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Pensacola Bay Center (formerly Pensacola Civic Center) is an indoor arena located in Pensacola, Florida. It is owned by Escambia County and operated by ASM Global . The Bay Center has a capacity of 8,049 for hockey games, and as much as 10,000 for non-hockey events.
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 city of Pensacola is located on the western side, and the town of Milton is located on the northeastern end of the two-pronged bay. Both places are the county seats of the respective counties. Unusually, Escambia Bay is connected to open waters via Pensacola Bay to its southeast. It is fed primarily by the Escambia River. [1]
Kansas, Arkansas, Kentucky and Virginia declared states of emergency as the storm, driven by a polar vortex, moved east after it struck the central United States.
Helene made landfall at about 11:10 p.m. ET Thursday near Perry, Florida, with 140-mph winds, making it the first known Category 4 storm to hit Florida’s Big Bend region since records began in 1851.
It was estimated that Irma caused about $26 million in damage in the city. [193] Rated EF0, the tornado touched down near Marineland and mostly caused tree damage. [24] Throughout the county, 2,593 buildings and homes were damaged, 2 of which were destroyed. Damage in Flagler County reached about $80.1 million. [192]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — It has been just over 24 hours since Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, bringing devastating storm damage to Tampa Bay.
In Santa Rosa county, officials cautioned that ice-laden tree limbs were hanging low enough to hit vehicles. [57] Between 1 and 9:30 PM on the 28th, 21,633 Gulf Power customers lost power at some point. [58] At 2 PM EST on January 28, Pensacola was 31 °F (−1 °C) with freezing rain while Immokalee, near Fort Myers, was 86