Habitat for Humanity of Tampa Bay Hillsborough officially broke ground on a new affordable housing community in Brandon, ...

Ian. Michael. Irma. Hurricane Idalia, now bearing down on Florida, is poised to soon join them among the ranks of major storms to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast. Hurricane Idalia, which is currently a Ca ...

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 ...

Elsewhere, Florida officials said there had been no deaths from Hurricane Idalia reported to the state medical examiners, in part because locals did a good job heeding evacuation orders.

Helene, if it sticks to the forecast path, would mark the third hurricane to make landfall along Florida's Big Bend within the last 14 months, following Debby in August and Idalia in August 2023.

The NOAA data projects sea levels to rise 2 to 3 feet by 2100. Hurricane Idalia, a Category 4 storm, devastated hundreds of homes and businesses on the coast and inland in the town of Perry.