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The Latest Breaking News from the Florida Panhandle

Alligator Alcatraz accused of punishing detainees seeking legal help

Beyond Alligator Alcatraz, which began receiving detainees in July, Florida has opened another immigration detention center in northeast Florida and is considering a third facility in the Florida Panhandle

The Independent UK

Gulf coast braces for flooding as storm system builds into possible tropical depression

A tropical weather system near the Florida Panhandle is showing a moderate chance of becoming a tropical depression

The Independent UK

Florida cops ‘recover’ $770K worth of diamonds weeks after a suspect swallowed them during traffic stop

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he gulped the Tiffany & Co. jewelry worth nearly $770,000 during his arrest on the side of a highway in the Florida Panhandle

The Independent UK

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Winter storm that dropped record-breaking snow in New Orleans spreads into Florida and the Carolinas

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas

The Independent UK

Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Relief Before Helene Battered Their Home States

As Category 4 Hurricane Helene geared towards the Florida Panhandle, a number of Republican senators and representatives voted against supplementing disaster funding in a government funding extension

Latin Times

Plastic surgeon charged in death of wife who went into cardiac arrest while he worked on her

A plastic surgeon in the Florida Panhandle has been charged with his wife’s death after she suffered cardiac arrest while he performed after-hours procedures on her in his clinic and died days later

The Independent UK

Climate change is a fiscal disaster for local governments − our study shows how it's testing communities in Florida

Climate change is affecting communities nationwide, but Florida often seems like ground zero. In September 2022, Hurricane Ian devastated southwest Florida, killing at least 156 people and causing an estimated US$113 billion in damages. Then Hurricane Idalia shut down the Florida Panhandle in September 2023, augmented by a blue supermoon…

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Hurricane Idalia forecast to intensify over extremely warm Gulf waters, on track for Florida landfall as a dangerous storm

Forecasters expected Hurricane Idalia to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it headed over exceptionally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, on track for landfall in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 30. Hurricane warnings were posted along a wide stretch of Florida’s Gulf coast, from near Sarasota to the…

The Conversation

Execution set for Florida man convicted of killing two women he met at beach bars in 1996

A man convicted of killing two women he met at beach bars in the Florida Panhandle in 1996 is set to be executed

The Independent UK

Cleanup begins after tornadoes hit in Texas and Florida, killing 4 and destroying homes

Cleanup efforts were beginning Friday morning after severe storms spawned tornadoes that left at least four dead, three in the Texas Panhandle and one in the Florida Panhandle as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states

The Independent UK

Commentary: National Wildlife Week is a reminder of the threat posed by fires

Last year, 66,255 wildfires erupted in the U.S., burning through more than 7.3 million acres from California to the Florida Panhandle. It was the most fires since 2017, and those were the ones that were reported. The final count is bound to be higher.

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