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Severe Weather Awareness Week: Let’s talk temperature extremes and wildfires 🔥🥵
Read full article: Severe Weather Awareness Week: Let’s talk temperature extremes and wildfires 🔥🥵Friday is the last day of Severe Weather Awareness Week in Florida, and to end this week, we will be talking about temperature extremes and wildfires.
Severe Weather Awareness Week: What are the signs of a rip current? 🌊
Read full article: Severe Weather Awareness Week: What are the signs of a rip current? 🌊While rip currents will not pull you underwater, they will pull you far, far away from the shoreline and into water past where the waves break.
Severe Weather Awareness Week: What to know about wildfires and extreme temperatures
Read full article: Severe Weather Awareness Week: What to know about wildfires and extreme temperaturesFlorida’s Severe Weather Awareness Week runs from Feb. 7 to Feb. 11, and Friday’s focus is wildfires and extreme temperatures.
Hurricanes and flooding: Our biggest fears in the fall
Read full article: Hurricanes and flooding: Our biggest fears in the fallFlorida’s Severe Weather Awareness Week runs from Feb. 7 to Feb. 11, serving as an opportunity for residents to learn about the various weather hazards that frequently impact the state and how families and businesses can prepare for these natural events.
Lightning is unpredictable, deadly and frequent in Florida
Read full article: Lightning is unpredictable, deadly and frequent in FloridaSevere Weather Awareness Week runs from Feb. 7 to 11, serving as an opportunity for Floridians to learn about the various weather hazards that frequently impact the state and how families and businesses can prepare for these natural events.
Severe Weather Awareness Week: What to know about wildfires and extreme temperatures
Read full article: Severe Weather Awareness Week: What to know about wildfires and extreme temperaturesSevere Weather Awareness Week is an opportunity for Floridians to learn about the various weather hazards that frequently impact the state and how families and businesses can prepare for these natural events. Each day focuses on a specific weather event. Friday’s topic is temperature extremes and wildfires.
Hurricanes and flooding: Our biggest fears in the fall
Read full article: Hurricanes and flooding: Our biggest fears in the fallHurricanesThursday’s focus is on hurricanes and flooding. However, tropical systems can form as early as May and as late as December. AdFloodingWhile hurricanes are known and feared for their ferocious winds, historically it is the water that causes most of the deaths in hurricanes. The widespread flooding caused by Tropical Storm Fay in 2008 serves as a reminder that tropical storms can cause as much or greater devastation than hurricanes with freshwater flooding. Even outside of tropical systems, flooding is a serious concern in Florida since it can happen anywhere and at any time.
Rip currents: Our No. 1 weather-related killer locally
Read full article: Rip currents: Our No. 1 weather-related killer locallyRip currents, sometimes called rip tides or undertows, occur naturally and affect many Florida beaches year-round. Since 1995, rip currents have accounted for more than 300 drownings along Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic beaches. In fact, rip currents kill more people in Florida in an average year than hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning combined. Rip current injuries and fatalities often are under-reported, but in 2019, at least 30 people lost their lives due to rip currents or high surf. Rip currents can travel as fast as 5 mph, or about eight feet per second, faster than an Olympic swimmer.
Lightning is unpredictable, deadly
Read full article: Lightning is unpredictable, deadlyMeteorologists can forecast the general conditions that cause lightning but no one can predict exactly when or where lightning will strike. Lightning strikes the ground about 25 million times each year and continues to be among the top weather-related killers in the United States. With an average of 1.2 million cloud- to-ground lightning strikes each year, no other state experiences more lightning strikes per square mile than Florida. Contrary to popular belief, lightning can strike the same place twice and rubber shoes or tires don’t protect you from lightning strikes. You can determine how far away a flash of lightning is by counting the number of seconds that pass after observing a lightning bolt.