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Miami Heat Wave 'Completely Off the Charts'
There’s still a week left in the month, and already it’s the hottest May ever recorded in Miami as gauged by the heat index—leaving residents fearing the intense heat that surely awaits in summer. Late last week, the city’s National Weather Service issued a heat advisory, the first for the month of May in at least 15 years, per Fox Weather. In the five days leading up to Monday, “four new high daily average temperature records and record-high humidity levels” were set, per the Miami Herald. “It’s completely crazy, what just happened,” Brian McNoldy, a senior research scientist at the University of Miami, tells the New York Times, referring to weekend heat index values of 112 degrees. That’s “a stunning six degrees hotter than any previous May heat index recorded,” per the Herald.
“Stepping outdoors felt like walking into a broiler, even well into the night,” per the Times. Sunday’s high temperature, not taking into account humidity, was 96 degrees, a record for the day. Nighttime temperatures were hardly better, averaging 89 degrees to tie for the third-highest daily nighttime average temperature ever recorded. In a post on X, McNoldy noted Miami’s heat index—which combines temperature and humidity—has already spent more time above 108 degrees than in “any other entire year” except for 2023. “These temperatures in May are completely off the charts,” he tells the Herald. Such heat and humidity “would’ve been exceptional even in another three months.”
As warming air under a high-pressure ridge met moist air from the southwest, the heat index in Key West hit 115 degrees on May 15, beating the previous record for the day by 17 degrees. The Herald notes such “early-season heat events have some of the highest rates of heat illness and heat-related deaths because people are not prepared for it.” With rainfall in the forecast, relief is coming in the short term. As for the long term, “who knows,” McNoldy tells the Herald. (Gov. Ron DeSantis last week signed legislation stating Florida doesn’t have to consider climate change when creating policy, receiving pushback from a meteorologist.)
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 12-year-old girl was shot in the arm after gunfire erupted in a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they responded just before 1 a.m. to the area of Northwest 64th Street and Northwest 21st Avenue in the county’s Gladeview area, where they found three vehicles struck by gunfire, including a silver Hyundai.
“The car was parked outside of the residence. It was occupied by three juveniles, so it was the girl and her two siblings that were in the vehicle. The mom was outside of the vehicle at the time, so this could have been a very different outcome,” MDSO Detective Samantha Choon said.
Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported the girl to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
A family member of the victim told Local 10’s Jackie Pascale that the girl is now home and doing OK.
They said neither her siblings nor their mother was injured in the shooting.
According to investigators, no arrests have been made, and detectives have not released any suspect information at this time.
Neighbor Marie Grimes said she was shaken after hearing multiple gunshots.
“I heard the booms — boom, boom, boom, boom — and I said, ‘Oh my God, what’s happening?’” she said. “Maybe five or six, ’cause look at that right there. I’m just glad the little girl is OK.”
Investigators asked neighbors to check their surveillance or Ring camera footage from around 1 a.m. and contact authorities with any information.
Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Anonymous tips are accepted.
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Three people were hurt after a building caught fire on Lincoln Road on Sunday, according to authorities.
The Miami Beach Fire Department said it was working a fire near 230 Lincoln Road.
The flames had spread from a fire in a manhole that “ignited an FPL vault of an adjacent building,” officials said.
Three people were taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center with minor injuries.
The building was evacuated, and FPL has shut off power to the surrounding area, the fire department said.
Drivers were asked to avoid the area of Collins Avenue between 16th and 17th streets while crews worked the scene.
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