Local Weather

Governor Ron DeSantis said during a Tuesday press conference that almost 50,000 homes are still without power.

Over 100 people in Madison County are still in shelters after Hurricane Helene blew through last week. Large sections of the population are still without electricity.

Debby barreled into the Panhandle Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, leaving widespread power outages in its wake. Officials are urging patience as crews work to turn the lights back on. Duke Energy hopes to restore power to residents in areas it considers hardest hit by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. That includes customers in Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla and Madison counties.

Tropical Depression 4 is officially Tropical Storm Debby, it enters the Gulf of Mexico and the ingredients are there for it to intensify, and slow down. Bad combination.

The following schools will be closed Tuesday: Florida A&M University, Leon, Franklin, Gulf, Madison, Jefferson, Wakulla, and Taylor County Schools.

The week starts with severe weather, including the chance for a tornado or two, damaging winds, and hail for the Florida Panhandle. Flash flood risk increases for Tuesday along the I-10 corridor.

More severe weather is expected in Tallahassee today. Heavy rain and strong storms are expected. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the area until 7 p.m.

Tallahassee area residents are continuing to recover from the strong storms and tornadoes that devastated parts of the city Friday. The latest estimates Sunday evening showed power had been restored to about 91% of impacted customers.

Sail High School, Sable Palm Elementary and Lively Tech are closed Monday. All other Leon County schools are open. But during an online update Sunday evening, Superintendent Rocky Hanna said no transportation will be provided.

The storms this morning are causing closures and delays for schools in the surrounding area.