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Florida counties with tropical climates include Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Lee, Collier, and Monroe counties. A narrow eastern part of the state including Orlando and Jacksonville receives between 2,400 and 2,800 hours of sunshine annually. The rest of the state, including Miami, receives between 2,800 and 3,200 hours annually. [45]
Sustained tropical storm-force winds were observed in coastal areas of Palm Beach County. [46] [47] Winds across interior Broward reached 40 miles per hour (64 km/h). [48] Storefront awnings were blown down in parts of downtown West Palm Beach, [46] and U.S. Route 1 was blocked by a downed tree in Jupiter. [49]
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), [21] is a country in South Asia.It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country from June 2023 [22] [23] and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
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In 1900, land developer George Currie plotted a strip of land in the north end of West Palm Beach to provide homes for African Americans forced to leave their living quarters in the "Styx" on South County Road on Palm Beach Island. [1] He called the area Pleasant City, gave the streets pleasant-sounding names, and sold the 100 x 50 lots for ...
After the 1928 hurricane, the bodies buried at that location became mostly forgotten by the public. The city of West Palm Beach sold the land and it changed ownership several times into the 1980s. Beginning in 1991, a movement to convince the city of West Palm Beach to repurchase the property began, which succeeded in December 2000.
Low sales in the property were attributed to a poor location, in West Palm Beach rather than Palm Beach. [14] [25] [29] Pricing for the units was also considered too high. [26] The auctioning of 45 units occurred on December 16, 1990. [14]
In Delray Beach, 50% of the trees were said to have been prostrated, while the city of West Palm Beach—about 35 mi (56 km) north of the center —estimated that 30,000 of the 300,000 municipal trees in the city were ruined, in most cases having been snapped or twisted rather than uprooted.