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  Pet shelters

  In case of a hurricane, pet-friendly storm shelters

  Leaving home for a storm shelter used to mean extra hassle and worry for pet owners, but both Miami-Dade and Broward counties offer shelters that welcome pets as well as people.
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  Trees

  Plant thoughtfully, prune well before storm

  Designing a completely hurricane-proof yard is impossible, but the decisions you make before and after you plant can help your yard survive the fiercest of storms.

• Hurricane season

  Gulf disturbance more organized

  The weather system is likely to produce some rain and occasional downpours in South Florida but the Gulf Coast will feel more of the impact.

• Hurricane season

  System likely to soak Florida

  A broad mass of storms could become season’s first tropical storm but it’s going to be a rainy week even if it doesn’t
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  Florida braces for another active hurricane season

  Though the state has escaped a direct strike over the last seven years, last year still showed how damaging storms and close calls can be. And 2013 is expected to bring another active season.
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  Top Ten Gadgets

  Gadgets galore to keep you high, dry and fed after the storm

  High school friends, “a couple Jewish boys from Davie” are in the business of selling survival.
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  Preparing your house for the storm

  As a structural engineer whose expertise is fortifying buildings against severe wind events, Timothy Reinhold has traveled the country examining the wreckage incurred by powerful hurricanes, from the wide swaths carved in 1992 by Andrew to the strips of aluminum siding left dangling in trees like Christmas tinsel after Charley in 2004.

• INSURANCE

  Sweet deal for state taxpayers or Scott donor giveaway?

  Critics see political donations and heavy lobbying by Heritage Property and Casualty as evidence that Citizens Property and Gov. Rick Scott are tapping the insurer’s $6.4 billion surplus for special giveaways to politically-connected companies.

• HURRICANES

  Forecasters: Thirteen to 20 storms expected in Atlantic this season

  Hurricane season officially begins June 1, with forecasters predicting an extremely active” hurricane season.
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  Hurricane season

  Surge, budgets focus of hurricane conference

  At an annual hurricane conference, Gov. Rick Scott and emergency managers discussed the risks of storm surge and worries about federal budget cuts.

• Hurricane season

  Miami-Dade expands hurricane evacuation zones

  Miami-Dade has dramatically expanded hurricane evacuation zones to cover nearly three-quarters of the county’s population.

• 2013 LEGISLATURE

  Citizens Insurance overhaul bill delayed — again

  The 100-page bill seeks to shrink the level of risk carried by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. by raising its rates and forcing its policyholders into the private market.
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  GAY SOUTH FLORIDA

  Gay disaster victims the subject of new HRC awareness campaign for emergency workers

  Gay-rights advocates have crafted a primer for emergency workers about how to care for LGBT disaster victims.
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  Damage from Isaac floods estimated at $72 million in Palm Beach County

  A tropical storm that never came close to Palm Beach County will cost nearly $72 million in total damages and cleanup costs, county emergency managers said.
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  ISAAC

  Tropical Storm Isaac leaves 62,000 without power in South Florida

  About 62,000 people in South Florida lacked electricity Monday as FPL battled a large storm that kept the hits coming to the region’s electrical grid.
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  TRAVEL

  Isaac causes travel disruptions in Florida, Gulf states

  After hundreds of weather-related flight cancellations throughout South Florida in recent days, travel is expected to be closer to the norm Tuesday.

• South Florida floods Twitter with Tropical Storm Isaac tweets

  [View the story "Keeping track of Tropical Storm Isaac" on Storify]
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  Cover story

  Weathering the storm: Hurricane preparation key for South Florida businesses

  Hurricane preparation has become an essential part of doing business in South Florida, as companies search for high — and low-tech — solutions.
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  A look back at Hurricane Andrew: "A stupendous desolation"

  This descriptive look into the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew was initially printed on the front page of the Miami Herald on Sept. 6, 1992. Reporter Michael Browning, who worked at the Miami Herald from 1978 to 1998, died in 2006.

• Hurricane Andrew: 20 years later

  Share your memories of South Florida‘s most devastating natural disaster in decades

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