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      I-75 back open along Alligator Alley; wildfire watch continues
      • Cape Coral
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        Shari Armstrong
        Weather
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        Katie Walls
        Naples
        I-75 back open along Alligator Alley; wildfire watch continues
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Collier County
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