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The first strong front of the fall season is set to arrive in Florida this week, with widespread showers and thunderstorms marking its arrival.
Read More »Fall’s First Strong Front Arrives Early This Year in Florida
UF Med Students Volunteer To Provide Free Coronavirus Tests In One Of Gainesville’s Most Impoverished Areas
People living in southwest Gainesville hadn’t had access to free COVID-19 tests right in their neighborhood since the pandemic began.
Read More »Local Homeless Shelters Anticipate Winter Supply Shortage Due To COVID-19
As the temperature drops this winter, so may the availability of supplies for homeless shelters in Alachua and Marion counties. Since spring, donation guidelines have been modified at shelters in north central Florida, depending on resources and staff size, to protect occupants from contracting COVID-19. These guidelines make it difficult …
Read More »‘It’s Green’: Progress Slows As Newnans Lake Cleanup Efforts Continue
Nearing four years after county commissioners gave the go-ahead for the Newnans Lake Improvement Initiative in an expansive effort to improve the impaired lake's water quality, water restoration efforts remain underway.
Read More »Hurricane Warning Issued for Pensacola Ahead of Sally
Sally is anticipated to meander slowly north-northeast crossing through Alabama and Wednesday and Thursday before potentially degenerating back into a tropical depression over Georgia.
Read More »A Tropical Storm Could Impact Florida By The Weekend, But Uncertainty Is High
Uncertainty in the fate of the developing storm is high, but parts of the Sunshine State could be affected by the end of the week.
Read More »Rip Currents Can Kill: What You Need To Know As A Florida Beachgoer
Rip current fatalities in Florida have already ticked up to three in 2020, according to the National Weather Service.
Read More »DeSantis Signs Sweeping New Environmental Law For Cleaner Water
The Republican governor called the measure “one of the most significant pieces of substantive legislation in quite some time,” but environmentalists said it falls short of efforts necessary to protect Florida’s waters.
Read More »Flying Under the Radar
Mosquito vector diseases are expanding, but COVID-19 has halted some surveillance programs and experts are worried complacency could lead to outbreaks.
Read More »Heat-Related Illness Rising with Temperatures
Florida has made headlines this spring for record heat, but the trend stretches back far longer. Statewide temperature averages have been higher than normal for 57 out of the last 60 months.
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