Sources: BBC
A boat smuggling immigrants capsized off St. Lucie Inlet in Florida. Four people are rescued by the United States Coast Guard while five others are killed. 2025-04-11
NASA's PACE mission is launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, to study Earth's ocean and atmosphere. 2024-02-8
Three people are killed in a racially motivated shooting at a store in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The perpetrator, who killed himself after the attack, released a manifesto against black people. 2023-08-26
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces that, on July 1, the state will suspend all local COVID-19 emergency measures. 2021-05-3
Florida surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third U.S. state to do so after California and Texas. 2021-03-20
Florida surpasses 300 cases of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-02-10
Hurricane warnings are issued to multiple locations in Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Sally approaches from the Gulf of Mexico with sustained winds of 50 mph. Flood watches are still in effect in Florida's west coast, including Tampa. 2020-09-13
Hurricane Isaias is expected to head towards Florida, prompting the state to close their COVID-19 test sites. The hurricane has made landfall in Puerto Rico, causing landslides, flooding, and power outages. 2020-07-30
SpaceX launched the first working Dragon spacecraft on a test flight at 10:43am EST (15:43 UTC) from Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 2010-12-8