Scientists say human-caused climate change intensified deadly Hurricane Milton’s rainfall by 20 to 30% and strengthened its winds by about 10%.

Residents of the Tampa Bay area were still cleaning up two-week-old damage from Hurricane Helene Monday as powerful Hurricane Milton again put the devastated region in the crosshairs of a major storm.

A man and his "best friend" are safe after the U.S. Coast Guard pulled them from the water off of Sanibel Island on Thursday afternoon.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement asked the public for help on Sunday with finding an 18-year-old Florida man driving a Toyota Corolla with a 15-year-old girl.

Baseball season openers in New York and Philadelphia have been postponed a day until Friday because of rainy forecasts in both cities.

Fanatics founder Michael Rubin says his company is being unfairly blamed for new Major League Baseball uniforms that have see-through pants and other fit and design problems.

Authorities say a pilot and two people on the ground died when a small plane crashed into a Florida mobile home park.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued an Amber Alert on Monday morning after an 8-year-old girl vanished with a 34-year-old man in Florida’s Tampa Bay area.

Florida police responded to a freak accident that left one car mangled.

Fifty-two endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles suffering from “cold stun” are rehabbing at four facilities in Florida after a flight on a private plane from the New England Aquarium in Massachusetts.

A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew in Clearwater rescued two people and their dog, Saturday, about 90 miles off Hernando Beach after their sailboat became disabled, authorities said.

A man hit the jackpot in Florida after playing a lottery scratch-off game, Lottery officials announced this week.

Noah Song has no illusions of the challenges ahead as he approaches the end of his first week of spring training since joining the Philadelphia Phillies from the U.S. Navy.

Noah Song threw and performed agility drills on a back outfield wearing Philadelphia Phillies shorts and T-shirt, a far different different uniform for the 25-year old.

Police arrested a west central Florida man accused of threatening a landscaper and his daughter with an assault rifle over a parking dispute last month.

Police in Florida say a 24-year-old man told police he lured his mother to his apartment, where he beat her with a hammer before fatally stabbing her.

Coast Guard crews rescued seven people off the coast of Tampa Bay over the weekend.

A Florida man faces animal cruelty and domestic battery charges after police say he buried his father’s dog alive.

A Florida man is facing theft charges after allegedly stealing someone’s luggage at a hotel, then he's caught wearing the victim’s clothes.

The ashes of Winter the dolphin have been returned to the sea, about two months after the beloved marine mammal of movie star fame died at a Florida aquarium.

Florida authorities said they found cocaine and methamphetamine wrapped around a man’s penis during a traffic stop, but the man denied the drugs were his.

Police say a 3-year-old Florida boy is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the shoulder with a gun.

Florida’s most famous dolphin Winter died of twisted intestines.

Amy Carmichael lives more than 4,000 miles from the Florida aquarium that housed Winter, the “Dolphin Tale” movie star with a prosthetic tail who died this week at age 16.

A prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies has died at a Florida aquarium despite life-saving efforts by animal care experts.

Officials say the prosthetic-tailed dolphin that starred in the "Dolphin Tale" movies may be fighting a gastrointestinal infection.

A 70-year-old man has been accused of slamming a child to the ground at a playground after yelling that kids were making too much noise.

A 70-year-old man has been accused of slamming a child to the ground at a playground after yelling that kids were making too much noise.

Lightning struck again and again near the sand and water, pictures from the Clearwater Police Department show. Beachgoer were warned to seek shelter.

TripAdvisor has released their annual list of 'Top 10 Overall Experiences in the U.S. for 2021,' and not one, but two of their must-do activities in 2021 are right here in the Sunshine State.

Copyright 2020 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved. CLEARWATER, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Tuesday at BayCare’s Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater. If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

CLEARWATER, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis held a roundtable discussion regarding education and the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday afternoon at Paul B. Stephens School in Clearwater.

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2020, file photo, the Phillie Phanatic mascot walks on the third-base dugout while the Philadelphia Phillies played the Pittsburgh Pirates in a spring training baseball game in Clearwater, Fla. “The fur is back on the field,” exclaimed Dave Raymond, the playful mischief maker who originally portrayed the Phanatic. No telling yet whether Mr. Met and Mrs. Met need to keep their distance. When MLB starts the season next month, fans won't be allowed in the ballparks. “That’s what we can do to help, even if there aren’t any fans inside.”___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

CLEARWATER, Fla. - A Florida man has finally figured out what a belly button is actually good for... stashing drugs. Martin Skelly, 41, was arrested Saturday after he showed up at a Clearwater McDonald's with a loaded needle, The Smoking Gun reports. Skelly was transported to jail where he underwent a full body search. Despite telling officers he had no additional contraband during his arrest, a jail deputy found a baggie filled with methamphetamine "wedged deep within the belly button cavity" of the 380 lb. According to the police report, upon finding the drugs in his belly button, Skelly responded, "I was just being dumb and not thinking."

CLEARWATER, Fla. - A Florida woman raised over $4,000 for funeral expenses for her late son before confessing that she had murdered the infant child. Victoria Jackson's 10-month-old son Malachi was found unresponsive in his crib in Clearwater on May 24. Following Malachi's death, Jackson made a plea for help in paying for his funeral on GoFundMe. Jackson was arrested and admitted to suffocating her son with a pillow while he slept. The GoFundme page was taken down and the company will offer refunds to those who donated.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Authorities say a 32-year-old nursing assistant sexually assaulted four patients including one in a wheelchair and other disabled by a stroke at Florida health care facilities where hes worked over the past three years. Clearwater police spokesman Rob Shaw tells the Tampa Bay Times that Falo Kane was brought in for questioning on Monday, confessed to the assaults and wrote an apology letter to the women. Police reports say two incidents happened in 2016 and two others this year. Pinellas County Sheriffs officials say Kane was arrested on charges of inappropriately touching a hospital patient in 2018. Hospital officials say they suspended him when a patient complained, but they didnt know about his arrest.

Surveillance Video via CNNCLEARWATER, Fla. - The Florida man on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed black man after being shoved to the ground during a parking lot altercation will not testify on his own behalf. Michael Drejka told the court Friday in Clearwater, that he won't testify at his manslaughter trial, which is rapidly moving to its conclusion. Drejka fatally shot 28-year-old Markeis McGlockton in July 2018. In video shown to the jury, Drejka told detectives that after McGlockton pushed him, he feared he was about to be further attacked and severely injured. Prosecutors argue that Drejka started the altercation by confronting McGlockton's girlfriend because she was parked in a handicapped space.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Ecstasy pills shaped like President Donald Trump have led to charges against a Florida man. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says 23-year-old Brendan Dolan-King of Clearwater was charged Friday with felony drug possession after police confirmed five Trump-themed orange tablets seized during a June search of his home were in fact illicit drugs. Authorities say forensic laboratory testing proved the pills to be MDMA, a substance commonly referred to as ecstasy or molly. According to reports, the puckered-lipped Trump-inspired pills that resemble children's multivitamins have popped up across Europe and the United States. Indiana state police in 2018 seized similar orange pills stamped with the 45th president's face and the words, "great again," an apparent reference to Trump's "Make American Great Again" campaign slogan.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Two Florida women scammed two adoptive couples in cases that appear unrelated but started when they were pregnant in the same jail, authorities said. Authorities arrested Angelica Lopez, 30, on Wednesday and Ceara Rae Stowe, 26, on Friday on one and two counts of adoption deception, respectively because Stowe gave birth to twins. In both cases, the adoptive parents from Florida and Nebraska communicated with the women while in jail and after their release. On June 3, Stowe told the Nebraska couple it was time, saying she was excited to complete their family. Stowe gave birth to twins who are now in custody of her mother.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Authorities in Florida say a woman failed to follow through with an adoption agreement leaving the couple heartbroken and the woman back in jail. News outlets report 29-year-old Ceara Stowe was charged Wednesday with adoption deception. The report says Stowe asked the couple for money, including $2,100 in May for rent. Deputies say when Stowe told the couple it was time on June 3, she never showed up. The report says Stowe admitted Wednesday to taking the couple's money after already giving birth.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Florida man is dead after crashing while racing his friend at a closed go-kart track. Pinellas Park police say Jesse Outlaw was trespassing when he crashed the gas-powered go-kart into a guard rail. The Tampa Bay Times reports Outlaw wasnt wearing a helmet when he crashed late Thursday. The go-kart wasnt equipped with a safety harness. Showtime Speedway owner Robert Yoho said Outlaw was caught on a security camera trespassing two weeks earlierCopyright 2019 The Associated Press.

PLANTATION, Fla. – The Sears in Plantation's Broward Mall is among the 40 stores that will closing this summer, the company recently announced. The company will be allowing eligible employees to receive severance pay. The company did not say when the store at 8000 W. Broward Blvd. will close. Here is the list of the other stores that will close in Florida:- University Mall, 7171 N Davis Hwy, Pensacola- Countryside Mall, 27001 Us 19 N, Clearwater- Oaks Mall, 6201 W Newberry Rd, Gainesville- Sears Town Mall, 3550 S Washington Ave, Titusville