NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with drenching rains and strong wind on Thursday, tearing through buildings, flooding homes and launching water rescues along the Gulf Coast.
Juneteenth, which commemorates the day, has been an official federal holiday since 2021, and North Miami has been celebrating it every year with a free festival.
Police officers’ body-cam videos released on Thursday show the aftermath of the crash of a Cessna C172P that injured two women in Pembroke Pines.
Drivers recently reported a 49-year-old shirtless man with his pants down was standing along the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel flew a Florida Forest Service firefighter to the hospital on Thursday after he needed help while fighting a wildfire.
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Arthur was downgraded to a low pressure area along the upper Texas coast Wednesday night but forecasters expected its remnants to bring life-threatening flooding and days of heavy rains to parts of the southeastern United States, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
As two wildfires continued to burn on Wednesday in western Miami-Dade County, the Florida Forest Service teamed up with Florida Highway Patrol troopers, firefighters, and deputies.
MIAMI (AP) — All detainees at an immigration detention center in an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” have been transferred to other facilities, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said, citing concerns related to the hurricane season.