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FORECAST: So-So Good Friday today, but warmer Easter weekend at the World's Most Famous Beach in greater Daytona

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Thursday was a lousy beach day with dark clouds and chilly temps barely hitting 60s - no April fool's joke with that.

Greater Daytona Beach-Sanford-Orlando forecast: Mostly sunny skies through the week

Create: Tue, 01/05/2021 - 16:16
Author: Sera King
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The National Weather Service out of Melbourne is calling for mostly sunny skies through this weekend with seasonal temperatures here in greater Daytona and along the I-4 corridor through Sanford and into The City Beautiful - Orlando.

Forecast: 50 percent chance of rain Sunday afternoon at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County beach safety officials say it's very likely with mid-day high tides and expected rainfall that vehicle traffic will be restricted on the World's Most Famous Beach for the better part of the day.

Thanksgiving Weekend Tragedy: Ocala boy, 7, drowns in surf north of Ormond Beach where lifeguards were not stationed despite large holiday weekend crowds

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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- A 7-year-old boy from Ocala drowned mid-day Saturday in the surf north of Ormond Beach where Volusia County lifeguards were not stationed despite Thanksgiving weekend crowds.

Volusia County Beach Safety: Winter Springs man bitten on hand in surf at Cape Canaveral National Seashore

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla.-- A 54 year old Winter Springs man was releasing a fish he had caught while surf fishing down in Canaveral National Seashore when he was bitten on his right hand by a 4-5 foot shark, a Volusia County beach safety official said.

2 recent shark bite incidents in New Smyrna Beach surf: Orlando man, 23, bitten on foot; 50-year-old Miami woman bitten on leg & ankle

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 23-year-old Orlando man was standing in chest-deep water in New Smyrna when he was bitten on the foot by a shark, a beach safety official said.

Multimedia: Tropical Storm Isaias a yawner 60 miles east of Daytona & moving north toward the Carolinas

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Headline Surfer multimedia / Video:Wrap up of Tropical Storm Isaias, which includes pics, highlights of a county government update and a couple of social media memes. Pic above: Surfers were back at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona on Monday as if there was no major storm. As it turned out, Isaias was an almost non-factor. Below, a screenshot image from the online Volusia County New Smyrna Beach cam off of  the Flagler Avenue ramp shows some beach goers soaking in the sun Monday afternoon with the storm long gone.