New Smyrna, Ormond beaches top list

ALEX: LIVE, LOCAL, LATEBREAKING. SHELDON: NOW ON WESH 2 NEWS, TOMORROW MARKS 16 YEARS SINCE THE GROUNDHOG DAY TORNADOES DEVASTED PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I’M SHELDON DUTES. ALEX: AHEAD THIS HOUR, WE’RE LOOKING BACK AT THE CHANGED LANDSCAPE AND HOW ONE COMMUNITY HAS MOVED FORWARD. PLUS, THE NEW PROGRAM THAT’S HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW THE LEGAL IMMIGRATION PROCESS HERE IN OUR STATE. AND VOTING IS UNDERWAY FOR DISNEY WORKERS. AS THEY CONSIDER A NEW CONTRACT PROPOSAL FROM THE COMPANY. THAT INCLUDES A ONE DOLLAR PER HOUR PAY INCREASE EACH YEAR – BUT ULTIMATELY THIS WEEK’S VOTE WILL DECIDE IF WORKERS WILL ACCEPT THAT OFFER. WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS EXPLAINS WHY SOME CAST MEMBERS PLAN TO REJECT THE COMPANY’S OFFER. >> TODAY MARKS A BIG DAY FOR DISNEY LEADERSHIP. THE PROPOSAL THAT’S ON THE TABLE IS SET TO BE VOTED ON BY UNION WORKERS. UNION LEADERSHIP WANTS WORKERS TO VOTE ’NO’ AS DISNEY SAYS ‘ ’IT’S A FAIR DEAL.’ FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS CAST MEMBERS AT DISNEY WILL DECIDE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE COMPANY’S NEW CONTRACT PROPOSAL. FOR 12-HOURS TODAY AND TEN HOURS TOMORROW, MORE THAN 100 POLLING SITES WILL OPEN UP FOR WORKERS TO VOTE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS DISNEY’S CAMPUS. >> THE SAME CASE THAT HELPED GET OVER LAYOFFS, COVID AND ALL OF THAT IS THE SAME CAST TODAY THAT’S WATCHED THEIR RENTS GO UP BY 20, 30, 40%. DISNEY IS PROPOSING A ONE DOLLAR PER HOUR RAISE YEARLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE CONTRACT. WE’VE ASKED THE COMPANY BRING FOURTH THEIR BEST OFFER AND WE’VE TAKEN THAT TO THE MEMBER SHIP TO BE ABLE TO VOICE BACK WHAT THEIR FEELINGS ARE. BUT THE SIX UNIONS REPRESENTING THE SERVICES TRADE COUNCIL UNION, OR STCU, ARE ADVISING MEMBERS VOTE NO ON DISNEY’S LATEST PITCH. SOT PAUL COX, IATSE LOCAL 631, PRESIDENT OUR PROPOSAL IS $2 UP FRONT AND ANOTHER DOLLAR OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. >> COMPANY REPS SAY THEY BELIEVE THEIR OFFER IS FAIR. THEY POINT OUT IT WILL HAVE EVERYONE MAKING AT LEAST $20 AN HOUR AS WELL AS GIVING CAST MEMBER GUARANTEED RAISES OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. >> IATSE LOCAL 631 PRESIDENT SAYS IT SOUNDS GOOD UNTIL INFLATION IS FACTORED IN. >> THEIR PROPOSAL IS TO GET PEOPLE TO $20 OVER 5 YEARS. OUR PROPOSAL IS $5 OVER 3 YEARS. $5 OVER 5 YEARS DOESN’T EQUATE TO INFLATIONARY IMPACTS. WE BELIEVE THAT $5 OVER 3 YEARS DOES AFFECT THE INFLATIONARY IMPACT. >> VOTING STARTED AT 7 THIS MORNING AND WILL GO ON UNTIL 7:00 TONIGHT. IT WILL PICK BACK UP AGAIN AS VARIOUS SITES ACROSS DISNEY STARTING AT 7 TOMORROW MORNING. THAT WILL BE A SHORTER DAY WHERE VOTING WRAPS AT 5 P.M. REPORTING AT WALT DISNEY WORLD, TONY ATKINS WESH 2 NEWS. SHELDON: WE’VE GOT SOME NEW INFORMATION ON SEVERAL CRASHES ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA INCLUDING A DEADLY ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED DELAYS THIS MORNING IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER OF A TOYOTA TUNDRA HIT AND KILLED A BICYCLIST THIS MORNING. THIS HAPPENED NORTHBOUND ON WORLD DRIVE AT THE EASTBOUND EXIT RAMP TO OSCEOLA PARKWAY NEAR DISNEY’S HOLLYWOOD STUDIO. THAT RAMP HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. NANCY: VOLUSIA COUNTY. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING ALONG I-95 ON THE EXIT RAMP TO US-1 IN ORMOND BEACH. TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER OF A TRUCK ENTERED THE RAMP TOO FAST AND OVERCORRECTED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO OFF THE ROAD FLIP SEVERAL TIMES. THREE PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK WERE EJECTED ONE OF THEM DIED. THE OTHER TWO HAD MINOR INJURIES. ALSO IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. CHOPPER 2 WAS OVER A CRASH IN DELAND ALONG I-4 IN THE EASTBOUND LANES NOT FAR FROM INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY BOULEVARD. IT APPEARS TO INVOLVE A CAR CARRIER AND MOTORCYCLE AND AT LEAST 4 OTHER VEHICLES. WE KNOW SOME PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND WE’RE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH. SHELDON: AND IN SEMINOLE COUNTY A SEMI TRUCK CARRYING GALLON JUGS OF MILK FLIPPED OVER ON STATE ROAD 4-36 AND RED BUG LAKE ROAD. ONE PERSON WAS INSIDE THE TRUCK AND HAS MINOR INJURIES. WE’RE WORKING TO FIND OUT WHY THE TRUCK FLIPPED. AS FLORIDA SEES A MAJOR INFLUX OF MIGRANTS IN RECENT WEEKS, A NEW PROGRAM IN CENTRAL FLORIDA KICKS OFF TODAY TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL PROCESS FOR IMMIGRATION IN OUR STATE. NANCY: ITS GOAL IS TO GIVE ARRIVING IMMIGRANTS ADVICE, SO THAT THEY CAN JOIN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN HOW PROJECT HELLO WILL WORK. >> YOU MAY HAVE TO DO A LITTLE EXTRA PLANNING BEFORE TRAVELING TO THE U.K.THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS A NEW AUTHORIZATION PLAN TO SECURE ITS BORDERS. >> LANGUAGE, GOVERNMENT, EVEN IMMIGRATION LAWS. ALL OF THAT IS WHAT ORGANIZERS OF THIS ORIENTATION WANT TO HELP IMMIGRANTS WITH IN ORLANDO. THE ROOM WAS PACKED FOR THIS FIRST ORIENTATION CALLED THE HELLO PROJECT GOAL, EDUCATING IMMIGRANTS ABOUT HOW THE LEGAL SYSTEM WORKS. >> IS A PROCESS. IT’S COMPLICATED. THEY SPEAK DIFFERENTLY WHAT IS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. >> ORLANDO GOT A GRANT AND IS RUNNING FREE ORIENTATIONS AT THE CITY’S HISPANIC OFFICE FOR LATINO ASSISTANCE AND LAWYERS TAKE QUESTIONS FROM IMMIGRANTS AND RUN DOWN WHAT TO DO. >> THEY ARE CHANGING THE ADDRESS, AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOING TO COURT AND GOING BEFORE THE HEIST. >> SOME ISSUES ARE ABOUT CLAIMING ASYLUM AND DEPORTATION SITUATIONS READ NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS HAS BEEN GROWING FAST AND MANY WILL DEAL WITH SYSTEM WITHOUT A LAWYER. >> THERE ARE 120,000 IMMIGRATION COURT CASES. WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE, WITH ALL OF THE ATTORNEYS THAT EXIST, THERE ARE SOME WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. 70% DON’T HAVE REPRESENTATION. >> THE CENTER PLANS TO HOLD ORIENTATIONS ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH IN ORLANDO. AND AT A CHURCH IN KISSIMMEE. >> PEOPLE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING TRADE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THAT. >> IN ORLANDO, BOB HAZEN, WESTERN NEWS >> YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA PLANNING BEFORE TRAVELING TO THE U.K.. UNITED KINGDOM HAS A NEW AUTHORIZATION PLAN TO SECURE ITS BORDERS. IT’S NOT AS RIGOROUS AS APPLYING FOR A VISA, BUT TRAVELERS STILL HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS BEFORE THEIR TRIPS TO AVOID ANY DELAYS. THE APPLICATION IS ONLINE AND OFFICIALS ARE STILL WORKING OUT HOW MUCH IT’LL COST. THE PROGRAM WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. NANCY: IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY IN MEMPHIS AS THE COMMUNITY GATHERED TO SAY A FINAL GOODBYE TO TYRE NICHOLS. THE 29-YEAR-OLD FATHER WAS BEATEN BY POLICE IN AN INCIDENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA. TYRE DIED JUST DAYS LATER. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WAS AMONG THOSE IN ATTENDANCE YESTERDAY OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO NICHOLS’ FAMILY. SHELDON: AS NBC’S PRISCILLA THOMPSON REPORTS CIVIL RIGHT ACTIVISTS WANT LAWMAKERS TO PASS NEW MEASURES ON POLICE REFORM. >> IN MEMPHIS, A CELEBRATION OF A YOUNG LIFE CUT SHORT. >> I KNOW A CHANGE IS GONNA COME >> TYRE NICHOLS’ FUNERAL FILLED WITH SONGS OF HOPE, PRAYERS OF COMFORT, AND CALLS FOR ACTION. >> HIS LEGACY WILL BE ONE OF EQUAL JUSTICE, IT WILL BE THE BLUEPRINT GOING FORWARD. >> FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE 29-YEAR-OLD. >> TYRE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON AND FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO HIM WAS JUST UNIMAGINABLE >> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ATTENDED WEDNESDAY’S SERVICE, URGING CONGESS TO PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT. >> NOT IN THE INTEREST OF KEEPING THE PUBLIC SAFE. THAT TYRE NICHOLS WOULD BE HERE TODAY. >> THE FAMILIES OF BREONNA TAYLOR AND GEORGE FLOYD ALSO IN ATTENDANCE PRINT >> NICHOLS WHO LEAVES BEHIND A FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON. REMEMBERED FOR HIS LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND SKATE-BOARDING. >> MY BROTHER WAS ROBBED OF HIS LIFE, HIS PASSIONS, AND HIS TALENTS. >> NICHOLS LAID TO REST, AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO HIS FATAL BEATING CONTINUES. >> NBC NEWS HAS OBTAINED AN UNOFFICIAL COPY OF THE INITIAL POLICE REPORT FILED AFTER THE INCIDENT. >> THE DA’S OFFICE CONFIRMED IT IS REVIEWING AN OFFICIAL REPORT THAT MATCHES THE ACCOUNT OF THE ONE RECEIVED BY NBC NEWS. >> THAT ACCOUNT SHOWS MANY DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN WHAT OFFICERS SAY HAPPENED AND WHAT’S ON VIDEO. IT SAYS NICHOLS STARTED TO FIGHT DETECTIVES AFTER BEING PULLED OVER. BUT BODY CAM FOOTAGE SHOWS AN OFFICER PULLING NICHOLS OUT OF HIS CAR AND SHOVING HIM TO THE GROUND. >> I’M JUST TRYING TO GO HOME >> THE DOCUMENT ALSO SAYS NICHOLS GRABBED FOR AN OFFICER’S GUN, SOMETHING NOT SEEN ON VIDEO. OFFICERS WERE HEARD TALKING ABOUT THAT AFTER THE INCIDENT. >> HE LITERALLY HAD HIS HAND ON MY GUN >> THE REPORT WE OBTAINED DOES SAY OFFICERS PEPPER SPRAYED, TASED, AND STRUCK NICHOLS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT DOES NOT MENTION THEM REPEATEDLY KICKING OR PUNCHING HIM. NOW NICHOLS’ FAMILY,INTENSIFYING THEIR SEARCH FOR ANSWERS ABOUT HIS DEATH. WHILE ALSO REMEMBERING HIS LIFE. >> I’LL NEVER FORGET MY BROTHER. I’LL NEVER FORGET MY GEMINI TWIN. I LOVE YOU, NANCY: EVEN THOSE WHO COULD NOT TRAVEL TO MEMPHIS, HONORED TYRE IN THEIR OWN WAY. IN ORLANDO, THERE WAS A CANDLELIT VIGIL IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAST NIGHT. THOSE WHO WERE THERE CALLED FOR JUSTICE AND HEALING. THEY SAY POLICE REFORM IS CRUCIAL, TO MOVE FORWARD. >> I DON’T WANT TO HEAR THAT WE NEED MORE TRAINING, WE NEED MORE MONEY. YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH. YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR OF POLICING OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT IS WHERE THE CONVERSATION STARTS TODAY, FIVE MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS WERE FIRED AND CHARGED IN TYRE’S DEATH. BUT PROSECUTORS SAY THEY’RE LOOKING AT EVERYONE INVOLVED. WHILE A LOT US WERE SLEEPING, SPACE-X SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED IT’S 200TH FALCON 9 MISSION FROM OUR SPACE COAST. THE ROCKET LIFTED OFF FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER JUST BEFORE 3:00 A.M. IT CARRIED 53 STARLINK SATELLITES INTO ORBIT. THIS WAS THE FIFTH LAUNCH AND LANDING FOR THIS FALCON 9 BOOSTER, WHICH LANDED ON A DRONE-SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC. SHELDON: WHILE A LOT US WERE SLEEPING, SPACE-X SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED IT’S 200TH FALCON 9 MISSION FROM OUR SPACE COAST. THE ROCKET LIFTED OFF FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER JUST BEFORE 3:00 A.M. IT CARRIED 53 STARLINK SATELLITES INTO ORBIT. THIS WAS THE FIFTH LAUNCH AND LANDING FOR THIS FALCON 9 BOOSTER, WHICH LANDED ON A DRONE-SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC

Central Florida home to America’s deadliest beaches, report says

Updated: 1:52 PM EST Feb 2, 2023

Related Video Above: A look at today’s top headlines While Central Florida’s beaches offer beautiful views, they are being called some of the deadliest in the U.S. in a new report.To determine which beach is the most dangerous to visit, a report from TravelLens considered the number of deaths in surf zones and from shark attacks and hurricanes.According to the study, the deadliest beach in America is New Smyrna Beach with an overall hazard score of 8.14. Shark attacks at New Smyrna Beach have totaled 32 since 2010, averaging about three attacks per year. There have been 23 more shark attacks on this Florida beach than on any other beach, and it’s thought that NSB has 10 times more shark bite incidents than any other place in the U.S. Cocoa Beach is in second place, scoring 7.57 out of 10 for total risk. There have been seven fatalities in the surf zone on the beach, equal to the number of shark attacks recorded.Ormond Beach rounds out the top three with a 7.48 hazard rating. Seven out of the top 10 most hazardous beaches are located in Florida, which was the state most severely damaged by hurricanes. Since 2010, there have been four shark attacks and eight surf zone deaths at Ormond Beach.Finally, with 24 fatalities in the surf zone since 2010, Florida’s Panama City Beach has been named the most hazardous beach for surfing. Daytona Beach, which has 16 deaths in a surf zone since 2010, has come in second.Top headlinesOn this day: 21 killed during Florida tornado outbreak on Groundhog DayWhite rhino shot dead at safari park near OrlandoReport: 74-year-old Florida man vanished after picking up Lyft riders

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While Central Florida’s beaches offer beautiful views, they are being called some of the deadliest in the U.S. in a new report.

To determine which beach is the most dangerous to visit, a report from TravelLens considered the number of deaths in surf zones and from shark attacks and hurricanes.

According to the study, the deadliest beach in America is New Smyrna Beach with an overall hazard score of 8.14. Shark attacks at New Smyrna Beach have totaled 32 since 2010, averaging about three attacks per year. There have been 23 more shark attacks on this Florida beach than on any other beach, and it’s thought that NSB has 10 times more shark bite incidents than any other place in the U.S.

Cocoa Beach is in second place, scoring 7.57 out of 10 for total risk. There have been seven fatalities in the surf zone on the beach, equal to the number of shark attacks recorded.

Ormond Beach rounds out the top three with a 7.48 hazard rating. Seven out of the top 10 most hazardous beaches are located in Florida, which was the state most severely damaged by hurricanes. Since 2010, there have been four shark attacks and eight surf zone deaths at Ormond Beach.

Finally, with 24 fatalities in the surf zone since 2010, Florida’s Panama City Beach has been named the most hazardous beach for surfing. Daytona Beach, which has 16 deaths in a surf zone since 2010, has come in second.

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