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Two boats were nearly destroyed in a large fire at a popular Key West marina Monday night, according to Monroe County Fire Rescue. The fire started at the dry dock storage area of Robbie’s ...
Police and firefighters responded to a large boat that caught fire off the Lower Florida Keys on Friday afternoon. The call came in around 5 p.m.
Lake Okeechobee (US: / oʊ k i ˈ tʃ oʊ b i / oh-kee-CHOH-bee) [1] is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [2] It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the contiguous 48 states, after Lake Michigan.
May 17—United States—Most of South Florida was blacked out after a brush fire in the Everglades damaged overhead transmission lines. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and the Florida Keys lost power for about 3.5 hours. About 4.5 million people were affected. [45]
MARTIN COUNTY -- Smoke from a nearly 230-acre brush fire in the Palm City area that's 90 percent contained likely will be visible for weeks, according to the Florida Forest Service on Monday.
The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the ...
July 24, 2024 at 7:42 AM. A man was seriously injured after being struck by a boat in the Florida Keys Wednesday morning on the first day of the lobster miniseason, according to Monroe County Fire ...
The strong winds left widespread wind damage, with fallen trees and power lines, damaged roofs, and lost crops. About 98% of South Florida lost power during the storm. A significant storm surge – estimated around 9 ft (2.7 m) near Marathon – inundated the Florida Keys. Rainfall during the storm reached 13.26 in (337 mm) at Kennedy Space Center.