Hours before Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall, Florida officials are urging residents to remain inside. "NOW is the time to stay indoors and avoid traveling -- weather conditions will be dangerous across the state well into Thursday," the state’s Department of Transportation said...
FORT LAUDERDALE — Hurricane Milton quickly intensified Sunday and is on track to become a major hurricane with the Tampa Bay area in its sights, putting Florida on edge and triggering evacuation orders along a coast still reeling from Helene’s devastation. While forecast mode...
BELLE ISLE, Fla. — Hurricane Milton left its path of destruction in many parts of Central Florida. Now, Belle Isle officers are stepping in to help clear debris. "After a hurricane, it's a lot of manual labor, with the wheelbarrow, raking, and shoveling," said Kyle Perry, a resident...
“This is extraordinary to see this type of flooding, especially in this type of area. The University of South Florida area is normally a dry area,” Chronister said in the video. “To see this unprecedented flooding, I can only imagine how scary it was.” Tiny barrier...
As residents in several communities survey and clean up the damage left behind on both coasts of the Florida Peninsula, widespread power outages were still adding to the woes. Tens of thousands of linemen have swarmed the state, restoring power to more than 3 million customers since Milton’s...
Florida's Department of Corrections said it had evacuated 4,636 inmates, while the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned if people didn't evacuate on Tuesday "there will likely not be enough time to wait to leave on Wednesday". Meanwhile, energy companies in Florida began shutting...
A spokesperson for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told WTSP that the linemen's staging area had been relocated prior to the damage. St. Petersburg Fire Rescue later confirmed that there were no injuries in the incident. The fire department also said there were no injuries when a construction crane...
Hurricane Miltonbrought powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and flooding to much of Florida after making landfall along the Gulf Coast as a category 3 storm. It weakened to a Category 1 storm asit moved through Floridaearly Thursday. Power outages were widespread ...
“You face two hurricanes in a couple of weeks — not easy to go through — but I’ve seen a lot of resilience throughout this state,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a Thursday afternoon briefing in Sarasota. Advertisement “When you’re a Floridian, you kind of just know that th...
The storm spared Tampa, but flooded streets and homes throughout western Florida. Power outages were widespread, and deaths have been reported from severe weather.