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Training mannequin on a gurney being wheeled through a facility during an emergency drill.

Sheriff's tactical team ran school attack drill as students returned

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Priority Response Team conducted a Mass Casualty Attack training exercise on Aug. 12, the night before more than 217,000 students returned to Miami-Dade classrooms, testing communication protocols with Schools Police and other partners.

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Invest 92L hits 80% development odds as Cristobal forms

Tropical Storm Cristobal formed Wednesday as the 2026 season's third named storm but poses no U.S. threat, while Invest 92L now carries an 80% development chance and could approach the Caribbean by the weekend, prompting forecasters to urge South Florida residents to stay prepared as peak season nears.

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Training mannequin on a gurney being wheeled through a facility during an emergency drill.

Sheriff's tactical team ran school attack drill as students returned

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Priority Response Team conducted a Mass Casualty Attack training exercise on Aug. 12, the night before more than 217,000 students returned to Miami-Dade classrooms, testing communication protocols with Schools Police and other partners.

Training mannequin on a gurney being wheeled through a facility during an emergency drill.

Sheriff's tactical team ran school attack drill as students returned

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Priority Response Team conducted a Mass Casualty Attack training exercise on Aug. 12, the night before more than 217,000 students returned to Miami-Dade classrooms, testing communication protocols with Schools Police and other partners.

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Quiet Atlantic gives Palmetto Bay residents time to prep before peak hurricane season

WPLG meteorologist Michael Lowry says record-high wind shear, the coolest Atlantic water in four years, and an El Niño-driven atmospheric pattern should keep the first two weeks of August quiet for South Florida, though forecasters will watch the southwestern Atlantic and eastern Gulf starting August 5.

Satellite image of a tropical storm's swirling cloud bands over the Gulf of Mexico.

Four MDFR firefighters earn Phoenix Award for cardiac arrest save

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue honored four firefighters with its Phoenix Award on July 23 for successfully resuscitating a cardiac arrest patient, highlighting the life-saving work of the same department that staffs stations in Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay.

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