Section Of I-10 In Panhandle Closed Due To Debby
Deluging rain from Tropical Storm Debby has forced the closure of the main interstate highway across northern Florida.
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Deluging rain from Tropical Storm Debby has forced the closure of the main interstate highway across northern Florida.
As President Barack Obama heads to South Florida Tuesday for a couple of fundraisers, he assured Florida Gov. Rick Scott that the state will have "no unmet needs" as it responds to extreme weather and flooding from Tropical Storm Debby.
Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Debby continue to pound the panhandle and upper west coast of Florida Monday evening.
Tropical Storm Debby is looking less of a threat to the coast of Louisiana.
Several homes were damaged and trees knocked down when a tornado from Saturday's storms touched down in Naples.
Tuesday got off to a stormy start across portions of South Florida with downed trees, hail and severe winds gusting to 60 miles per hour in southern Miami-Dade.
The National Hurricane Center has a new director, and he had to give up a spot on television to take the job. Former senior hurricane specialist Rick Knabb was named to the post Friday afternoon by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ending a retirement from government service that sent him to The Weather Channel.
The morning commute was a soggy mess Monday as an annoying persistent low pressure system continued to pump rain into South Florida, drenching Miami-Dade with record rainfall Sunday, sparking a flood watch Monday, and rocking the Keys with thunderstorms. Forecasters say don't look for change today.
After a day of thunderstorms and potential flooding that led to an overnight tornado watch, a series of weather fronts that had promised severe weather moved through South Florida overnight without causing serious damage. The tornado watch was allowed to expire, and the threat of severe weather has ended.
Raked by thunderstorms and heavy rain overnight, South Florida is bracing for another round of severe weather Saturday, with the possibility of violent lightning, heavy rain, and even flooding in some areas. A flood watch has been declared for much of South Florida, and the weather has forced numerous cancellations, including for the first time in it's 31 year history the 7-mile Bridge run in the Keys.
While the sun is out and warming the skies Friday morning, the weather could take a turn for the worse over the weekend as a significant severe weather threat exists for Saturday.
It was a short storm but a series of thunderstorms and wind gusts that exceeded 40 miles per hour caused damage in southern Broward County.
South Florida breathed a sigh of relief as we dodged the annual bullet known as hurricane season. However, the 2011 season did have some notable facts.
Tropical Storm Sean is maintaining strength as it continues its northeasterly trek across the Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Sean has restrengthened and is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday.
Tropical Storm Sean continues on it's westward trek toward Bermuda Tuesday night.
Broward homeowners who suffered rain or flood damage from showers and storms over the Halloween weekend may be getting some help from Uncle Sam.
One day after Mother Nature pounded Miami-Dade and Broward with relentless rains, drier air and cooler temperatures have moved in to help South Florida dry out.
Mother Nature decided to give South Florida a trick this Halloween instead of a treat. Relentless rains from Sunday afternoon into Monday have flooded streets making the morning commute a nightmare.
Torrential rains Sunday afternoon into Monday morning have left parts of South Florida a soggy mess. Showers and storms have dumped four to eight inches of rain across much of Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
Torrential rains from a weather system moving through South Miami-Dade have flooded streets in Cutler Bay and Palmetto Bay, and spawned two tornado warnings after forecasters spotted signs of a possible funnel cloud around Black Point Marina, headed north. Those warnings were canceled shortly after 9:15 pm.
Rina has degenerated into a remnant low over the Yucatan Channel Friday evening.
The center of Tropical Storm Rina is just west of the resort town of Cozumel, Mexico.
After days of rapidly strengthening over the warm waters of the western Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center reports Hurricane Rina has begun to weaken. At 11 p.m., the eye of Rina was about 140 miles south of Cozumel as moved to the west-northwest at 6 miles per hour.
Hurricane Rina is expected to quickly become a major hurricane as it continues to slowly trudge along towards Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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Miami faces Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in its home opener next Sunday.
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