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A KILLER hurricane storm has brought more than just strong winds and destruction when it recently made landfall. Leaving a trail of death and destruction in her wake, Hurricane Debby also left more than two dozen packages of cocaine along a beach in Florida. Hurricane Debby is already responsible for killing at least five people […]

Hurricane Debby washes over $1million of cocaine onto Florida’s shore during deadly ‘once-in-1,000-year’ storm

While Florida is home to amazing experiences like the Disney and Universal theme parks, it is also home to some severe weather. Experts predicted a “potentially explosive” hurricane season in 2024 and it appears that Florida will continue to experience some rough storms. Hurricane season in Florida tends to run from June through November and it can be a tough time to visit the state. Unfortunately, as we find ourselves in the thick of hurricane season, it looks like we might be barreling toward another potential storm.

NEW Storm System Heading Toward Florida, According to the National Hurricane Center

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Jacksonville Today

Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency in Northeast Florida and across much of the state as a tropical system appears almost certain to develop. The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that a tropical wave has a 90% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next seven days. Most models show it moving into the Gulf of Mexico and then coming ashore and crossing the state, possibly moving over Northeast Florida.

Tropical system is nearly certain to develop

USA TODAY

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for most of the state ahead of what could be the first major storm of the hurricane season.

Hurricane forecasters say strengthening storm is aimed at Florida

Reuters

(Reuters) -Tropical storm Debby formed late Saturday and was expected to surge up into a hurricane before it slams into Florida's northern Gulf Coast shoreline on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical Storm Debby forms, expected to be a hurricane by Monday and hit Florida's Gulf Coast

The system we have been monitoring gained a bit of strength and became a tropical depression late last night. Tropical Depression 4 will emerge over the Florida Straits on Saturday and travel over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The track has shifted westward, with a more pronounced curve which keeps it over the warm waters a bit longer and gives it more time to become stronger. It also delayed its landfall, and it is now expected to make landfall early on Monday morning in the Big Bend region, as a strong tropical storm or category 1 hurricane. A hurricane watch is in effect for the Big Bend. This means hurricane conditions will start within the next 48 hours. A tropical storm warning is in effect from Southwest Florida through the Tampa Bay area to Inglis.

Tropical Depression 4: Track shifts, more time over water, stronger before reaching Florida

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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Louisiana State

Louisiana Illuminator

Forecasters are gaining more confidence that a tropical wave in the Atlantic will organize into a named storm once it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. Exactly where the system, which would be named Debby, will impact the Gulf Coast is still undetermined.   In Louisiana, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) is […]

Louisiana urged to stay ‘aware’ as what’s expected to become Debby heads toward Gulf

Texas State

AccuWeather

While many eyes have been watching Debby in the eastern United States, a tropical wave chugging westward over the Caribbean could find a way to impact southern Texas this weekend. AccuWeather meteorologists have been tracking new tropical waves of low pressure since early last week. One feature continues to move...

Caribbean could soon stir up new tropical trouble

As the number of COVID-19 cases rises in Florida, vaccination rates lag behind, and that is concerning health experts. In 2021, the first full year a COVID-19 vaccine was available, 15 million Floridians received a vaccine. But this year, a little over 400,000 have received a booster, despite the virus's summer spike.

COVID-19 vaccine levels are low, but case rates and hospitalizations are rising

NBC News

A storm hovering over Cuba will take aim at Florida's west coast and the Gulf of Mexico, with federal forecasters saying it's likely to become a tropical storm by late Saturday. Until then, the front is being called Tropical Depression Four, with the name Debby available should it graduate to...

Tropical Depression 4 expected to strengthen over southeastern Gulf of Mexico

Images from Florida showed crashing waves along Florida's beach, cars attempting to navigate flooded streets and damage from Debby.

Hurricane Debby: Photos show destruction, flooding in Florida caused by Category 1 storm

DC News Now

A second disturbance has popped up in the Atlantic as Florida braces for Tropical Storm Debby.

Another disturbance appears in Atlantic as Florida prepares for Tropical Storm Debby

TheDailyBeast

Tropical Storm Debby is currently battering the southeastern United States, causing record-breaking flooding and possibly disrupting international drug trafficking. Samuel Briggs II, the chief patrol agent for Customs and Border Patrol’s Miami sector, shared photos on X, formerly Twitter, after a Florida Keys resident discovered over 70 pounds of cocaine washed up from the storm. “Good Samaritan discovered the drugs & contacted authorities,” Briggs said. “U.S. Border Patrol seized the drugs, which have a street value of over $1 million dollars.” Debby made landfall in the Sunshine State on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, but has since been downgraded...

Huge Stash of Cocaine Washes Up on Florida Beach After Tropical Storm Debby

For the fourth year, Saildrone and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are sailing a fleet of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) into hurricanes to better understand how these dangerous storms form, track, and intensify. The mission officially started this week with 12 vehicles stationed in six operational areas identified...

Sea-going drones capture images from Debby as they deploy for a fourth hurricane season

The Mirror US

Tropical Storm Debby continued its onslaught of the East Coast Thursday as it made its second landfall in South Carolina, pummeling the region with several inches of rain

Tropical Storm Debby makes second landfall smashing East Coast as horror images show destruction

Tampa, FL

Tampa is resuming its popular Rental and Move-in Assistance Program, or RMAP. The program has helped more than 1,800 individuals and families secure stable housing across Tampa. Eligible applicants receive help covering security deposits, first and last month’s rent and additional rental assistance for up to one year. Kayon...

Tampa is resurrecting a program to help residents find stable housing

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Sea turtle nests on Florida's Gulf Coast take back-to-back beatings by first-half season hurricanes

Promising starts to Florida’s sea turtle nesting season last year and this year have been thwarted by tropical cyclones traveling up the Gulf Coast of the...

Sea turtle nests on Florida's Gulf Coast take back-to-back beatings by first-half season hurricanes

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