These were the 20 most read stories on OrlandoSentinel.com in 2019
So there were alligators. There were sharks. And there were hurricanes. In fact, Hurricane Dorian and the parade of tropical systems that followed including Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto and Nestor, all posing some threat to the state, made up 20 of the top 40 stories on the website for 2019. On either side of the tropics though were stories that grabbed readers' attention including breaking news, strange news, an editorial about who the newspaper was endorsing for president and an investigation into the lives of
Here's the list counting down, with stories ranked by how many people visited them. Multiple stories about the same topic were only counted once, based on the individual story that had the most traffic.
20.
Study shows
A study from Smart Growth America has found that between 2008 and 2017, drivers struck and killed 49,340 people who were walking on streets across
19.
Woman stabbed her daughter, 11, to prevent her from having sex, cops say
A woman who stabbed her 11-year-old daughter more than a dozen times in March said it was because the girl smiled "different," causing the mother to think her child was having sex, authorities said.
"My baby is gone," Rivera told first responders, according to her arrest report. Aleyda had 15 stab wounds to her back and a defensive wound to her right arm, authorities said.
18.
Boeing 737 Max makes emergency landing at
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane -- the same model that had been grounded after two recent crashes -- made an emergency landing in March at
17.
Laborland: In a theme park parking lot at night, a worker sleeps in her car. This is life in America's most visited city
Laborland is a four-part investigative series into the lives of the thousands of people who work at the theme parks and
16.
When a hurricane hits, what happens to sharks, dolphins and marine life?
While storm coverage gets the most views, sometimes the side stories that come from hurricanes garner attention. One of those was a feature about how marine animals deal with the destructive force of tropical systems. When a hurricane passes over the ocean, it can cause great upheaval to the marine inhabitants under the sea, but it can do a surprising amount of good, as well.
15.
Another
Alligator news in
14.
5 children in van headed to
Seven people were killed -- including five children who were in a van bound for
In a statement,
13.
Construction crane crashes into
A crane toppled over onto a
12.
Bufo toad kills another
Bufo toads have been a plague in
11.
Bianchi: It was 25 years ago in
An item about
10.
2 dead and 2 wounded, including cop, in shooting at Walmart in
Sometimes national news spikes on the website, and that was the case with a shooting at a Walmart two states away. A gunman described as a disgruntled Walmart employee fatally shot two co-workers and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested in July at a Walmart store in northern
9.
Lines disappeared and arena seats remained before Trump took stage in
President
8.
UCF student arrested, had fully automatic AR-15 in vehicle at campus dorm, police say
An engineering student at UCF was arrested in January after police discovered he was keeping a fully-automatic AR-15 in his car at an on-campus dorm, authorities said. UCF police began investigating
7.
Five guys arrested after fist fight at Five Guys
This one was all about the headline. It just wrote itself. The location: A Five Guys burger establishment in
6.
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The attack began in the evening of
5.
4.
New rankings list worst cities to live in, and 4 of them are in
Crime, poverty and unemployment are the common threads in rankings released in February of the worst places to live in the
Most of the cities are located in the South and the West, along with several in
3.
Our
The following are the opening lines to the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board's nonendorsement of President
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The editorial received a lot of attention from both the president's supporters and his opposition.
2.
Former Florida Gators LB
Former
She wrote: "Neiron was a very special and loving father, brother, and teammate. Neiron has transitioned to a place of peace."
1.
Hurricane Dorian's destruction and the busy season that followed
Hurricane Dorian looked like it was going to slam into
Each day, people looked to the
The 2019 hurricane season was by far the most viewed content on the site with Dorian damage and recovery continuing to make headlines.
So that's a wrap on 2019, with a good chance that hurricanes, sharks and alligators will keep at it in 2020.
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