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  Most Miami Beach Residents Want Underground Power Lines to Protect From Storms

  March 22 at 4:50 p.m.

  After sub-hurricane-force winds blew out vast swaths of South Florida's electrical grid for days when Hurricane Irma hit last September, residents began asking what seemed like an obvious question: Why hasn't Florida Power & Light, the state-regulated electricity monopoly, buried more power lines underground to protect them from tropical storms?

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  Miami-Dade Might Bar Employers From Retaliating Against Evacuated Employees

  February 15 at 8:30 a.m.

  As Hurricane Irma barreled toward Florida last summer, some workers faced an impossible decision: follow evacuation orders and risk being fired, or stay in the path of what officials were calling a storm of catastrophic, never-before-seen proportions.

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  Melting Glaciers Will Drown Miami in Two-Foot Ocean Rise by 2100, New Study Warns

  February 14 at 8 a.m.

  The president of the United States this week proposed drowning wide swaths of the American landscape, and it barely made front-page news. The White House's 2019 budget request proposes cutting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's climate-research initiatives by 37 percent — from $158 million in 2017 to only $93 million in 2019.

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  Where to Get Hot Toddies in Miami to Stay Warm

  January 5 at 9:24 a.m.

  If you forgot your gloves at home or simply don't own a pair, fret not — you'll want to hold these drinks with both hands.

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  South Beach Shivers in the First Cold Blast of 2018

  January 5 at 9:20 a.m.

  On Lincoln Road and Ocean Drive, locals and tourists alike crowded near space heaters and bundled up to stay warm in this week's unseasonably cold weather. 'Tis the (only) season for Uggs.
  

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  It's So Cold There's a Damn Frost Advisory in Miami-Dade Tonight

  January 4 at 2:12 p.m.

  Miamians take pride in being able to shrug off levels of summer heat that border on nuclear radiation. We regularly debate which windshield sun-shades work best to keep our cars from baking while parked outdoors in July. It's not uncommon to see people jogging in 90-plus degree heat as if...