2026 Hurricane Season

While some schools in the path of Isaias are starting to reopen, the state's top education official says others will wait until next week.

“Right now I think clearing those trees, clearing the debris – that mission continues,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday afternoon during a briefing in Fort Walton Beach. “Our utilities are working hard to get everyone reconnected and back on the grid and I know that will be a breath of fresh air for everyone when that happens.”

Residents in Mexico Beach are taking preparation for Hurricane Isaias seriously. Community members say part of that comes from lessons learned during Hurricane Michael.

Isaias is on a somewhat similar track as 2018's category 5 Hurricane Michael and will make landfall at almost the same time.

Dolly formed in the central Atlantic on Thursday but is expected to weaken due to strong wind shear and dry air.

Jefferson County senior residents were given shelf stable emergency meals to be prepared for the hurricane season.

Strong wind shear and dry air are keeping hurricane activity unusually quiet across the Atlantic basin as the statistical peak of the season approaches.

Tropical Storm Cristobal formed Wednesday over the North Atlantic, but the cyclone is expected to dissipate by the end of the workweek.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three areas of disturbed weather across the Atlantic basin, but none pose a direct threat to Florida.

NOAA is maintaining its forecast for a below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, with the expectation of seven to 13 named storms, including two to six hurricanes.