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Florida's 'Wall of Wind' gets $15 million to expand 200-mph hurricane testing
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (453+ words) Florida International University's "Wall of Wind" is set for a major expansion after receiving a $15 million donation, giving one of the country's most powerful hurricane research tools a significant boost. The funding will help build a next-generation version of the…...
Florida residents demand answers after 4 inches of rain flood homes, cars, and streets
5+ hour, 37+ min ago (621+ words) "I don't think we have seen anything like this ever here in Indiantown." After heavy rain hit Indiantown, Florida, some residents said their streets looked more like swimming pools than roads. Floodwater spread across neighborhoods, submerging roadways, entering homes and…...
Army Corps opens Miami-Dade storm-surge proposal for public comment
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (370+ words) Completed Phase I work from 2024 serves as the foundation for this next stage. Miami-Dade residents have a chance to weigh in on a federal plan meant to reduce storm-surge threats in some of the county's most exposed coastal areas. A…...
US days above 105 degrees could triple as 'unlivable' heat edges closer to human limits
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (432+ words) Serious health risks arrive well before any theoretical survival boundary. Researchers have spent years trying to define the point at which heat overwhelms the human body completely. Fresh analysis suggests some parts of the United States are moving closer to…...
Florida drought worsens at rainy-season peak, an unusual late-August warning
1+ week, 5+ day ago (332+ words) The rainfall has been too patchy to offset broader, longer-term shortages. Florida is still grappling with worsening drought even as the state moves through the part of the year when afternoon storms typically do the most to recharge wetlands, lakes,…...