Many WPLG-Local 10 News employees don’t know what the newsroom is like without Kerry Weston, an Emmy award-winning journalist.

It was Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and Hurricane Andrew in 1992 that changed the way the public and government regarded the risk of hurricane damage to homes and roofs became a major focal point.

It’s been thirty years since Hurricane Andrew made landfall, shocking South Florida with the devastation left behind.

Wednesday marks thirty years since Hurricane Andrew changed the lives of countless South Floridians.

What can be written about the hurricane forever etched into the lives of a generation of South Floridians 30 years ago today?

Public officials gathered in Homestead Tuesday to mark 30 years since the landfall of Hurricane Andrew, which remains one of the single-most destructive storms in Florida’s history.

A special edition of the Bryan Norcross Podcast. Luke interviews Bryan about how Hurricane Andrew changed his life, the morning Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, covering Hurricane Sandy, naming winter storms, and more. This is Part 2 of an extensive conversation.

The National Hurricane Center is highlighting three areas for potential development. The one of most immediate concern is Tropical Disturbance #1, which long-range computer forecast models indicate may eventually end up in the western Gulf.

A special edition of the Bryan Norcross Podcast. Luke interviews Bryan about his life, communications philosophy, key weather moments, and much more. From his first hurricane broadcast during Hurricane Camille, to his first time anchoring when nobody could get to the TV station in a major snowstorm, to running a news department, to of course, Hurricane Andrew. This is Part 1 of an extensive conversation.

We watched with dread last night as Category 4 Hurricane Laura made landfall on the southwestern Louisiana coast. The larger-circulation storm moves more water, so the storm surge is higher and pushes farther inland. Thats Calcasieu Lake. Much of the area to the east of Calcasieu Lake is lightly populated, and we certainly hope everybody got out. A village at the south end of Calcasieu Lake named Cameron is the site of past hurricane disasters.

TROPICAL STORM LAURATodays storm, Tropical Storm Laura will pass South Florida well to the south. Tropical Storm Laura: 11 a.m. Monday advisory. (www.HurricaneIntel.com)TROPICAL STORM MARCOAnd then theres Tropical Storm Marco, which is heading for the Louisiana coast today. Marco is forecast to come ashore and die out well before Hurricane Laura arrives at the Gulf coast. Tropical Storm Marco: 11 a.m. Monday advisory.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The Bloomingdale’s store that survived Hurricane Andrew was unable to withstand the retail storm destroying brick-and-mortar establishments across the country. The high-end department store’s Miami-Dade location at The Falls shopping center will be going out of business effective on Jan. 11. With only 35 stores in the U.S., the closing of a store like Bloomingdale’s is a reminder that all is not well in the retail world. The Bloomingdale’s at The Falls opened in 1984, but closed for over a year when it was severely damaged in Hurricane Andrew. The store reopened in late 1993 and has been an anchor at the mall ever since.

MIAMI - A tropical disturbance centered between The Bahamas and South Florida is slowly drifting toward the state. The tropical disturbance we have been watching is getting a little better organized as it drifts toward South Florida. The biggest threat to South Florida appears to be localized flooding from gusty tropical downpours. After the disturbance moves away from South Florida, it will leave a tail of moisture behind. AUGUST 23, 1992: We woke up to 120 mph Hurricane Andrew aimed right at South Florida.