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A high surf advisory is still in place for Indian River County until 8 p.m. Friday, due to a high risk of rip currents along the east-central coast. Indian River County could see waves from 7 to ...
Wildlife officials and deputies in Florida sprang into action recently when an eight-foot alligator was found lurking around the front yard of a home along the state’s Gulf Coast. "OH SNAP!" the ...
Flooding in Port Arthur from Hurricane Harvey. From 1980 to the present, 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas.According to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about three times every four years, and on any 50 mi (80 km) segment of the coastline a hurricane makes landfall about once every six years.
The high waves killed two people along the coast from drowning. [110] Wind gusts reached 53 mph (85 km/h) in the state, strong enough to knock down trees and cause minor power outages. [111] September 4 – Tropical Storm Lee moved ashore the northern gulf coast, producing 7 inches (180 mm) of rainfall across the extreme western Panhandle. [112]
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno on Sunday afternoon announced 42 storm-related deaths in his county, which encompasses Matlacha, Pine Island, Captiva, Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach — coastal ...
Galveston, parts of southern Houston and areas south of the city and near the Texas coast were under a mandatory evacuation order starting at noon September 11. [13] News vans at the Texas Department of Public Safety in Austin for a news conference about Hurricane Ike. The state's emergency operation center is located in the DPS building.
In the wake of Hurricane Milton, the death toll has risen to at least 16 people, according to CNN.The fatalities span multiple counties. St. Lucie County, on Florida's Atlantic coast, has ...
Website. www.leegov.com. Lee County is a county located in southwestern Florida, United States, on the Gulf Coast. As of the 2020 census, its population was 760,822. In 2022, the population was 822,453, making it the eighth-most populous county in the state. [2] The county seat is Fort Myers, with a population of 86,395 as of the 2020 census ...