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Tropical Storm Fiona forms with 50 mph winds

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fiona, the hurricane season’s sixth named storm, formed Wednesday night east of the Leeward Islands, the National Hurricane Center said.

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 15, 2022

Tropical depression likely to form as a system pushes toward the Caribbean, hurricane center says

ORLANDO, Fla. — The next tropical depression of the season is likely to form this week as a low-pressure area pushes west Wednesday morning toward the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. update.

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 14, 2022

Odds increase for tropical wave’s development into the next storm, hurricane center says

ORLANDO, Fla. — The odds of the next tropical storm emerging this week keep going up as the National Hurricane Center monitors two tropical waves in the east Atlantic.

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 13, 2022

‘American Dream and Other Fairy Tales’ from Abigail Disney exposes realities of wage inequality

ORLANDO, Fla. — “If your CEO salary is 700, 600, 500 times your median worker’s pay, there is nobody on Earth ... Jesus Christ himself isn’t worth 500 times his median worker’s pay.”

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 12, 2022

Editorial: Sunshine will heal the damage of ‘Basquiat fiasco’

Start with the paintings, which vibrated with an energy that seemed to radiate outside their own dimensions: Bold primary colors slashed across scavenged cardboard; stark black buildings floating in columns of yellow light; human figures with clenched teeth and waving arms, crowned with slashing white lines or boxlike hats.

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 12, 2022

How Orlando guardian’s scandal shaped new oversight process for DNRs

ORLANDO, Fla. — When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill in 2020 requiring guardians to seek a judge’s approval before signing “do not resuscitate” orders on behalf of incapacitated clients, the new law did not give much guidance on how to make those life-and-death decisions, Circuit Judge Margaret Hudson…

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 12, 2022

SpaceX nails 1 launch this weekend, pushes 2nd to Tuesday

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX doesn’t take the weekend off, at least on the Space Coast with a Starlink launch on Saturday and one pushed from Sunday now to Tuesday.

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 11, 2022

Distant Hurricane Earl hands Florida rough surf as new system is tracked

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Earl is nearing its last stages as a tropical system, but strong swells are a threat to Florida’s East Coast.

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 10, 2022

SpaceX lines up 2 launches from Space Coast this weekend

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX doesn’t take the weekend off, at least on the Space Coast with Starlink launches on tap for both Saturday and Sunday night.

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 9, 2022

In Florida's Lake County, farmland vanishes as houses, industry move in

MOUNT DORA, Florida — Raquel Martin knows first-hand the development pressures farmers face in Lake County. As vice president of Liner Source, an ornamental nursery with about 200 acres, she says some of the offers she’s received for her land have been “insane.”

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 9, 2022