Tag Archives: Miami

Tropical Storm Eta hits South Florida

Fort Lauderdale, Florida – The tropical storm was hitting the South Florida and Florida Keys early Monday with strong winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said. Many areas were flooded, beaches and coronavirus testing sites were closed, public transport was shut down and some were evacuated. Eta hit …

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‘No! It’s not a holiday season ‘

MIAMI – Less than 10% of people tested in Miami-Dade County have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last three days, authorities said. Although it is a hopeful sign, the rate is even higher than it was in May. Dr Lillian Abbo, a specialist in infectious diseases with the …

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I have never seen so many dead in my life

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Their last breath is pain. Rublas Ruiz has seen too many of them – the last hostage of 17 men and women who died from the coronavirus. A 41-year-old ICU nurse at Miami’s Kendall Regional Medical Center, Ruiz has witnessed the desperate, pleading, wide-eyed, barely …

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