Associated PressJune 17, 2020
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Murphy sent a letter to NOAA officials asking for the change.
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Associated PressJune 17, 2020Associated PressDecember 10, 2019
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“Mission: Iconic Reefs” calls for restoring nearly 70 acres (28 hectares) of the Florida Reef Tract.
Jacob OglesSeptember 6, 2019
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Vern Buchanan announced the funding Friday.
Ryan NicolApril 19, 2019
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NOAA scientists conducted a post-storm analysis.
Joe HendersonFebruary 13, 2018
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Memo to all Florida coastal residents: You might want to stock up on canned goods, rafts, and life vests. There’s a big wind comin’ out of Washington and it is aimed right at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – you know it better as NOAA – and this state we all call home. The […]
Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2017
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Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called it “unacceptable” Wednesday that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has taken no steps to secure back-up “hurricane hunter” airplanes since Congress approved them early this year. “As the nation recovers from Hurricane Harvey and watches the model runs for Hurricane Irma with an increasing sense of concern, […]
Bill RuftySeptember 6, 2017
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Hurricane Irma may be days away from Florida, but national, state and local agencies are at work now to deal with the second weather threat to the nation in two weeks. The crews and hurricane hunter aircraft of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration moved to their new home at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport by […]
Phil AmmannAugust 10, 2017
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Almost 25 years have passed since a Category 5 hurricane struck south of Miami, and the city’s vulnerability to catastrophic storm damage has grown exponentially, according to a new insurance underwriters’ analysis. At the time, Hurricane Andrew was the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, causing more than $26 billion of damage in Florida’s […]
Phil AmmannJuly 6, 2017
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Progress Florida is one of the organizations and leaders opposing a plan to use seismic airgun testing for oil and gas exploration off the state’s Atlantic coast. The progressive nonprofit organization says the procedure threatens marine wildlife and coastal economies as well as Florida’s tourism and fishing industries. “The noise from seismic airgun blasts is […]
Associated PressJune 1, 2017
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Some coastal residents always put off emergency preparations until storm clouds loom on the horizon. The National Hurricane Center is going to try giving those people a deadline this year, issuing experimental advisories showing when tropical-storm force winds may hit particular communities to help them understand when it’s too late to put up storm shutters […]