Hurricane Season

A study finds that language barriers and immigration status are major hurdles to seeking emergency relief.

The state has stopped accepting applications for the popular home-hardening program, less than a month after a new round of funding became available.

Rebuilding after extreme weather disasters can be a long and expensive process, as the impacts of climate change increasingly threaten coastal communities.

Experts at Colorado State University have boosted their forecast for what was already expected to be an above-average hurricane season. It now calls for 25 named storms.

Potential Tropical Cyclone One formed in the western Gulf Monday night, as another system in the Atlantic could impact portions of Florida's east coast this week.

Florida is moving forward with plans to buy and retrofit a massive warehouse in Auburndale as a staging area to respond to hurricanes and other emergencies.

Jeff Berardelli in Tampa and John Morales in Miami say viewer response has been mostly positive. Berardelli says, "We're being irresponsible if we're not providing context."

Florida and other Gulf coast states are urged to keep an eye out for an under appreciated ingredient that can quickly turn storms into lethal monsters: hot ocean eddies.

As climate change makes storms more frequent and intense, Florida community foundations are looking for new ways to make sure they have resources on hand to support the public.

Utility leaders say they are responding to a trend of stronger and more unpredictable hurricanes as the 2024 outlook calls for what may be the busiest hurricane season ever.