Division of Emergency Management

1.6 million people in 22 Gulf Coast counties are under evacuation orders, as Idalia is expected to cause life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds in North Florida.

The Florida Department of Emergency Management is the culprit in this morning’s early wake-up call to the millions of people in the state. Floridians were still snug as bugs in bed when every cell phone and tablet in their home went off. Simultaneously.

Florida’s emergency-management director wants lawmakers to make changes to help with disaster preparation and response, pointing to issues that have arisen as the state recovers from Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.

During hurricane season, the only thing that’s consistent is inconsistency.That’s why local emergency management directors worry the lull in landfall…

Storm surge is often seen as one of the deadliest effects of tropical cyclones and can cause dangerous flooding. With Hurricane Season about to be upon…

Florida has benefited from a decade-long hurricane drought, but as the 2016 storm season approaches, officials are worried about a false sense of…