Invest 90L, allowing for greater monitoring of the system. [4] [5] The invest then moved over Florida. [6]