When I lived in Florida, I had a neighbor named Ms. Carmen. She was in her late 70s, fiercely independent and lived alone ...

When I lived in Florida, I had a neighbor named Ms. Carmen ... which were her closest companions. Each hurricane season, she would anxiously ask if I would check on her when the winds began ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts an above-normal hurricane season, with 13 to 19 named storms and ...

Battered by financials for years, this hurricane season arrives with the state's insurance market seeing its first profit in ...

A tax-free holiday for disaster supplies hasn't been approved by the Florida Legislature. Legislators return to Tallahassee ...

Here's a one-stop guide to hurricane safety: tips for preparing your home, making a hurricane readiness kit, readying your ...

JeLuis Ortuno, 44, walks a cart full of water to his car as he prepares for potential landfall by Hurricane Ian at Costco in ...

Forget saving on sales tax during a hurricane preparation holiday, here's how you can reduce your costs by thousands.

It is that time of year again. We are making our lists, checking it twice, going shopping, and counting the days.

The Trump administration has repeatedly pushed to increase oil and gas extraction on public lands. But as Ben Lefebvre writes ...

The 2025 Atlantichurricane season has started and the Polk County Emergency Management team reminds residents and visitors to act now to ensure they are ready for the upcoming storm season. “Storms ...