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After Monroe County's hurricane re-entry sticker program was abused during the COVID-19 checkpoint last year, the county came up with a new system — stickers that have bar codes and are color-coded by area.
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A plan to allow extra building units in the Keys has hit a snag. After Hurricane Irma, the state proposed allowing an extra 1,300 units for affordable workforce housing — as long as the residents agreed to evacuate early for hurricanes.
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Hurricanes don’t care if there’s a global pandemic causing chaos and disorder. No virus could slow down a storm brewing in the Atlantic Ocean. Like every…
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The Florida Keys has been battered by hurricanes, flooded by sea level rise and is gentrifying quickly. But one state lawmaker from Naples wants to add…
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Nearly 100 nursing homes and assisted living facilities were evacuated along Florida's East Coast ahead of Hurricane Dorian.
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For many people, preparing for a hurricane often means making a decision about whether to evacuate or stay and ride out the storm.This week, in the face…
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Florida doesn’t plan to turn portions of highways into all one-way traffic when evacuation orders are issued for Hurricane Dorian.Gov. Ron DeSantis said…
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On August 24, 1992, a monster storm howled through Homestead, buzz-sawing roofs, ripping out trees, smashing schools and scattering Homestead Air Force…
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Money is one of the biggest determinants when it comes to deciding whether to evacuate during a hurricane.The results of a 1,000-person questionnaire…
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Development in the Florida Keys has been limited for decades by hurricane evacuation; the state requires that everyone who lives there be able to get out…
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The Florida Keys have had a crisis in affordable housing for decades — and it got worse after Hurricane Irma.Gov. Rick Scott now has a new proposal to add…
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As Hurricane Irma churned through South Florida, Patrick O'Quinn felt trapped.He'd moved to Miami about three months before the storm and described…