Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Andy Newman/Tourist Development Council/Florida Keys News Bureau ... The AAA estimates that more than 2 1/2 million Florida people will hit the road for a trip of 50 miles or more from Thursday ...
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is a major east-west thoroughfare through the U.S. state of Florida.Spanning 670.959 miles (1,079.804 km), it connects Pensacola and the Alabama/Florida state line to the west with Palm Beach and the Atlantic coast in the east.
The strong winds left widespread wind damage, with fallen trees and power lines, damaged roofs, and lost crops. About 98% of South Florida lost power during the storm. A significant storm surge – estimated around 9 ft (2.7 m) near Marathon – inundated the Florida Keys. Rainfall during the storm reached 13.26 in (337 mm) at Kennedy Space Center.
The rainfall causes flooding and a few indirect traffic deaths, and damage in the state totals $5 million (1960 USD, $36 million 2008 USD). [21] September 10, 1960– Hurricane Donna strikes near Cape Sable after crossing the Florida Keys, and after briefly moving emerging into the Gulf of Mexico makes its final landfall near Fort Myers.
Thursday morning, the annual Independence Day parade is expected to slow traffic in Key Largo from around 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The parade route will be the northbound lanes of U.S. 1, or the ...
Labor Day traffic in the Florida Keys came to a halt Monday afternoon because of a busted sewer line underneath U.S. 1, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Hurricane-force winds in the Florida Keys damaged 1,536 houses and destroyed 173 homes. [29] In the Florida Panhandle, flooding was extensive because of rainfall up to 38.46 inches (977 mm). [44] Many residents were isolated and 132 roads were closed due to flooding. [29]
Mariners Hospital: 91500 Overseas Hwy., Tavernier, 305-434-3000 In the Upper Keys, Mariners Hospital is a 25-bed hospital run by Baptist Health South Florida. Mariners dates back to 1962. Mariners ...