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‘Tripledemic’; Fla. roads a ‘danger zone'; Storms uncover history buried in sand

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 Archaeologists from St. Augustine's Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program team work on an 1800s shipwreck on Little Talbot Island.
Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program
Archaeologists from St. Augustine's Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program team work on an 1800s shipwreck on Little Talbot Island.

COVID-19 cases have ticked up across the U.S. since Thanksgiving, including in Florida, where the positivity rate is in the double digits again.

Flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) cases are adding to the mix in what’s been labeled a

Guests:

  • , Florida Politics reporter
  • , director of accreditation and infection prevention at UF Health Jacksonville

Highway to the danger zone

A new report says Florida is one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to keeping motorists safe on highways.

, saying the roads are a hazard due to a low number of laws on the books aimed at preventing traffic deaths.

Guests:

  • , tourism and transportation reporter for the Tampa Bay Times
  • Tara Gill, senior director of advocacy and state legislation for the

Hurricanes Ian and Nicole reveal shipwrecks on Florida beaches

When Hurricanes Ian and Nicole blew through Florida they didn’t just cause massive amounts of damage, they also uncovered a pair of archaeological sites.

on Little Talbot Island in Jacksonville, and in the sand in Daytona Beach. The finds are fascinating, but they tell just one side of this story. The symptoms of climate change – more intense hurricanes among them – across Florida.

Guests:

  • , public archaeologist for the Florida Public Archaeology Network
  • , director of the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum

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Brendan Rivers comes to WJCT News with years of experience reporting and hosting news for several stations in the Daytona Beach area.