severe weather

Climate scientists and decision makers from lawmakers to business leaders will discuss ways to speed up climate adaptation for threats posed by rising seas and extreme weather events.

A cold front will bring the risk of strong storms, which could be capable of producing wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour and tornadoes.

A study of several cities in Florida shows an average rise of as much as 3 degrees in the past century.

Severe storms could bring damaging winds and tornadoes to the state ahead of a powerful midweek cold front.

The potential for several rounds of strong thunderstorms comes only a few days after the last storm system.

A storm system impacting the Central Gulf Coast is expected to create unsettled weather in Florida's panhandle Saturday night and early Sunday. Damaging wind and isolated tornadoes will be possible as a broken line of thunderstorms tracks through the region.

A large non-tropical area of low pressure will likely develop in the southwestern Atlantic this weekend and track toward Florida or the southeast U.S. If certain conditions are present, development into a sub-tropical or tropical system is possible early to mid-next week.

Advocacy groups say the nation’s disaster response system isn’t ready as climate change leads to more extreme calamities.

"As we increase the temperature of the atmosphere... the air that is all around us can hold more water," says Daniel Gilford of Climate Central. "There's been about a 10% increase in atmospheric moisture and rainfall associated with Hurricane Ian."

A legislative budget panel this week gave Gov. Ron DeSantis millions more dollars to pump into storm recovery projects, two weeks after category 4 Hurricane Ian landed in Southwest Florida and crossed the state. Ian landed nearly 4 years after category 5 Michael hit the Panhandle, where recovery continues.