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Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in the U.S. state of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. Flooding is reported in the Tampa Bay area, including Tampa and other parts of Hillsborough County. Two deaths are reported with both being due to vehicle accidents.
2023-08-30

Smoke from the ongoing Canadian wildfires is reported to have entered the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Georgia, Vermont, South Carolina, Arkansas and even small parts of Florida and Mississippi.
2023-06-29

Protesters and Cuban exiles gather in Tampa, Florida to call for freedom and democracy in Cuba. In South Florida, protesters gather at the Cuban restaurant Cafe Versailles in Miami to hold a “liberty” rally.
2021-07-12

Florida becomes the first U.S. state to surpasses 1,000 cases of SARS-CoV-2 variants.
2021-03-21

Police in Florida link a fourth unsolved murder to an unknown serial killer targeting the Seminole Heights area of Tampa, Florida.
2017-11-14

Parents in Polk County in the U.S. state of Florida protest against their children having their irises scanned by authorities without permission by schools. The EyeSwipe-Nano program is temporarily suspended.
2013-05-30

NASA's Space Shuttle "Endeavour" successfully launches from the Kennedy Space Center in the U.S. state of Florida on its final mission. [http:--www.space.com-11677-nasa-shuttle-launch-endeavour-final-mission-sts-134-liftoff.html (Space.com)], [http:--www.ajc.com-news-nation-world-nasa-clears-space-shuttle-945979.html (AP via "Atlanta Journal-Constitution")]date=August 2019
2011-05-16

Bob Buckhorn is elected as the mayor of the US city of Tampa, Florida.
2011-03-22

The Mayor of Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, Carlos Alvarez, and County commissioner Natacha Seijas are defeated in recall elections. [http:--www.miamiherald.com-2011-03-15-v-fullstory-2115658-polls-open-for-recall-election.html ("Miami Herald")]date=August 2019
2011-03-15

5 male teenagers from Little Haiti, Miami, in the U.S. state of Florida are killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in a motel room after fumes from a car kept idling overnight vent up a staircase into their room.
2010-12-28