Fallen power line kills Spring Hill girl, 17, as storm plows through Tampa Bay area
The power line set fire to the girlâs car, troopers said, and she stepped on it as she tried to escape through the passenger door.
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An unidentified patron walks from Rum Runners at the Key West Center Sunday in Palm Harbor. Strong winds ripped a portion of the roof off and downed power lines in the area Sunday. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]
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A 17-year-old Spring Hill girl was electrocuted during Sundayâs violent thunderstorms as she tried to escape from her burning car after colliding with a fallen power line, troopers said.
National Weather Service confirms tornado near IMG Golf Course Saturday
Several homes damaged as the tornado spun winds of 95 MPH House Damage (Source: Manatee County Government) By ABC7 Staff | April 11, 2021 at 1:33 PM EDT - Updated April 12 at 1:14 PM
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Several houses in Bradenton were severely damaged by a tornado Saturday, the National Weather Service confirmed Monday afternoon.
The National Weather Service says Saturday’s storms did produce an EF-1 tornado. This tornado traveled just over half a mile through the IMG Golf Course and the surrounding neighborhoods. NWS estimates the wind to have peaked at 95 MPH and the estimated width is about 50 yards. The tornado touched down around 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 10.
Residents near Piney Point turn attention to environmental concerns
Kimberly Kuizon reports
PALMETTO, Fla. - The threat of a large-scale breach of contaminated water is over at the old Piney Point phosphate plant but concerns remain over water leaking from the holding ponds and the proposed solutions to fix short and long-term problems.
Wednesday night, a dive team and an underwater submersible went inside the pond, hoping to find a way to plug the leaks. But the team is only able to work on one of the several ponds at Piney Point.
In the long-term, Manatee County wants to get rid of all that water. Tuesday, commissioners approved a deep well injection site that will be fast-tracked through the DEP.
Engineers find no evidence of second breach in Florida wastewater pond that threatens to break
Officials said Monday there is no second breach in a Florida wastewater reservoir containment wall that is in danger of collapsing, according to the state’s Department of Environmental Protection.
Earlier Monday, an infrared drone detected a possible second breach in the containment wall of the Piney Point wastewater pond, officials said creating what the governor has called a “real catastrophic flood situation.”
But the Florida DEP said in an afternoon update the technical working group that includes engineers and dam safety specialists from a host of different state, federal and other third-party groups determined the site was safe for continued work.