Weather Alerts and Community Response in Pinellas County Amid Hurricane Season
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Help is now available for Pinellas County residents impacted by Hurricane Debby. As we head into the second half of hurricane season, Pinellas County officials hope releasing 911 calls from Hurricane Idalia will increase awareness of the flooding dangers posed by storms. The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing 70-year-old boater who was planning to sail toward Indian Rocks Beach. A jury in federal court handed down a mixed verdict in the case that alleges four members of the Uhuru group, that has a base in St. Petersburg, conspired with Russians to interfere in American politics.
At Bay Pines National Cemetery, several volunteers cleaned veterans' headstones as part of the non-profit, “Carry the Loads'” national day of service and remembrance on September 11. A memorial service was held in honor of 9/11 at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens in Palm Harbor on Wednesday morning, marking 23 years since terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans. A mother and daughter were rescued from a house fire in St. Pete early Wednesday morning after they found themselves trapped in the backyard. City leaders said the rush hour rainfall last week was record-breaking.
The water system in St. Pete is only designed to handle 7. 5 inches of rain in 24 hours, not the four to five inches that fell in some parts of the city in just an hour on that Wednesday.