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South Florida residents from Key West north documented the ravaging effects of Hurricane Irma as the storm made landfall in Cudjoe Key in the lower Florida Keys.
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Tips To Keep You And Your Family Safe During Hurricane Irma
From the city of Palm Coast: 1. As the winds pick up, stay indoors – even between bands or when it’s calm as the eye passes. Trees will be weakened by all the rain and will be falling, and the wind will be blowing all kinds of debris. Wait for …
Read More »Hurricane Irma Recovery Updates For North Central Florida
Live Blog Hurricane Irma Original Post Schools: Alachua County: closed through Tuesday Clay County: district schools and offices will remain closed through Wednesday, September 13th College of Central Florida: closed Friday and Monday Dixie County: closed Friday and Monday Duval County: early dismissal Thursday and closed Friday Hernando County: closed Thursday and Friday …
Read More »Spencer, National Policy Institute Still Planning For UF Event
The National Policy Institute has obtained legal counsel and intends to continue with plans to hold an event featuring white nationalist Richard Spencer at the University of Florida following UF denying Spencer a permit to speak.
Read More »2 More Gators Suspended Before Season Opener Against Michigan
University of Florida football players Jordan Scarlett and Rick Wells have been suspended from team activities, bringing the total who will not be allowed to play during the Saturday's season opener against Michigan to 10.
Read More »Against Michigan, Gators’ Physicality Could Be Big Factor
Florida football is set to take on the Michigan Wolverines in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday in the season opener. The teams last faced off in the 2016 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl, with Michigan winning 41-7.
Read More »Uncertain About Quarterbacks, McElwain Says All Three Will Play
Florida coach Jim McElwain has not yet declared a starting quarterback for the upcoming season but is instead planning to play all three candidates: freshman Feleipe Franks, grad transfer Malik Zaire, and 2016 starter Luke Del Rio.
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Read More »NASA Live Stream: Total Solar Eclipse
NASA EDGE joins forces with the NASA Heliophysics Education Consortium, the University of Southern Illinois Carbondale, and Lunt Solar Systems to air a 4-hour 30-minute live webcast of the total solar eclipse from outside Saluki Stadium at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Illinois.
Read More »Live Blog — Total Solar Eclipse Crosses The U.S.
As a total solar eclipse crosses the U.S., follow along with NPR journalists and others experiencing the astronomical phenomenon's journey across America.
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