Hurricane Season

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After a natural disaster, a variety of resources become available through emergency declarations to aid in the cleanup process. FEMA financial assistance is just one of many ways to receive help after a weather event.

The National Hurricane Center is highlighting an area off the Florida east coast for possible development later this week.

"Hyperintensification" is a new word meteorologists are using to describe the rapid building of Hurricane Lee. Warmer oceans act as jet fuel for hurricanes.

In a typical Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, August through mid-September is the busiest time for tropical storms and hurricanes. This season is no different.

In Keaton Beach where Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 storm about a week ago, recovery is ongoing and getting back to normal is something community members say they’ll do together.

State leaders have long sought to move policies out of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance and into the private market.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state will seek federal help for the fishing industry in the Big Bend region, as cleanup efforts continue following major Hurricane Idalia.

The city of Perry was hit hard by Hurricane Idalia. It stormed ashore with 125 mph winds Wednesday knocking out power, damaging homes, and smashing businesses. After the winds and rains cleared, community members realized recovery would be just as hard. But as neighbors gathered in the rural Big Bend town, they took the first steps toward picking up the pieces.

Category 3 Idalia made landfall in Taylor County’s Keaton Beach area, and Sheriff Wayne Padgett said other hard-hit areas included downtown Perry and Steinhatchee, “a little fishing village on the coast."