“[Saturday] was very slow and crowds on the beach have been like on normal weekends.
Those who braved the on-and-off rain on Sunday had to run for shelter shortly after 4 p.m. when a summer storm moved in.
People left in large numbers as lightning streaked across dark, looming clouds.
In the parking lot of Sun Splash Park at 611 S. Atlantic Ave, families grabbed their children as large raindrops fell and strong wind gusts blew sand and dust all over. I only had two hours on the beach, but we had fun, said Juan Ortiz, who drove from Savannah, Georgia, to spend time on the beach with his family. We had a beautiful day, but we are leaving because the storm is coming.
DAYTONA BEACH The increased push by retailers to provide online shoppers with same- or next-day delivery is creating a need for more distribution centers within a short drive to large numbers of customers.
That could transform Volusia County into a major distribution hub in the coming years, predicts commercial real estate broker David Murphy, an executive vice president with CBRE, a commercial real estate services and investment firm in Orlando. They re coming, Murphy told a recent gathering of the Volusia County Association for Responsible Development, also known as VCARD.
Noting that Volusia County is at the intersection of Interstate 4 and Interstate 95 within an hour s drive of 2.7 million residents, Murphy forecast that the Daytona Beach area will become like Lakeland within the next few years. Today, the Lakeland area is home to more than 30 distribution centers, including three Amazon facilities, as well as fulfillment centers for Publix, Walmart, Home Depot, L
Drivers find fowl conditions after pigeons released on I-95 orlandosentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orlandosentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Daytona Beach, FL – When the Volusia Sheriff’s Office (VSO) started receiving calls last night (June 29) around 11 p.m. they had to turn to Volusia County Animal Services (VCAS) to assist on the call. The callers reported 500 white doves blinding drivers on I-95 near the International Speedway Boulevard exits in Daytona Beach. The group effort got bigger when the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) also reported to the scene. Investigators say that it’s likely that a crate carrying upwards of 100 homing pigeons fell off a truck, bursting open on the road. VCAS says because birds roost at night, the pigeons stayed on the road, until bright lights from vehicles startled the birds, causing them to fly into the air and create a hazard for drivers. The exit was shut down for almost three hours to keep drivers, rescuers, and pigeons safe. Seventy-three pigeons are being housed at VCAS. Volusia County Ani
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