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. . After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017 a large population of Puerto Ricans began moving to Florida to escape the widespread destruction Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans arrived in Florida after Maria dissipated with nearly half of them arriving in Orlando and large populations also moving to Tampa Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. See also: Operation Peter Pan and Freedom Flights Further information: Elections in Florida Politics of Florida Political party strength in Florida and United States presidential elections in Florida.

. . 5.5 Industry The bay is divided from the Atlantic Ocean by the many barrier isles along the coast one of which is where well-known Miami Beach is located home to South Beach and the Art Deco district the Florida Keys which are also barrier islands are only accessible through Miami-Dade County but which are otherwise part of neighboring Monroe County Miami is seventy miles from West Palm Beach and thirty miles from Fort Lauderdale, The Heat and the Marlins play within Miami's city limits at the American Airlines Arena in Downtown and Marlins Park in Little Havana respectively Marlins Park is built on the site of the old Miami Orange Bowl stadium. . SR 112 (Airport Expressway): Interstate 95 to MIA Concourse C Temple Israel of Greater Miami. As a result of climate change there have been small numbers of several new species normally native to cooler areas to the north: snowy owls snow buntings harlequin ducks and razorbills These have been seen in the northern part of the state. Limestone and aquifers 4 Safety Valve, 5 Culture and contemporary life, The metropolitan areas of Miami Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach are located on a rise in elevation along the eastern coast of Florida called the Eastern Coastal Ridge that was formed as waves compressed ooids into a single formation Along the western border of the Big Cypress Swamp is the Immokolee Ridge (or Immokolee Rise) a slight rise of compressed sand that divides the runoff between the Caloosahatchee River and the Big Cypress This slight rise in elevation on both sides of the Everglades creates a basin and forces water that overflows Lake Okeechobee to creep toward the southwest Under both the Miami Limestone formation and the Fort Thompson limestone lies the Biscayne Aquifer a surface aquifer that serves as the Miami metropolitan area's fresh water source Rainfall and stored water in the Everglades replenish the Biscayne Aquifer directly.