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Mysterious tar balls washed up on several Florida beaches, forcing closures and triggering an investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard. Fort Lauderdale’s shoreline was among the most impacted ...
A storm surge of 10-15 feet from south of Venice to Cape Coral and Fort Myers, Florida, and 6-10 feet possible in Naples and Marco Island, Florida. However, even at these levels, great risk to ...
In its 8 p.m. tropical weather update, the National Hurricane Center said: “A trough or an area of low pressure is forecast to form a few hundred miles northeast of the central Bahamas in a ...
August 21–22 – Hurricane Bill produced waves between 5 and 6 ft (1.5 and 1.8 m) along the east coast of Florida, resulting in one fatality at New Smyrna Beach. [89] August 28 – Wave heights reached 7 ft (2.1 m) from Tropical Storm Danny off eastern Florida. [90]
There are a number of environmental issues in Florida.A large portion of Florida is a biologically diverse ecosystem, with large wetlands in the Everglades.Management of environmental issues related to the everglades and the larger coastal waters and wetlands have been important to the history of Florida and the development of multiple parts of the economy of Florida, including the influential ...
Soil may be regarded as waterlogged when it is nearly saturated with water much of the time such that its air phase is restricted and anaerobic conditions prevail. In extreme cases of prolonged waterlogging, anaerobiosis occurs, the roots of mesophytes suffer, and the subsurface reducing atmosphere leads to such processes as denitrification ...
Meanwhile, wide swaths of Fort Lauderdale’s beach closed to swimmers as the oil washed ashore and slicks decorated the water, city officials said. The shoreline remained closed until about 5:30 p.m.
Between 3 and 6 inches of rain fell along the Gulf Coast in a stripe from East Texas to Mississippi and more heavy rain is expected as the storm tracks through the Gulf Coast.