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As the Atlantic Ocean shows signs of heating up, potentially fueling damaging hurricanes, a former state and national disaster chief warned of working-class Floridians being priced out of communities in post-storm rebuilding.
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The surprise "microburst" weather event— uncommon in the Florida Keys — left significant tree damage in a Plantation Key neighborhood that took several days to clean up. “I lived here all my life and I’ve never seen anything like it," said one resident.
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The sheriff's office in Leon County, Florida, said a falling tree killed a woman inside her family's home in the Tallahassee area. Some of the strongest storms early Friday rolled through Tallahassee, toppling trees across the state's capital city.
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The 18-by-12-foot reef will be installed near the coast around St. Thomas and is expected to be completed by July.
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The National Weather Service says the tornado, with winds of 80 mph, damaged the roof of an apartment building. The storms also produced reported tornadoes and damage in the Florida Panhandle.
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Florida state officials agreed to replace thousands of yards of sand on Key Biscayne after a storm washed part of the beach out to sea earlier this month.
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They likely had just hatched and blew in with the strong onshore winds recently, a biologist said.
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The National Weather Service says up to 25 inches of rain fell near Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. The airport is expected to reopen Friday morning. The rains started Monday, with the heaviest downpours coming Wednesday afternoon and evening.
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Nearly a foot of rain fell in a matter of hours in Fort Lauderdale – causing widespread flooding, the closure of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the suspension of high-speed commuter rail service for the Broward County region.
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Since late December, a series of storms had dropped a year's worth of rain in just a few weeks, causing widespread floods and power outages. At least 19 people have died as a result of the storms.
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Out of all 50 states, Florida ranked first in damages with $116 billion attributed to the Sunshine State alone. It’s also the most expensive year for Florida in the 42-year history of the billion-dollar disaster report. Florida is the second-leading state in total costs across all years, behind Texas.
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Another cold front is expected to arrive to the Sunshine State on Thursday. Strong thunderstorms could cause damage across the Panhandle, then on Friday a cold airmass should engulf most of the state.