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‘This is Florida’: With days of downpours ahead, locals take ugly weather in stride
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Storm clouds rolled through South Florida Tuesday. It’s just the beginning of an expected rainy week with a flood watch in effect for all of South Florida. Despite that, at least one family didn’t let the wet weather get in the way of a day...
Pastor rescues truck driver who crashed on Turnpike during storms
While weather conditions in Palm Beach County were severe Wednesday, one man jumped into action to save a driver who was blown off the road by high winds. A pastor and former Broward County police officer came to the rescue, saving a man whose truck crashed on Florida's Turnpike near Delray Beach, after gusts of wind blew him off the road.
No lifeguards in town’s new beach safety plan
LBTS – After the tragic death of Sloan Mattingly in February, this town has been grappling with how to improve beach safety. In the four months since the 7-year-old’s death put a national spotlight on the beach community, the town has taken measured, incremental steps. The most recent...
Another Broward deputy and swat team member convicted of PPP loan fraud
Last week, on June 5th, a federal jury in Miami convicted Broward deputy Alexandra Acosta of conspiracy to defraud the Small Business Administration, making false statements to the SBA, and wire fraud. These charges stemmed from her involvement in a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme. In 2021, Acosta, 38, of Tamarac,...
I-10 eastbound partially closed near Sunrise
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - According to DPS, one I-10 is partially closed due to a crash near Sunrise. DPS says the crash happened in the morning and only one lane is opened. 13 News will keep you updated as more information becomes available.
This mosquito-fighting drone takes flight in Broward, a ‘huge difference’ to keep insects at bay
From vast parks to wetlands to conservation areas, Broward is now using a drone to spray for mosquitoes in hard-to-reach places. The drone hits the air with a payload of about 15 pounds of spray, enough to cover 3 acres at a time. “It’s a huge difference,” says Cody Cash, an employee for Daytona Beach-based Leading Edge Aerial Technologies, which rents Broward the drone. Until now, crews could ...
Famine to feast: South Florida swamped by tropical rains
On Tuesday, the first slug of tropical rains overspread South Florida in what’s forecast to be a multi-day deluge for the lower tier of the Sunshine State. Already widespread rainfall of 3 to 7 inches has fallen across parts of Miami-Dade and Broward counties since Tuesday morning. An additional...
South Florida attorney accused of helping woman steal home
COOPER CITY, Fla. – A South Florida lawyer is facing three felony charges after authorities accused her of using her position to help a Cooper City woman steal her son’s stake in a home. Authorities arrested Ashley Ruth Morin, 28, of Cooper City, on Monday, according to Broward...
An ‘abnormally wet’ week is expected with storms and risk of flash floods in South Florida
South Floridians are in for a rainy week that forecasters warn could bring flash floods, breaking the unusually warm and dry spell that endured last month. Starting on Monday night and into Tuesday, rain chances are ramping up to 90% across the region and will stay between 80% and 100% until at least Thursday, with chances for scattered storms leaking into Friday and even Saturday, too. “The ...
With a controlled implosion, waste to energy plant ends its life as it lived: recycling
Deerfield Beach – Once used to burn refuse into energy, much of the metals and concrete of the Wheelabrator North plant at Monarch Hill will meet a fitting end as recycled materials. Wheelabrator North’s boiler house and 199-foot chimney came crashing down Friday, courtesy of a controlled implosion; a...
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