In the wake of the 2024 hurricane season, thousands of Tampa Bay homes were damaged or destroyed, innumerable residents ...

The National Hurricane Center now lists Hurricane Milton as one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic Basin.

United Nations and U.S. weather monitoring agencies have retired Milton as a recurring tropical storm name, citing the "death and destruction" it caused, as well as three other devastating storms to ...

according to the National Hurricane Center. While it came out of the Gulf and hit Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4, most of the deaths and damage were inland in North Carolina and South ...

The organization tasked with maintaining rotating lists of hurricane names has retired the monikers of three of 2024’s most ...

Nearly six months after Hurricane Milton devastated Tampa Bay, the storm is now officially considered one of the most ...

Big picture view: The 2024 seagrass mapping study by the Southwest Florida Water Management District showed gains over the last two years, but there was concern Hurricanes Helene and Milton could have ...

That dried out lots of fuel just waiting for a spark — from freeze-dried grasses in the southern Plains to downed trees and brush from hurricanes ... Much of Florida also is in drought ...

The program, revived amid Florida's insurance crisis, aims to financially assist homeowners in fortifying their homes against hurricanes, potentially leading to lower insurance premiums.

In 2024 alone, Florida faced significant damages from hurricanes Helene and Milton, underscoring the urgent need to shift from reactive disaster response to proactive disaster risk reduction (DRR).