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Jacksonville's chief resilience officer, Anne Coglianese, works at her desk.
21 hours ago

#AskJAXTDY | Does the city’s resilience office have any power?

A Jacksonville Today reader asks whether the city’s Office of Resilience is purely advisory and is City Hall listening?…

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ZIP code 32202 is among the nation's hottest | screenshot from USPS.com
July 11, 2024

OPINION | Summer in the city: Hotter than a match head in Downtown Jax

Jacksonville’s Downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods are in the nations top 2% for heat.…

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Workers add seats to Fort Lauderdale's Chase Stadium in July 2023. | AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
July 11, 2024

#AskJAXTDY l Why prevent stronger local heat protections for workers?

A Jacksonville Today reader says she’s baffled why the governor and legislators want to put workers at risk.…

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Mayor Donna Deegan listens as Adm. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary of health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaks at the Main Library on Monday, June 24, 2024. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
June 24, 2024

Jacksonville adds cooling stations as summer heat grows

The city is expanding help for people who can’t cope with the extreme heat predicted this year and beyond.…

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June 5, 2024

Record heat returns to Florida, followed by big rain

With high humidity, temperatures will feel like 105 to 110 degrees.…

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May 30, 2024

OPINION | It’s half past tree time at the former Jacksonville Landing

Despite a Parks Department promise of 308 trees at the former Landing site, don’t hold your breath unless tower development…

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May 23, 2024

Just in time for a sweltering weekend: A heat risk forecast

The National Weather Service is launching a new heat risk forecast to warn people of potentially long durations of dangerous…

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May 9, 2024

Heat index could hit triple digits in Jacksonville

Temperatures this week could be the hottest of the year across the Sunshine State, hitting mid- to upper-90s in North…

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A worker takes a water break under the sun. The Florida Legislature earlier this year passed a law that restricts local governments from creating tougher heat protections for workers. | Jacksonville Today file photo
April 26, 2024

Weather Service debuts experimental ‘heat risk’ index

The Heat Risk Index identifies unusual heat for individual locations, matching data on heat illnesses with temperatures.…

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Members of WeCount, an organization of outdoor workers demanding workplace protections against extreme heat, chant before a news conference July 18, 2023, at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center in Miami. | Wilfredo Lee, AP
March 1, 2024

Florida may ban heat protections for workers

Pending legislation would block local governments from guaranteeing outdoor workers access to shade, clean water, rest breaks and even heat…

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August 16, 2023

OPINION | Resiliency begins with us 

Will we look back and say we did our best on an individual level to fight climate change?…