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In the United States, drowning is the leading cause of flooding-related death, particularly due to powerful storm surges. [51] Storms can directly threaten lives and also cause power outages due to winds and/or flooding. In Florida, power outages after Hurricane Irma were associated with higher mortality in nursing home residents. [52]
The Miami area faces dangerous flooding Wednesday as repeated bouts of torrential rain deluge Florida, flooding streets and neighborhoods and stranding travelers.
Scenes of flooding that have been all too common around Jacksonville, Tampa and other communities north of Interstate 4 in Florida could continue for the next several days, as a stalled frontal ...
Residents in South Florida were encouraged to stay indoors, off the roads and away from dangerous moving waters after “life-threatening flooding” hit some of the state’s most populous regions.
Restoration of the Everglades. A portion of the C-38 canal, finished in 1971, now backfilled to restore the Kissimmee River floodplain to a more natural state. An ongoing effort to remedy damage inflicted during the 20th century on the Everglades, a region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, is the most expensive and comprehensive ...
Hurricane Ian was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone which was the third-costliest weather disaster on record worldwide, 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. [4][5] Ian caused widespread damage ...
Florida braces for more rain after week of devastating flash flooding. Marlene Lenthang and Kathryn Prociv and Steve Strouss. June 14, 2024 at 11:57 AM. Florida is dealing with another day of rain ...
Initially, forecasters predicted tides up to 14 feet (4.3 m) above normal along the East Coast of Florida, near the potential location of landfall. [2] However, the National Hurricane Center later noted that storm surge up to 10 feet (3.0 m) would occur along the East Coast of Florida, as high as 13 feet (4.0 m) in Biscayne Bay, and a height of 11 feet (3.4 m) of the West Coast of Florida.