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Hurricane Sally’s eye is still approaching the mainland, but it rapidly intensified into a Category 2 storm early Wednesday drenching the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama with far reaching storm surge and heavy rains and leaving thousands in the dark.
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As Hurricane Sally takes small steps toward the Alabama-Mississippi coastline, state leaders prepare for enormous and historical flood levels, endangering coastal communities as the storm is forecast to make landfall early Wednesday. The Category 1 hurricane’s snail-like pace exacerbates the threat of flooding throughout the coast predicted to experience a 6-foot storm surge, up to 30 inches of rain to some parts and winds of 80 mph.
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A county-by-county look at positive coronavirus cases including Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk and Sumter counties.
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Jacob David Kaminsky, 21, was climbing the 450-foot spinning swing ride at ICON Park to conduct a safety check early Monday when he accidentally fell from 50 to 60 feet, officials have said.
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The Florida Department of Health reported 3,116 new coronavirus cases and 145 new resident fatalities on Tuesday. To date, 668,846 people have been infected statewide, and 12,787 Florida residents have died due to COVID-19.
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A Central Florida couple was arrested Sunday after one of them was suspected of duct taping a 1-year-old child.
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Hurricane Sally lost some steam overnight, but is still a strong Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds as it slogs its way closer to the Gulf Coast bringing with it a threat of 9-foot storm surge, up to 30 inches of rain and possible tornadoes ahead of a projected landfall Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the tropics continue to remain active with Hurricane Paulette, Tropical Storm Teddy and Tropical Storm Vicky in the Atlantic as well as three more areas with a chance to form into the next tropical depression or tropical storm.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday named Jamie Grosshans, a judge on the 5th District Court of Appeal, to the Florida Supreme Court.
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Universal Studios will make two of Halloween Horror Nights planned-but-canned haunted houses available to the public later this week.
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An Orlando man was named the Citizen of the Year by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement during Florida Missing Children’s Day Monday for helping detain a man suspected of molesting a child inside an Orlando Walmart in January 2019.
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Volusia County deputies tracked down three teens accused of car break-ins after a Ring camera alerted a Seminole County Sheriff's Office helicopter pilot during flight of the suspects in his Deltona neighborhood.
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A man working on the StarFlyer attraction on Orlando’s International Drive tourist corridor has fallen and died, according to media reports.
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The Florida Department of Health reported 1,736 new coronavirus cases and 34 new resident fatalities on Monday. To date, 665,730 people have been infected statewide, and 12,642 have died because of COVID-19.
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A 70-year-old man was beaten after asking another man to social distance from him last week inside a Winter Park Citgo gas station.
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The 2020 hurricane season continues to ride its peak as the National Hurricane Center monitors up to seven tropical disturbances into Monday. The latest: Tropical Storm Sally grows closer to the Gulf Coast with heavy rains and dangerous storm surge, while Hurricane Paulette passing right over Bermuda. Tropical Storm Teddy and TD 21 formed in the Atlantic and TD Rene is nearly done.
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The Florida Department of Health reported 2,423 new coronavirus cases and eight new fatalities on Sunday. To date, 663,994 people have been infected statewide, and 12,608 Florida residents have died due to COVID-19.
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A pickup truck reportedly overturned along the northbound lanes of I-95 at mile marker 196, and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene, according to FHP spokesman Lt. Kim Montes.
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A 39-year-old Sanford man was killed in a wrong-way crash just after midnight Sunday along State Road 44 in Volusia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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Hurricane-force winds and a summary of storm surge warnings are in effect as Tropical Storm Sally moves through the Gulf Coast on Saturday night, according to the National Hurricane’s latest advisory.
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A 1-year-old child died Friday afternoon after being left inside of a car in Pine Hills, a spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
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As bars statewide prepare to reopen Monday, the impact of coronavirus on Florida continued Saturday with 3,190 new cases and 98 new fatalities reported by the health department. To date, 661,571 people have been infected, and 12,600 Florida residents have died.
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Tropical Depression 19 skirted the southeastern coast of Florida overnight and threatens heavy rains and flooding as it continues to move west. It's expected to strengthen into a tropical storm once it moves over the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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A pastor and self-proclaimed prophet who shot and killed his estranged wife outside her job at a bank near the Mall at Millenia Tuesday morning threatened to kill her during an argument the day before, a newly released affidavit showed.
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A previously registered sex offender was convicted Friday after attempting to coerce a 14-year-old girl to meet him at an Orlando restaurant and have sex with him. An undercover agent with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations posed as the minor.
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Here is some good news for roller coaster junkies: The countdown can start to begin for the newest coasters opening at SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
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Palm Beach Circuit Judge Renatha Francis is constitutionally unqualified to be a Florida Supreme Court justice, the court ruled Friday, and Gov. Ron DeSantis must pick an eligible justice by noon on Monday.
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In a 6-4 decision, an appeal court ruled that the fines and fees placed on felons are not a “tax” as described by federal Judge Robert Hinkle in his May 26 decision.
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The case of a man accused of killing his wife in their Delaney Park home in 2018 will be featured on the CBS true-crime TV show “48 Hours” Saturday night.
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Florida added 3,650 coronavirus cases Friday to push the statewide total to 658,381 infected. With 176 new virus fatalities reported statewide Friday, 12,502 Florida residents are now dead.
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A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Wednesday morning in Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.