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That's largely due to the end of the natural El Niño weather pattern - which can drive higher forest losses – but is the continuation of a longer-term trend.

Mr MacRae said the company aimed to "deliver clear messages as early as possible" online or through frontline staff when significant weather events are forecast.

“Service providers are the people who have a far smaller income, who could less afford to weather fluctuations in their income than maybe attorneys can,” Solis said.

Most areas will experience around six to eight hours of precipitation, weather service officials in Oxnard said.

Knowing that you don’t want to leave Florida is a plus — there is no state income tax, as you know, and many retirees like the hot weather.