Environment

Florida A&M and Florida State University have canceled classes for the rest of the week as Hurricane Ian moves further into the gulf and threatens the Gulf Coast of the state. Tallahassee Community College is continuing business as usual as more area school districts announce closures.

Ian is forecast to parallel the southwest Gulf Coast before making landfall with the Sun Coast Thursday. Tornado risk increases from I-4 south today.

Hurricane Ian continues to intensify as it moves over the western tip of Cuba as a category 3 storm.

State wildlife officials are set to establish a “seasonal” no-entry zone in Brevard County waters to further protect threatened manatees, which have seen an unprecedented number of deaths mostly linked to malnutrition.

Ian is expected to continue rapidly strengthening. Landfall possible from the Big Bend to Sun Coast during the middle to end of the week.

Spaghetti models are a combination of different model ensembles. They are a simple way of communicating where a storm may travel given the data available at the time. Generally, they are used by meteorologists to give a geographical range to the public.

At a time when developers are cutting down mangroves and building in such a way that's harming coral reefs, scientists will work with community members on solutions and policy changes.

The tropical depression has formed in the Caribbean, and while the path could still change, Florida was in the forecast cone early Friday morning.

After Hurricane Fiona and Tropical Storm Gaston, another system could become a tropical depression this week as it tracks west.

Hurricane Fiona lashed the island of Puerto Rico over the weekend and early Monday, bringing several feet of rain across mountainous terrain.