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TERRIFYING new ‘super snakes’ could begin to emerge from swampy marshes and invade dry land, a study has found. Scientists discovered the monster snakes in Florida, which are believed to be a cross between a Burmese and Indian python. Researchers stumbled upon the predators while studying the tails of 400 pythons captured in the Everglades. Margaret Hunter, the lead author of the study – which was published on Sunday in the Ecology and Evolution journal – told the Miami Herald that they were studying the snakes to learn about “invasion dynamics.” She said: “We were initially looking for the population structure to get some information to shed some light on the invasion dynamics, or the core areas where the population may be breeding and then sending off migrants.” Most of the snakes found in the study were Burmese pythons, which are usually found in swamps, but a dozen of them were also related to Indian pythons which prefer high dry … [Read more...] about Fears terrifying new hybrid ‘SUPER SNAKE’ python discovered in Florida will invade dry land

THE "catastrophic" Hurricane Michael has slammed into Florida with devastating 155mph winds. Those winds have already torn apart homes in the "Panhandle", destroyed a half-finished building and ripped off metal roofs. Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, a tourist town along the Panhandle, a 200-mile stretch of white-sand beach resorts, fishing towns and military bases. The hurricane swamped streets, bent trees, stripped away branches and sent building debris flying across the beachfront. "The window to evacuate has come to a close," said Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long. It began unexpectedly from a weekend tropical depression, becoming a furious Category 4 by early Wednesday, up from a Category 2 less than a day earlier. WATCH LIVE: Hurricane Michael, a dangerous Category 4 storm, closes in on the Florida Panhandle The storm has the potential to drive sea water levels as high as 14ft above normal in some areas, the National Hurricane Center said. It … [Read more...] about Hurricane Michael slams into Florida – building collapses and roofs ripped off as ‘catastrophic’ 155mph storm batters coast

POLITICS 10/29/2018 06:20 pm ET It used to be all fun and games, this Florida Man stuff. By Adam Weinstein FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Even before he’d been caught, I had a feeling the pipe bomber would be a Florida man. There was something about the way he’d used Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s local office as the return address on his dangerous parcels, even though she’s been mostly out of the national eye since resigning as Democratic National Committee chairwoman two years ago. There was the way he’d misspelled the congresswoman’s last name and styled the street address — just up the block from my son’s old preschool — incorrectly, as “Saw Grass Parkway.” Some rando looking the place up on a map would’ve gotten those right. Only an irate local could mangle them just so. That Cesar Sayoc also turned out to be an itinerant DJ, working trendy Miami clubs and Palm Beach strip joints while … [Read more...] about The Unbearable Floridaness Of ‘MAGA Bomber’ Cesar Sayoc

Home Daily News Florida nonprofit legal clinic hires Puerto… Hurricane Maria By Gerardo Alvarez Posted March 8, 2018, 9:51 am CST The Puerto Rican Bar Association of Florida has opened a nonprofit legal clinic focused on providing legal services to Puerto Ricans who have settled in Florida after fleeing Hurricane Maria—and the clinic is employing displaced Puerto Rican attorneys. The clinic’s two offices—in Orlando and Miami—opened last month. “I knew people were going to start collecting supplies like water to send to Puerto Rico,” said Anthony Suarez, who was president of the Puerto Rican Bar Association of Florida when the island endured one of its worst hurricane seasons in recent memory. “But I wanted to do something different.” The Puerto Rican Bar Association first became involved with hurricane relief efforts with its Student Temporary Assistance and Relocation Program a couple of weeks after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto … [Read more...] about Florida nonprofit legal clinic hires Puerto Rican attorneys displaced by Hurricane Maria

U.S. Edition EditionsAustralia EditionChina EditionIndia EditionSingapore EditionUnited KingdomUnited States Apr 05, 12:43 PM EDT Subscribe BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureMillennial MoneyOpinionSportsLuxury National By Alex Perry On 04/02/18 AT 4:19 PM In “Jaws,” Brody, Quint and Hooper realized they needed a bigger boat when they caught a glimpse of the massive shark. On Saturday, a Florida man needed a bigger cooler to store a dead shark he was not supposed to have, the Miami Herald reported.The fish in the small cooler? No problem. The shark in the big cooler? Problem.https://t.co/5rOgn06izZ pic.twitter.com/moxiZvPr46— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) April 1, 2018Jose Medina of Miami was in the Florida Keys over the weekend when he was stopped by Monroe County Deputy Nelson Sanchez in Islamadora, Florida. Sanchez inquired about the fishing rods he noticed in Medina’s truck, to which Medina replied that he and his friend had been … [Read more...] about Florida Man Pulled Over, Found With Illegally Harvested Shark In Cooler