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Getting Your Home Ready for Hurricane Season
Battening down the hatch takes on new meaning when you’re talking hurricane season in Florida especially after getting hit by Tropical Storm Beryl. That's why we're going straight to the expert for advice and news you can use to stay safe and minimize damage to your home. WOKV's Home Pro ...
Be sure to have your emergency kit ready
Hurricane season got off to an early start with Tropical Storm Beryl rolling through the city nearly a full week before the official start of hurricane season. The storm knocked out power to some 40,000 customers throughout the city -- some for upwards of two days. Hopefully, those people were ...
Hurricane Season: NE Florida's Most Vulnerable Areas
Whether you live on the coastline or deep inland, there are a number of areas at risk of extreme flooding and damage in Northeast Florida. While emergency management officials warn residents throughout the area to prepare for a storm, each county has its problem spots that become the focus of ...
Home-grown storms will be common in hurricane season
Tropical Storm Beryl brought down trees, damaged some property, and flooded streets. It may have even caught you off guard, developing on Memorial Day Weekend. Beryl and Tropical Storm Alberto provided an early start to the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season. WOKV's Chief Meteorologist, Accuweather Meteorologist Heather Zehr says the storms could prove to be ...
How are you preparing?
What are you doing to prepare for hurricane season? That’s the question I proposed to people walking around the St. Johns Town Center the morning of Tuesday, May 22. The most common answer I got was, “Nothing.” Most people didn’t seem to be taking it seriously at this point in ...
Mathews Bridge opens after storm damage
The Mathews Bridge is now open in both directions, but delays in removing the "road closed" signs confused motorists on Wednesday morning. A key connector between downtown Jacksonville and Arlington, the bridge was closed late on Sunday evening when winds from TS Beryl damaged a temporary construction deck that is above the roadway. The decking ...
Schools open, garbage collection, other city information
Governor Scott said the mayor and the city's emergency response teams worked well together in response to the storm that battered the First Coast. "The state needs to be ready to be able to help local communities like this and we were," said Governor Scott. "I talked to the mayor ...
List of closings and cancellations
The following is a list of closures and cancellations: Jacksonville, Fla., -- May 27, 2012 Effective immediately, JTA has suspended bus operations serving the Beaches. All inland bus routes will continue to operate normally, with the exception of stops scheduled for any area east of the Intracoastal Waterway. Beaches service ...
Cancellations, shelter information for Jacksonville residents
Mayor Alvin Brown has announced several updates on the City of Jacksonville’s preparations for Subtropical Storm Beryl. The city’s Emergency Operations Center remains at a Level 2 activation to monitor storm activity. As a public safety precaution, all activities for the Jacksonville Jazz festival on Sunday – with the exception ...
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