Will Hurricane Ian hit Tampa and St. Petersburg? Here’s the latest forecast path
The Tampa Bay area, including St. Petersburg and Clearwater, were under hurricane warnings as Hurricane Ian made landfall near Category 5 strength south of the region near Port Charlotte. Widespread...
View ArticleWill Hurricane Ian hit Orlando? Here’s the latest forecast path
Central Florida, including the Orlando metro area, are in the direct path of Hurricane Ian. A hurricane warning. is in effect for the region. Here's the latest forecast map showing the track and timing...
View ArticleWill Hurricane Ian hit Gainesville? Here’s the latest forecast path
Central Florida, including Gainesville and the University of Florida campus, is in the direct path of Hurricane Ian. A hurricane warning. is in effect and damaging winds, flooding rains and possible...
View ArticleHurricane Ian live webcams: See the dangerous conditions on Florida’s Gulf coast
View these webcams to see what live conditions are like on Florida's west coast, where Hurricane Ian was making landfall Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleHurricane Ian makes landfall near Fort Myers after causing ‘catastrophic...
Hurricane Ian made landfall with 150 mph winds at 3:05 p.m. at Cayo Costa, an island near Fort Myers, the National Hurricane Center said. The high winds are expected to produce a storm surge of up to...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines suspends flights to all three South Florida airports
South Florida’s commuter rail services continued operating on Wednesday, although the Brightline high-speed train line cut four trains from its schedule. Commercial airlines were still flying in and...
View ArticleHurricane Ian outages: More than 756,000 are without power in Florida
More than 756,000 customers across Florida were without electricity Wednesday afternoon as the state was slammed by Hurricane Ian.
View ArticleHurricane Ian: Disney, Universal hotel guests wait out storm
Thousands of people are waiting out Hurricane Ian's high winds and heavy rainfall at Orlando's theme park hotels.
View Article‘The chances of them still being alive are not good’: Coast Guard officials...
The Coast Guard is searching for 20 people at sea after a migrant boat sank near Stock Island in the Florida Keys on Wednesday. The Keys are experiencing tropical storm conditions because of Hurricane...
View ArticleThe number of hurricanes that have hit the U.S. as Category 5s is...
Other hurricanes have been costlier and deadlier, but only a few have made landfall in the U.S. as Category 5.
View Article‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes
Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamped southwest Florida, flooding streets and buildings, knocking out power to 1.8 million people and threatening...
View ArticleFlorida rescue crews, aid groups rush to jump start recovery from Hurricane Ian
Statewide first responders including government and nonprofit aid organizations from South Florida rushed to Florida's Gulf Coast to assist with recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian.
View ArticleHow Day of the Dead is celebrated in Chicago (explained in English and Spanish)
Representations of Day of the Dead, a celebration in Mexico and Latin America, are popping up around Chicago. Here's the meaning behind them.
View ArticleHow to reach your insurance company to report Hurricane Ian damage claims
Here are phone numbers, websites and email addresses for property insurance companies serving Florida.
View ArticleSouth Florida soaked by nearly 10 inches of rain from Hurricane Ian
Some areas were hit much harder than others, with the western suburbs left soggy.
View ArticleMAP: Here’s the updated forecast track of Tropical Storm Ian
After exiting the Florida coast, Tropical Storm Ian is expected to strengthen back into a hurricane and track toward another landfall near Charleston, South Carolina, sometime Friday. Here's the latest...
View ArticlePossible ‘deadliest hurricane in Florida history’ heads for Carolinas as...
Hurricane Ian was downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday as it leaves Florida behind, only to become a hurricane again this evening on its way to the Carolinas.
View Article‘First time I’ve ever lost everything.’ Florida Gulf coast residents in shock...
'Everything inside is trashed. Upheaved, on top of things that only an ape could lift. It was really sickening. I had to leave,” one Fort Myers-area resident said about her home after it was damaged by...
View ArticleHow to help Florida victims of Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian has done significant damage on the Gulf Coast and Central Florida. South Floridians may want to reach out and help. Here's how they can do that.
View ArticlePeter Antonacci, chief state election investigator, former Broward elections...
Peter Antonacci, who held a number of top government jobs in Florida, including Broward supervisor of elections, Palm Beach County state attorney, and head of the South Florida Water Management...
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