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Governor: Ron DeSantis (R)

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January 8 – Peregrine Mission One, the first US lunar lander since the Apollo program, is launched at Cape Canaveral, It later suffers from a fuel leak, making it unable to complete its objective.
January 21 – Governor Ron DeSantis ends his presidential campaign and endorses former president Donald Trump.
January 27 – Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, makes its maiden voyage at the PortMiami in Miami.
February 1 – A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft crashes into a mobile home park in Clearwater, killing the pilot and two people on the ground.
February 8 – NASA's PACE mission is launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to study Earth's ocean and atmosphere.
February 9 – Two people are killed and three more survive after a plane crashes on Interstate 75 in Collier County.
February 15 – Odysseus, the first US lunar lander since the unsuccessful Peregrine Mission One, is launched at the Kennedy Space Center.
April 6 – Two people, including the perpetrator, are killed and seven others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Doral.
May 14 – Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collides with a truck and overturns in Marion County.
June 5 – Boeing's Starliner capsule launches its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station after several delays at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
June 12 –
- The National Weather Service issues a rare Flash Flood Emergency in southern, for life-threatening flooding conditions only expected once every 500 to 1,000 years.
- A man in Hudson fatally shoots a family of four with a 9 mm gun before burning their bodies in a fire pit. The perpetrator was identified as 25-year-old Rory John Graeme Atwood.
June 13 – A Russian warship and a nuclear-powered submarine conduct military drills in the Caribbean Sea simulating a missile strike on enemy ships after passing near the coast of Florida in order to reach Havana, Cuba.
June 24 – In ice hockey, the Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers in seven games to win the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals, marking their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history. The Panthers also avoid becoming the fifth team in National Hockey League history to lose a series despite having a 3–0 series lead.
July 14 – Twenty-seven people, including Colombian Football Federation president Ramón Jesurún, are arrested and 55 are ejected following crowd control issues at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, before the Copa América final, where fans breached security gates at the stadium's entrance.
August 5 – At least six people are killed in Florida, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby.
August 28 – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounds all SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and orders an investigation following a booster rocket fire incident at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
September 2 – The United States seizes a Dassault Falcon 900 jet used by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on accusations that the purchase of the jet violated U.S. sanctions against Venezuela, and flies the jet from the Dominican Republic to Florida.
September 15 – Trump International Golf Club shooting: Shots are fired near former US President Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
September 26 –
- Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida, as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 938 millibars.
- Tropical storm conditions occur across western Florida, with an automated weather station recording sustained winds of 54 mph (87 km/h) with gusts up to 68 mph (109 km/h) near Tampa Bay.
October 8 – 12 Counties in Western-Central Florida issue evacuation orders due to the threat of Hurricane Milton.
October 9 –
- Several tornadoes are reported in Florida, including along Interstate 75, ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall.
- Milton makes landfall as a category 3 hurricane near Siesta Key on Florida's Western Coast.
- The Tropicana Field roof in St. Petersburg is damaged by winds caused from Hurricane Milton.
October 10 – At least ten people are killed in damages by tornadoes caused by Hurricane Milton.
October 14 – SpaceX launches NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center, to study Jupiter's moon Europa, with the spacecraft expected to arrive in April 2030.

References

Grierson, Jamie; Belam, Martin (2024-01-08). "Nasa Peregrine 1: moon lander suffering from 'critical loss of propellant'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
Andrew Miller, Paul Steinhauser (2024-01-15). "Florida Gov Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Trump". Fox News. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Icon of the Seas: World's largest cruise ship sets sail". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"3 killed after small plane crashes into Florida mobile home park, FAA says". NBC News. 2024-02-03. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
Clark, Stephen (2024-02-08). "NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
Watkins, Tyler (2024-02-11). "2 dead, 3 survivors in Collier County jet crash on I-75". WBBH. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
Mike Wall (2024-02-15). "SpaceX launches private 'Odysseus' lander on pioneering moon mission by Intuitive Machines (video)". Space.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
Geisel, Hunter; Carrero, Nikiya; Francois, Tania; Christakis, Trish (2024-04-07). "2 dead, 7 injured after fight turns into officer-involved shooting at Miami-Dade shopping center - CBS Miami". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Driver of pickup that collided with farmworker bus in Florida, killing 8, is arrested on DUI charges". AP News. 2024-05-14. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Boeing's Starliner launches its 1st astronaut-crewed flight after several delays". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"South Florida residents told to steer clear of 'life-threatening' flooding". NBC News. 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Deputies: Pasco murder suspect said entire missing family was killed, burned in fire pit". wtsp.com. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Russian warships conduct Atlantic drills en route to Cuba. New hypersonic missiles are on board". AP News. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Florida Panthers Stanley Cup Champions". The Washington Post. June 24, 2024.
"Police made 27 arrests in Chaos at COPA America Final". Independent.co.uk. July 14, 2024.
"Tropical Storm Debby drenches Georgia and South Carolina". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing". AP News. 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"US seizes Venezuelan president's plane in Dominican Republic". Reuters. September 27, 2024.
"Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says". AP News. 2024-09-15. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Hurricane Helene Update Statement". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Hurricane HELENE". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
"Joe Biden urges Florida residents to follow evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton nears". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
"Storm makes Florida landfall with warnings of life-threatening surge". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
Czachor, Emily Mae (2024-10-10). "Hurricane Milton makes landfall as Category 3 on Florida's west coast - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
"Hurricane Milton tears open Tropicana Field's roof". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
"Hurricane Milton leaves at least 10 dead, millions without power in Florida". Reuters. October 10, 2024.
"Europa Clipper: Spacecraft blasts off to hunt alien life on a distant moon". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-10-15.

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