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Severe storms and flash flooding are possible Wednesday evening and Thursday

The Big Bend is going through an extended stretch of sustained low temperatures overnight. So cold night shelters will be open through Sunday night in Tallahassee.

Five years ago Hurricane Michael crashed into Florida’s Panhandle. The storm devastated the communities in its path. Homes, jobs and lives were lost. Today, many of the residents who lived through the disaster say they’re still struggling to recover.

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.

With heat waves, fires, and storms becoming more frequent and intense, small businesses increasingly see extreme weather as their next long-term challenge.

Current forecasts show the storm making landfall Wednesday, potentially near the Big Bend, but the cone of uncertainty extends across much of the Gulf Coast and Governor Ron DeSantis says hurricane prediction models aren’t a guarantee.

Tropical Depression Ten has now intensified into Tropical Storm Idalia. The NHC is forecasting landfall as a Category 1 hurricane (winds up to 90 mph) along the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

The declaration was made on Saturday and is intended to give communities as much time as possible to prepare for a impacts from a tropical system next week.

A disturbance in the Caribbean Sea that will be entering the Gulf of Mexico is prompting government officials to advise residents of the potential storm impacts they could face in the following days.

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