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What you need to know about Florida today
› UF's International Shark Attack File: Unprovoked bites down in 2022
The number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide decreased last year, tying with 2020 for the fewest number of reported incidents in the last 10 years. According to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File, there were a total of 57 unprovoked bites in 2022, most of which occurred in the United States and Australia. Of these, five attacks were fatal, down from nine deaths in 2021, and 10 the year prior. Since 2013, there has been an average of 74 unprovoked bites per year.
› By the numbers: Which airlines carried the most passengers at JIA in 2022?
Air travel on the First Coast soared again last year, with total passengers at Jacksonville International Airport rising 30.3% from the year before, new data from the Jacksonville Aviation Authority shows. The 6,574,902 head-count logged in 2022 was still short of passenger numbers from before the pandemic, when people flying in and out of Jacksonville topped seven million per year.
› Environmental groups sue National Park Service over Miami waterpark
Four conservation groups sued last week in federal court charging the National Park Service with failing to protect plants and wildlife threatened by a planned 27.5-acre water park, Miami Wilds, and retail development adjacent to Zoo Miami. The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of Florida by the Center for Biological Diversity, Bat Conservation International, Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association, and Tropical Audubon Society.
› These St. Petersburg murals will come alive with virtual performances
St. Petersburg is already rich with murals, and now a selection of them are embedded with virtual performances in music, drama, poetry, song, dance and meditation by local artists. Presented by the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, the project called Murals in Mind launched today. Twelve Shine festival murals were selected to activate with virtual performance videos.
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