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  2. Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Sustained hurricane-force winds and gusts up to 101 mph (163 km/h) lashed West Palm Beach. In downtown West Palm Beach, a large construction crane fell and broke water and gas lines, causing water and gas to spew into the streets. The Comeau Building, which survived the 1928 hurricane, lost some windows and a section of its roof.

  3. Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center - Wikipedia

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    The main AUTEC support base and downrange tracking stations are on Andros Island in the Bahamas, just west of Nassau and about 180 nautical miles (333 km) southeast of West Palm Beach, Florida. On January 23, 2020, the corporation PAE Applied Technologies received roughly $32.9 million for six more months of facility and range maintenance and ...

  4. Florida East Coast Railway - Wikipedia

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    : 68 By March 22 of the same year, the railroad system reached what is today known as West Palm Beach. Flagler constructed the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach overlooking the Lake Worth Lagoon. He also built the Breakers Hotel on the ocean side of Palm Beach, and Whitehall, his private 55-room, 60,000 square foot (5,600 m 2) winter home.

  5. Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Wikipedia

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    Per the department's the Office of Inspector General annual report from fiscal year 2011–2012, the DEP had more than 4,176 employees. Florida Governor Rick Scott recommended to decrease DEP's FY 2015-16 budget by about $29 million to $1,535,984,614 compared to actual (not the Governor recommended) FY 2014-15 budget.

  6. Brightline West - Wikipedia

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    Brightline West is a privately run high-speed rail route, currently under construction, to link the Las Vegas Valley and Rancho Cucamonga in the Greater Los Angeles area through the California high desert. The line will connect with existing rail at Rancho Cucamonga station of Metrolink 's San Bernardino Line, a commuter rail line in Southern ...

  7. Brightline - Wikipedia

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    The West Palm Beach station is located between Datura and Evernia Streets and to the west of Quadrille. The two-acre station site has a 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m 2 ) station and platform that connect with the neighborhood's existing vehicular, trolley and pedestrian networks and establish links to the Tri-Rail, Palm Tran Downtown Trolley and Amtrak ...

  8. West Palm Beach, Florida - Wikipedia

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    It is the largest city in Palm Beach County, and at the time of the 2020 census, its population was 117,415. [8] West Palm Beach is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020. [12] It is the oldest incorporated municipality in the South Florida area, incorporated as a city two years before ...

  9. History of West Palm Beach, Florida - Wikipedia

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    The history of West Palm Beach, Florida, began more than 5,000 years ago with the arrival of the first aboriginal natives. Native American tribes such as the Jaegas inhabited the area. Though control of Florida changed among Spain, England, the United States, and the Confederate States of America, the area remained largely undeveloped until the ...