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Sebastian Council votes to use $3.16M grant to buy waterfront lands

SEBASTIAN -- The Sebastian City Council unanimously approved changing a grant for the purchase of Hurricane Harbor and ...

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HURRICANE: Fred is dead, Atlantic clear at height of season

Staff ReportTROPICS -- The remnants of Tropical Storm Fred are just a disorganized low now. Other than a ...

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HURRICANE: Fred weakens to tropical storm overnight

By Nathan McCollumnHurricane Fred reached Category III status Thursday with winds up to 120mph. However, weakening on Friday ...

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HURRICANE: Fred becomes a hurricane

By Nathan McCollumTROPICS -- What was Tropical Storm Fred is now Hurricane Fred as the lack of any ...

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Hurricane Frances five years later, still recovering, remembering

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- For anyone who lived in Indian River County in the late summer of 2004, ...

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HURRICANE: Five-year retrospective, 2004 season summary

The following document was taken directly from and is available on the Indian River County Emergency Services website ...

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HURRICANE: Send us your Frances and Jeanne pictures, stories

By Lisa ZahnerINDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- When Hurricane Frances stalled over Indian River County and battered the area ...

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Tropical low on verge of becoming depression

By Lisa Zahner | Last updated 1 p.m.TROPICS -- The tropical low which meteorologists have been watching the ...

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Hurricane Bill’s waves draw skim boarders to Jaycee Park

VERO BEACH -- The waves smacking the beach at Jaycee Park in Vero Beach Saturday afternoon might not ...

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HURRICANE: Bill clear of U.S., nothing else in the Atlantic tropics

By Lisa Zahner | Last updated at 8:45 a.m. SundayTROPICS -- As of the 8 a.m. advisory, all ...

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HURRICANE: Bill turns north, new wave off Africa dissipates

By Lisa Zahner | Last updated at 2:15 p.m. SaturdayTROPICS -- At last, Hurricane Bill has made the ...

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HURRICANE: Bill weaker this morning, even with Vero Beach

By Lisa Zahner | Last Updated at 8:25 a.m.TROPICS -- Hurricane Bill weakened 10 mph since Thursday night ...