Typically, across North Florida, these are not temperatures ... As of Wednesday, April 2, there were 12 Florida counties with an average Keetch-Byram Drought Index over 500, which means ...

according to the Florida Highway Patrol. U.S. 1 is open. About 3 p.m. Wednesday, a brush fire started alongside Interstate 75 in Collier County and was causing traffic delays both north and south.