Florida Keys To Welcome Tourists Sunday
The Florida Keys tourism council is set to launch a $1 million advertising campaign Sunday to promote the return of visitors to the Florida Keys & Key West following Hurricane Irma.
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The Florida Keys tourism council is set to launch a $1 million advertising campaign Sunday to promote the return of visitors to the Florida Keys & Key West following Hurricane Irma.
The Florida Keys will welcome back visitors as early as this weekend as the area continues to rebuild after Hurricane Irma.
The recovery process will be long but there are some signs of normalcy showing up in the Florida Keys.
A rescue effort was successfully able to get a stranded dolphin in the Florida Keys back to open waters.
Governor Rick Scott has said that he'd like to see storm battered Key West "open for business" within two weeks, but tourism officials marketing the southern end of U.S. 1 indicate it could take longer.
House Speaker Paul Ryan toured the Florida Keys Wednesday with a bipartisan delegation made up of nine member of the U.S. House of Representatives, along with Senator Marco Rubio.
Senator Bill Nelson is in the Florida Keys to get a first hand look at the damage caused by Hurricane Irma.
Monroe County leaders are hoping tourists give them a week or so before going down to start pumping life back into the Keys economy.
Most of the Florida Keys are now open to everyone.
It's going to be a long and winding road to recovery for the Florida Keys following the damage and destruction brought by Hurricane Irma.
It was a welcomed sight and sound for family and friends cheering the parade of fire rescue trucks and emergency vehicles returning to South Florida.
There's power to about half the area as residents of the Lower Keys returned home Sunday for the first time since Irma hit a week prior.
Monroe County officials say all residents and business owners of the lower keys will be allowed to return Sunday morning.
"We got a mess to clean up," said Brian Reinfandt as he returned with his family to their Marathon home Saturday morning once city and county leaders began letting residents and business owners back in.
Monroe County is now open to Marathon at Mile Marker 47.
Governor Rick Scott and other state officials traveled to the Florida Keys Friday.
Recovering from Hurricane Irma in the Florida Keys is a struggle with no power, no water and no stable communication.
Assistance by the truckload left Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's station in Doral Friday to help those in need in the Florida Keys during Irma recovery efforts.
Five days after Hurricane Irma walloped Florida, the recovery mission picked up momentum as more people had electricity and schools made plans to reopen.
Florida Governor Rick Scott was in the air and on the ground in the Florida Keys to meet with residents and see the destruction left behind by Hurricane Irma.
What was it like going through the eye of the storm? Here are some first-hand accounts from survivors in the Florida Keys.
Crews from South Florida are sending help to the Florida Keys as they recover from Hurricane Irma.
As debris is cleared and power restored, those hardest hit by Hurricane Irma realize that it will be some time before life gets back to normal.
Residents in the Florida Keys are returning home to essentially nothing.
Search-and-rescue crews have made their way into the Florida Keys' farthest reaches Tuesday, while authorities rushed to repair the lone highway connecting the islands and deliver aid to Hurricane Irma's victims.
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Florida gubernatorial candidates Byron Donalds and David Jolly laid out contrasting positions during a Fort Lauderdale summit.
A person was taken into custody after reports of shots fired at Miami International Airport, where authorities said there is no ongoing threat and no injuries.
Heavy rainfall left Hallandale Beach underwater Wednesday, with residents frustrated by recurring flooding as the city pointed to intense rain and King Tide conditions.
Friends of 25-year-old Melvin Diaz Cepeda are questioning why the aspiring DJ was described as an intruder after he was shot and killed in Miami.
A Broward woman faces multiple charges after investigators said she stole a BSO patrol vehicle before she was arrested in Port St. Lucie.
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