What’s open and closed in South Florida as Hurricane Dorian goes up the coast
With Hurricane Dorian bypassing South Florida, things are getting back to business.
Here is a list of what is open and closed for the next few days:
Schools
- Miami-Dade and Broward County schools will reopen Wednesday.
- Palm Beach County Schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Florida International University, the University of Miami and Miami Dade College will resume classes on Wednesday.
- Classes at St. Thomas University and Barry University won’t resume until Thursday.
Scheck Hillel Community School will resume classes on Wednesday.
For a complete list of school openings, click here.
Transportation
- Miami International Airport is open, but warns customers some flights are canceled and to arrive at least two hours early.
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is open.
- Palm Beach International Airport expects to resume service Wednesday but does not have a specific time
- Tri-Rail service will resume on Wednesday
- Brightline service will resume on Wednesday
- PortMiami and Port Everglades reopened Tuesday afternoon.
- Entertainment
- Kennedy Space Center is closed through Tuesday.
- Pérez Art Museum Miami will reopen on Thursday.
- The Phillip and Patricia Frost Science Museum will be closed Tuesday.
- The Miami Children’s Museum will open Tuesday with normal operating hours.
- The Museum of Discovery and Science and AutoNation IMAX Theater are open.
- Walt Disney World is closing its theme parks early on Tuesday, either at 2 or 3 p.m., depending on the park.
Everglades National Park will reopen park entrances and visitor facilities at 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Health
- The University of Miami Health System’s clinical sites will operate normally in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, but its sites in Palm Beach County will be closed. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Naples will be open.
- Kendall Regional Medical Center is open and operating normally.
- The Department of Health in Broward County will reopen on Wednesday
Government Services
▪ City of Hallandale Beach has suspended all city services, including trash pickup, until further notice.
▪ Miami Beach and Coral Gables will resume their normal operations on Tuesday.
▪ In the city of Miami, city trolleys will run as scheduled Tuesday as long as the wind remains below 35 mph. City parks will be open and garbage pickup will resume.
Trash and Bulk pickup in Miramar will resume on Wednesday, along with all regular city services.
▪ The U.S. Postal Service will temporarily suspend operations in South Florida ZIP Codes beginning with 334 and 349 on Tuesday. Customers from Pompano Beach south through Key West (ZIP Codes beginning with 330, 331, 332, and 333) will have normal service.
This story was originally published September 2, 2019 at 1:49 PM.