Associated PressJanuary 30, 2022
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In some places, it got the coldest it has in decades.
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Associated PressJanuary 30, 2022
Renzo DowneyDecember 21, 2020
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Snow is an improbability for Tallahassee, but never say never.
Jim TurnerNovember 25, 2020
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In a season that overlapped the coronavirus pandemic, most storms spun away from Florida.
Associated PressNovember 13, 2020
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Storm claimed one life in U.S., in Bradenton Beach.
Drew DixonMay 15, 2020
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Rip currents pose a serious threat as cooped up Floridians flock to beaches.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 24, 2019
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Current city rules won't bend, but with economic development at risk, maybe they should.
Mitch PerrySeptember 18, 2017
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Charlie Crist was already well aware of how unhappy National Weather Service (NWS) employees were about budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration. But the St. Petersburg Democrat learned a whole lot more Monday about the concerns of career agency staffers over personnel reductions — specifically in Alaska. They say such cuts could damage the accuracy […]
Associated PressJuly 3, 2017
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Recent progress in forecasting the intensity of hurricanes — which has lagged behind storm track forecasting — could be undermined by proposed cuts in federal funding for tropical weather research, says the retiring chief of a team of U.S. hurricane specialists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program in 2009 […]
Associated PressMay 8, 2017
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Three schools canceled classes due to smoky conditions from a nearby wildfire as Florida’s agriculture commissioner said the state is in the “midst of its worst wildfire season in years – with no end in sight.” Commissioner Adam Putnam said in a news release that nearly 125 active wildfires were burning Monday morning. Officials in […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 7, 2017
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Charlie Crist announced Tuesday he would be serving on the influential House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Also, the first-year Democratic congressman from St. Petersburg hired two new constituent service representatives — Michael Batista and Dillion Stafford — who will help assist Crist’s constituents of Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Since Crist was recently named […]