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Florida disaster preparedness sales tax holiday begins June 1
Read full article: Florida disaster preparedness sales tax holiday begins June 1The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins this Saturday and to help Floridians prepare, the first Florida Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday will also begin this weekend.
Every hurricane season is like a child, unique in its own way and keeps you on your toes!
Read full article: Every hurricane season is like a child, unique in its own way and keeps you on your toes!Just before the start of every Atlantic Hurricane Season, various organizations put out forecasts for how busy they believe the season will be.
No more Greek alphabet for hurricanes or tropical storms
Read full article: No more Greek alphabet for hurricanes or tropical stormsNo more Greek names, retired storms update, and no change to the start of the seasonPEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The intense 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season brought the largest number of named storms ever on record at 30. It marked only the second time (the other being 2005) that the standard list of names for the season was exhausted, pushing the late-season storms into the Greek alphabet. A new, supplementary list of standard names will take over, should we see another season have more than 21 named storms. In the event the standard names are exhausted during hurricane seasonThe move was made by the National Hurricane Committee after a virtual meeting this week, citing problems with the use of naming storms after the Greek alphabet. This would also match the start date of the Pacific Hurricane Season, but for now, it remains June 1 for the Atlantic.
Hurricane hunters to fly into developing system near Bahamas
Read full article: Hurricane hunters to fly into developing system near BahamasMIAMI Hurricane hunters are scheduled to fly out on Saturday near the Bahamas, as meteorologists are watching a system that could strengthen into Arthur, the first storm of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. South Florida has been feeling the cloudy presence of Invest 90L, a low-pressure system that has the potential of developing into a tropical or subtropical depression or storm. There was flooding in areas of Monroe County on Thursday and Miami-Dade County on Friday. The system is moving northeastward and away from South Florida.
Tropical Storm Jerry could become hurricane this week
Read full article: Tropical Storm Jerry could become hurricane this weekCNN Weather(CNN) - Another tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic and could strengthen into a hurricane by the end of the week. Jerry, the 10th named storm of this year's Atlantic Hurricane Season, was 960 miles east of the Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm is expected to become a hurricane as it approaches the northern Leeward islands Friday into Saturday morning, CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said. The storm is moving west-northwest at 13 mph and could also impact the Lesser Antilles by early Saturday morning, Guy said. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Imelda is expected to dump heavy rain -- as much as 15 inches in two days -- over eastern Texas and Louisiana, CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri said.