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Need to restock your hurricane supplies? Here's when you can get some of them tax free in Florida
Florida's new, permanent sales tax exemptions on specific hurricane supplies won't go into effect until Aug. 1, 2025.
Republican donors, Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ quickly
The first detainees arrived July 3 at the facility, which will cost $450 million to operate and consists of tents and ...
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Hurricane forecasters still tracking disturbance near Florida with low chance of forming
Forecasters are continuing to track a disturbance off the Southeast U.S, which has low chance of formation in the next seven ...
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Hurricane supplies will now be tax-free in Florida
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New to Florida and hurricanes? Here are answers to basic questions before a storm develops
Here are answers to some of the most common hurricane questions. How much time you have to prepare for a hurricane depends on ...
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Florida hurricane season is here. Insurance isn't ready | Opinion - Palm Beach Post
It's hurricane season. Florida's property insurance isn't ready. | Opinion Florida has long flirted with the seductive idea that we can legislate away the price of hurricane exposure by ...
Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly
In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling ...
This Florida teen made a portable energy storage unit for hurricane season — are you prepped for a disaster?
The unit, called the OffGrid Pro, is “completely odorless, fumeless [and] silent,” Bild told Fox 13. He says it can power a ...