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A Hazardous Weather Outlook has been issued for portions of Southwest Florida, West Central Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico.
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The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory Wednesday afternoon.
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The group called The SanCap Citizens for a Resilient Future held a third townhall on Monday, May 15, on Sanibel. The focus this time was to assess the emergency response on the islands and the lessons learned after Hurricane Ian. Two themes emerged: pivot and evacuation.
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Gilbert Green is not an ordinary storm chaser. A software engineering major at Florida Gulf Coast University, who is also minoring in physics and mathematics, Green spent the summer of 2022 chasing and photographing lightning around Southwest Florida.
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Counties in Florida have started calling evacuation orders and opening shelters as Nicole approaches.
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In 2010 the Southwest Florida county changed from a ‘Just in Case’ to a ‘Just in Time’ protocol for emergency management to avoid “over-evacuation.” The protocol was followed -- with potentially deadly consequences.
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Potential Tropical Cyclone One will lift northeast across the southern half of the Florida Peninsula today, continuing to bring numerous showers and breezy winds to the area.
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Southwest Florida remains under a tropical storm warning as a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico continues to track toward Florida with expected landfall of the system near the Fort Myers area. As of the latest update from the National Hurricane Center (will update at 5 p.m.), it’s still a tropical cyclone, but with continued intensification likely, its predicted to become a tropical storm sometime this evening or overnight into Saturday morning.
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A cold front moving across Florida Friday is expected to bring freezing temperatures to parts of Southwest Florida Saturday night into Sunday morning. Temporary cold-weather shelters for the homeless are opening across the region.
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Charlotte County Commission declared a state of emergency in the county Monday in response to tornado damage on Sunday.