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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Florida since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. The total amounts to 105 people. Of the 105 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 61 have been executed by lethal injection .
Nine of the people contracted the disease outside the US and traveled into the country, either as regular airline passengers or as medical evacuees; of those nine, two died. Two people contracted Ebola in the United States. Both were nurses who treated an Ebola patient; both recovered. [4] On September 30, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control ...
Sixteen people lost their lives due to the tornado while 193 others were injured. [20] The 16 fatalities made this the deadliest in Arkansas since an F4 tornado killed 35 on May 15, 1968. It was also the first EF4 tornado of 2014 in the United States, as well as the first EF4 in Arkansas since May 24, 2011.
The Parkland high school shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on February 14, 2018, when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami metropolitan area city of Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people [note 2] and injuring 17 others. [2] [3] [4] Cruz, a former student at the ...
On June 12, 2016, 29-year-old Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States before Orlando Police officers fatally shot him after a three-hour standoff. In a 9-1-1 call made shortly after the shooting began, Mateen swore allegiance to the leader of the ...
Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. [ 1] Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of ...
This is a sortable list of triathlon or multisport fatalities. It contains information on athletes, spectators or staff who died as a result of participating in a triathlon or multisport event. Motorcycle rider died in collision with athlete. Bicycle accident, head, rib and other injuries. Taken to hospital, passed away on 5/29/2023.
In Florida, one woman died due to a heart attack; she had called for aid, but medical services were not able to arrive due to Matthew's high winds. Another two women were killed by falling trees. [ 129 ] [ 130 ] In the Flagler Beach area, a portion of Florida State Road A1A was washed away. [ 131 ]