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Rescued manatee flown from Texas to Florida on cargo plane
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. — An ailing manatee that was discovered and rehabilitated in Texas late final 12 months was flown to Florida on a cargo aircraft and launched right into a bay close to a wildlife refuge alongside the Gulf Coast this week.
The manatee named TexasTeeMiguel was launched Wednesday into Kings Bay in Crystal River, Florida. Late final week, TexasTeeMiguel flew on a DHL Categorical cargo aircraft in a customized, state-of-the-art container constructed particularly for manatees.
Within the container, the manatee rested on a foam mattress and was lined in wool and area blankets to take care of a wholesome physique temperature. TexasTeeMiguel was misted with water underneath its blankets all through the journey. TexasTeeMiguel weighed 1,240 kilos (562 kg), a achieve up greater than 400 kilos (181 kg) from when the manatee was rescued.
It was a 24-hour journey from San Antonio with stops in Austin and Cincinnati earlier than reaching Orlando, the place a crew from SeaWorld Orlando stored TexasTeeMiguel for remark to ensure the manatee had not been burdened by the journey.
TexasTeeMiguel was present in Galveston Bay close to Texas Metropolis, Texas final December affected by chilly stress, flipper injury and extreme weight reduction, accidents doubtless incurred from a ship strike. TexasTeeMiguel was tagged and will probably be tracked and monitored in the course of the subsequent 12 months.
Earlier this 12 months, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee officers mentioned there have been 92 rescued manatees being handled at rehabilitation facilities across the nation — most of them in Florida together with vital care amenities at SeaWorld in Orlando and the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.
An absence of seagrass forage throughout winter months has triggered an unprecedented die-off of manatees, together with a document of greater than 1,100 final 12 months. The FWC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in March accomplished an experimental program that fed manatees greater than 202,000 kilos (91,600 kilograms) of donated lettuce close to an influence plant the place the animals collect throughout colder months.
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Florida man drunkenly steals school bus, drives 4 hours to Miami: police
A Florida man allegedly stole a school bus while drunk and drove to Miami in a wild Saturday night outing, police said.
Land O’ Lakes resident Daniel Saez, 32, was charged with grand theft auto on Sunday, according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay.
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) told the outlet that the suspect stole the bus, which belonged to Hillsborough County Public Schools, near Tampa on Saturday night.
Saez then drove the vehicle to Miami, which is roughly 280 miles from Tampa. It’s about a four-hour drive.
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The suspect was stopped in Sarasota, the FHP said. He told authorities that he was on his way back to Tampa from Miami to return the stolen bus.
Sarasota is approximately 60 miles south of Tampa.
The suspect allegedly admitted to stealing the bus and was reportedly both drunk and high when the crime took place.
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After being arrested, Saez was placed in a county jail.
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Fox News Digital reached out to FHP for additional information but did not immediately hear back.
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South Florida’s scorching temps make for a weekend record-breaker. Here’s what’s ahead.
A record-breaking heat wave has most of South Florida wilting — and wondering when it will end.
There’s no major cooldown ahead just yet, but temperatures will drop a touch on Monday, said George Rizzuto, a meteorologist at the Miami office of the National Weather Service.
Monday’s heat index will hit around 100 degrees, down from Sunday’s “feels-like” temps of 105 to 110 degrees.
“It will still be hot, but not as oppressively hot as it has been this weekend,” Rizzuto said. “For Tuesday and Wednesday you can expect indices in the upper 90s.”
Next Saturday, the heat index will rise back up to 100 degrees, according to the forecast.
“Not too much of a break in the heat,” Rizzuto said.
Hot and humid conditions continued Sunday, with temperatures hitting to the low- to mid-90s and the peak heat index ranging from 105 to 110 degrees.
Both Broward and Miami-Dade counties were under a heat advisory until 6 p.m. Sunday.
The maximum heat index forecast for Sunday afternoon was 105 degrees in Fort Lauderdale; 106 degrees in West Palm Beach; and 109 degrees in Miami and Homestead.
The heat index is a measure of how hot it really feels when relative humidity is factored in with the actual air temperature.
“If you’re spending any time outside (Sunday), it is imperative that you are hydrating nearly constantly and take breaks from the direct sun,” the National Weather Service warned on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Saturday’s blistering heat was a record-breaker.
“West Palm Beach set a new record with a temp of 97,” Rizzuto said. “Their old record was 94, set in 1922. It beat it by 3 degrees. Fort Lauderdale tied their maximum temperature record of 96. That was set back in 2008.”
The region’s nightly lows did not drop much below 80 degrees Friday night into Saturday morning, Rizzuto said.
So now we have new records for minimum lows.
The new record low for West Palm Beach is now 80 degrees. That beat an old record of 78 degrees set back in 2003.
Fort Lauderdale set a new record low of 80 degrees. The previous record low was 77 degrees, set in 2015.
Miami set a new minimum low of 81 degrees. The old record of 79 degrees was set back in 1935.
Strong to severe storms were possible Sunday afternoon, according to meteorologists in Miami.
“Primary hazards will be large hail and damaging wind gusts but a tornado or two can’t be ruled out,” the National Weather Service’s Miami office said in its Sunday advisory.
Showers and thunderstorms might roll into Broward’s eastern metro areas late afternoon Sunday and into the evening, Rizzuto said.
But Palm Beach County’s eastern metro areas and Lake Okeechobee region are at a higher risk for thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening.
“I can’t rule out a strong cell for Miami-Dade County and its eastern metro areas,” Rizzuto said.
An isolated tornado might also be in the cards, he added.
“We can’t rule out hail either,” Rizzuto said. “The hail risk is more maximized toward northern Palm Beach County and the Lake Okeechobee area. We have a low pressure system pushing toward the east. That could allow raindrops to stay frozen in the upper atmosphere. But sometimes the hail melts before it gets to the ground.”
Susannah Bryan can be reached at sbryan@sunsentinel.com. Follow me on X @Susannah_Bryan
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