Zika in Florida: Tropical storm threatens to spread virus
- 8 years ago
An unnamed tropical storm in Florida threatens to spread the Zika virus further around the state. The storm posed a significant risk to Florida this week, possibly as a tropical storm or a hurricane, but the threat lessened by Friday. The Zika outbreak has grown to 43 cases in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. A storm would initially blow mosquitoes out of the sky, but it could also leave behind standing water that allows the insects to breed.