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A total of 191,415 customers lost electricity, over one-third of the county. Overall, 31 dwellings reported major damage and 86 others suffered minor damage. Ian caused $22.6 million in damages throughout Pinellas County. Ian produced wind gusts up to 75 mph (121 km/h) and rainfall ranging from 4 to 12 in (100 to 300 mm) in Polk County.
A school bus is shown parked at a depot on April 19, 2023 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Credit - Joe Raedle/Getty Images. T hree Florida parents sued Florida’s Board of Education on Thursday ...
Hurricane Ian was a devastating tropical cyclone which, at the time, was the third costliest weather disaster on record worldwide. It was also the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, and the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Michael in 2018.
Tropical Cyclone Nine in the Gulf of Mexico, soon-to-be Helene, shows Florida's Big Bend as a likely destination for a Thursday landfall of a possible Category 3 hurricane, according to ...
Within the appendices of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown vs Board of Education decision were cautions that white children will learn the prejudices of our society and will be taught to gain ...
Hurricane Milton, the most recent landfalling Florida major hurricane on October 9, 2024 Approximately 500 tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the state of Florida . More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state , [ 1 ] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.
One of the communities hard hit by Hurricane Idalia was Perry, a small Florida town of about 7,000, where some businesses caught fire and the roofs also came off some buildings, Florida’s ...
On February 24, 2022, the Florida House of Representatives passed the Parental Rights in Education Act with 69 in favor and 47 against. [15] Commonly referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill by its opponents, it prevents public schools from holding discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity, stating that lessons "may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is ...