After two major hurricanes spread catastrophic flooding across Florida, we hear from the head of the National Hurricane ...

With the Florida peninsula being struck consecutively by Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene, residents are questioning whether human-driven factors play a role in these types of events. However, ...

USF researchers are stepping up, launching critical initiatives to strengthen hurricane preparedness and insights following ...

Gloriana Cherry, left, and Shannon Lee, search for belongings in the rubble after storm surge from Hurricane Helene destroyed ...

A local climate expert weighs in on how three hurricanes had separate personalities and why all are examples of climate ...

If hurricanes weren’t bringing enough misery, Florida’s warm, brackish waters are serving up “flesh-eating” bacteria. When ...

While the majority of Lee County beaches are still closed after Hurricane Milton, a few opened last weekend. Here's the details.

While cleaning up after Hurricane Helene’s severe storm surge, residents of Buttonwood Harbour shared experiences about ...

Southern Sarasota County was hard hit by two hurricanes in two weeks. In Englewood, some residents experienced more than five ...

It's actually called Vibrio vulnificus, and a range of peer-reviewed academic papers are reporting the infectious and deadly ...

The number of cases of vibrio vulnificus, a type of bacteria known to increase in concentration during heavy rain or flooding, doubled in Florida following Helene's landfall on Sept. 26, according to ...

Helene brought up to 18 feet of waves at the mouth of Tampa Bay, less than 10 miles from the shoreline. The storm surge also ...