Activity in The Tropics
Now, our daily look at the tropics… as we remind you that hurricane season is still with us until the end of November. The National Hurricane Center is tracking two areas of interest this morning. The first is a tropical wave near the west coast of Africa that’s been given a 70% chance of development […]
Read MoreRemembering 9-11
September 11, 2001… 22 years ago today, the world changed at 8:46 AM Eastern time. A hijacked jetliner crashed into one tower of the World Trade Center, followed by another plane into the other tower. A third plane smashed into the Pentagon, while a fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, as passengers and […]
Read MoreEscaped Killer Remains on The Loose in Pennsylvania
Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante was able to avoid a massive police dragnet Saturday night into Sunday morning, in suburbs and rural areas west of Philadelphia, reportedly after stealing a van near where he was believed to be hiding. That moves the search area about 20 miles north of where hundreds of officers held a perimeter. […]
Read MoreTropics Remain Busy
With Idalia barely out of the picture locally, now we are learning that the National Hurricane Center is tracking two new undeveloped disturbances in the Atlantic. The first is an area of low pressure just west of the Cabo Verde Islands that has been given a 80% chance of development. The second disturbance is actually […]
Read MoreCruise Passenger Goes Overboard
A passenger aboard the Carnival Cruise ship ‘Wonder of the Seas’… the largest cruise ship in the world which is home ported at Port Canaveral… went overboard. It happened Tuesday, after the ship left Port Canaveral on Sunday for a 7-day cruise south of Cuba. It will return this Sunday. According to a spokesperson for […]
Read MoreReport: National Parks Bring Big Benefits
The Department of the Interior on Monday, announced that visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2022 resulted in a record high $50.3 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 378,400 jobs. The National Park Service report, 2022 National Park Visitor Spending Effects, finds that nearly 312 million visitors spent $23.9 billion in communities within 60 miles of a national park. Of the 378,400 jobs supported by visitor spending, 314,600 jobs were in […]
Read MoreHilary Makes Landfall in Southern California
TROPICAL STORM HILARY TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BRINGING HEAVY WINDS AND RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT. THAT ALSO RESULTED IN SOME REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES… THAT MAN WAS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HILARY IS MARKING THE FIRST TIME A TROPICAL STORM HAS TOUCHED DOWN IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1939.
Read MoreEyeing The Tropics
As we head deeper into Hurricane Season and are now approaching the peak of the season this year, forecasters today are watching four areas of interest in the tropics. The National Hurricane Center says Invest 99-L is located about 1,000 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. It’s been given a 50% chance of development […]
Read MoreAldi Buys All Winn Dixie Stores
On Wednesday, the German supermarket chain Aldi announced that it is buying Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets… based here in Florida… in Jacksonville. The deal includes nearly 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores here in Florida, and in other states such as Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. The transaction is expected to close in the first […]
Read MoreUpdated Hurricane Prediction Due Today
As we near the traditional peak of hurricane season, later this morning federal forecasters will release their updated prediction for the remainder of 2023 in the Atlantic. Sam Walker has details…
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