Hip hop In 2018 PortMiami became homeport for five more modern megaliners: Mariner of the Seas Allure of the Seas Symphony of the Seas Carnival Horizon and Norwegian Bliss, Bribery There are more than 40 buildings at the Miami Shores campus These contain technology laboratories and indoor and outdoor sporting facilities. The third-costliest natural disaster to occur in the United States was Hurricane Andrew which hit Miami in the early morning of Monday August 24 1992 it struck the southern part of the county from due east south of Miami and very near Homestead Kendall and Cutler Ridge (now the Town of Cutler Bay) Damages numbered over US$25 billion in the county alone and recovery has taken years in these areas where the destruction was greatest This was the costliest natural disaster in US history until Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf region in 2005.
U.S News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" (2015) ranks the undergraduate international business program 6th in the nation it 2015 it ranked the Chapman Graduate School of Business 15th in the nation for an International MBA FIU is also the only university in Florida to be ranked in the top 15 for undergraduate international business. ! About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km) not including the contribution of the many barrier islands Florida has a total of 4,510 islands that are ten acres or larger in area This is the second-highest number of islands of any state of the United States; only Alaska has more It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Much of the state is at or near sea level and is characterized by sedimentary soil Florida has the lowest high point of any U.S state the climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south the American alligator American crocodile American flamingo Roseate spoonbill Florida panther bottlenose dolphin and manatee can be found in Everglades National Park in the southern part of the state Along with Hawaii Florida is one of only two states that has a tropical climate and is the only continental state with either a tropical climate or a coral reef the Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States and the third-largest coral barrier reef system in the world (after the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef). Miami FC became the first professional soccer team based in the city to win a national soccer title after winning the 2018 NPSL Championship, (23.9) 75.8 Colleges and universities in and around Miami:, 5.3 Pineland Plans are currently underway for a 1,700-student preparatory school in Brickell at 1742 SW 2nd Avenue named "Brickell Preparatory Academy" Other private schools in Downtown are:; Fremd Village-Padgett Island (65) 4.45 Miami Ad School (private) 3.4 International campuses Management and New Growth Opportunities 2015. ; 2.3.1 Graduate admissions Miami's road system is based along the numerical Miami grid where Flagler Street forms the east-west baseline and Miami Avenue forms the north-south meridian the corner of Flagler Street and Miami Avenue is in the middle of Downtown in front of the Downtown Macy's (formerly the Burdine's headquarters) the Miami grid is primarily numerical so that for example all street addresses north of Flagler Street and west of Miami Avenue have "NW" in their address Because its point of origin is in Downtown which is close to the coast the "NW" and "SW" quadrants are much larger than the "SE" and "NE" quadrants Many roads especially major ones are also named (e.g Tamiami Trail/SW 8th St) although with exceptions the number is in more common usage among locals.
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