1,700 Lightning Strikes Hit Palm Beach County On Tuesday
An estimated 1,700 lightning bolts crashed in a two-hour period as storms moved across Palm Beach County, the National Weather Service says.
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An estimated 1,700 lightning bolts crashed in a two-hour period as storms moved across Palm Beach County, the National Weather Service says.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for the Palm Beaches ahead of heavy showers and thunderstorms.
Forecasters are warning of dangerous surf conditions as crowds of college students flock to beaches for spring break .
Florida Senator Bill Nelson is calling for an investigation into a cruise ship that ran into high winds and rough seas in the Atlantic over the weekend.
Rough winds and high seas rocked a cruise ship headed down the East Coast over the weekend.
Several parts of central and southern Florida were hit by severe storms early Sunday morning.
A cool front has brought some higher winds which have caused some pretty big waves and rough surf along our beaches.
A girl, struck by lightning, has died, Florida hospital officials said.
The usually tranquil beachside enclave which normally provides a respite for soldiers, airmen and Marines became a place of shared grief Wednesday.
With a sunny start to the day, Saturday quickly became a gloomy, soggy day with flooding overtaking some South Florida streets.
Weather experts released a new dry season outlook Thursday afternoon. The forecast calls for a wetter and cooler than normal winter season in South Florida.
The summer is beginning to wind down and the transition into fall will happen in a few weeks for most of the nation.
From July 1 to July 30, Miami only saw a record high temperature set one day with a reading of 95 degrees on July 18.
A lightning strike caused damage to a major South Florida airport while other parts of the area experienced severe weather.
The National Weather Service issued flood advisories for parts of South Florida Thursday afternoon.
South Florida has been feeling the heat lately with afternoon high temperatures reaching the upper 80s and lower 90s, but it's not the afternoon highs that have been setting records, it's the morning lows.
In the snowy mountains of Breckenridge, Colorado, meteorologists from all over the country are meeting to discuss the 2014 hurricane season.
Schools are closed in Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties Friday due to flooding. In addition, the Palm Beach County Emergency Management Office reports a portion of Interstate 95, between mm 56 and 60, is closed due to flooding.
The first official day of winter is here, but with South Florida's warm temperatures saying otherwise, weather experts are warning beach-goers of dangerous rip currents.
It's another blustery day across South Florida. CBS4 Chief Meteorologist David Bernard said the culprit is a large area of high pressure over the Eastern United States.
Flooding plagued parts of South Florida Wednesday after record rains left areas of Southwest Miami-Dade soaked.
It's rare for South Florida to see any totally dry days in a row during the wet season, but that happened Saturday and Sunday for many communities.
NOAA still believes the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season will be above normal with "the possibility that it could be very active," according to the organizations updated outlook.
Beach-going is a popular past-time on Memorial Day weekend but, according to the National Weather Service, swimmers should be aware of rip currents.
While South Florida has been able to avoid much of the hurricane activity in the last few years, it may be more difficult this year if NOAA's outlook for the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season comes to fruition.
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