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Tropical activity remains quiet in the Atlantic basin, although there have already been three named storms in the eastern Pacific.
"I'd read something about Koh Samui being like a little Hawaii, and I thought we should go and try it," Wes Moss told BI.
Highs are expected to reach 93 degrees Friday in Orlando, with “feels-like” temperatures soaring as high as 101. The heat index could reach 106 in The Villages.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. We've amassed everything you need to know to prepare, stay safe during and after storms.
Satellite images early Friday show Saharan dust over the Florida peninsula and the eastern Gulf. What that means for the weekend.
More than 78,000 flood claims were submitted in Florida during this period. In Southwest Florida, Charlotte County led with 4,885 claims, followed by Lee County with 4,344 and Collier with 1,063. Punta Gorda had the highest number of claims by city at 1,311, with Sanibel close behind at 1,175.
Nine months after Hurricanes Helene and Milton slammed Florida less than two weeks apart, businesses dependent on tourism want visitors to know they're open even as construction continues.
To learn more about Farm Share’s hurricane preparedness efforts or to find local food distribution sites, visit FarmShare.org. Stephen Shelley is president and CEO of Farm Share, Inc., Florida’s homegrown food bank.
Florida communities could be blocked from rebuilding stronger after a hurricane, and more than 44,000 Floridians could see higher flood insurance costs this year if Gov. Ron DeSantis signs into law a new bill designed to help the state respond to storms.
The Florida Department of Transportation is nearing completion on buried seawalls along vulnerable sections of A1A in Flagler and Volusia counties to protect the roadway from erosion. Unlike traditional seawalls,
A new study by University of South Florida researchers shows warmer, lighter fresh water flowing into the Gulf in the path of Hurricane Idalia may have helped intensify it from a Category 1 to a Category 4 storm in one day.