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Rafael Becomes Hurricane With 115 MPH Winds: Future Path Has Pair Of Possibilities Rafael Becomes Hurricane With 115 MPH Winds: Future Path Has Pair Of Possibilities
Rafael Becomes Hurricane With 115 MPH Winds: Future Path Has Pair Of Possibilities Tropical Storm Rafael has now become a hurricane, with its projected path now uncertain. It made landfall in western Cuba as a major Category 3 storm in Cuba late Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 6, with life-threatening storm surge, damaging hurricane-force winds, and destructive waves reported, along with 115 mph winds. Tropical storm conditions are then possible in the Florida Keys late in the day Wednesday and Wednesday night, the National Hurricane Center said. It could then extend to areas of the southeast US toward the end of the week, on Thursday, Nov. 7, and Friday, Nov. 8. Ano…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
10-Foot Great White Shark Spotted Off Mass. Coast 10-Foot Great White Shark Spotted Off Mass. Coast
10-Foot Great White Shark Spotted Off Mass. Coast Like a Massachusett's "snowbird" heading South after too many Northeastern winters in reverse, a great white shark recently traveled from Florida to cooler waters in Cape Cod Bay. OCEARCH, the nonprofit that tracks several turtles' and sharks' migrations with GPS, reported that Miss May, a 10-foot, 846-pound great white, was last pinged off the Massachusetts coast south of Provincetown on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Miss May was first reported off the Florida coast in 2019. She made her way to the Florida Keys before turning north. She's not the only one enjoying the waters off the Bay State coas…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
South Shore Man, 61, Dies While Snorkeling In Florida Keys: Sheriff's Office South Shore Man, 61, Dies While Snorkeling In Florida Keys: Sheriff's Office
South Shore Man, 61, Dies While Snorkeling In Florida Keys: Sheriff's Office A 61-year-old man from the South Shore has died following a snorkeling incident in the Florida Keys this weekend, authorities said. Patrick Alan Martinec, of North Weymouth, was snorkeling on Alligator Reef off Islamorada when he started signaling for help around 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office reports. A 61-year-old North Weymouth, Massachusetts man died following a snorkeling incident Saturday on Alligator Reef off... Posted by MCSO - Florida Keys on Sunday, March 5, 2023 Martinec was brought ashore and to a local hospital where he was later pronoun…

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by David Cifarelli