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Brooke Hiers just a month ago left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived after Hurricane Idalia slammed into her home on Florida's Gulf Coast in August of 2023.
As the clock ticks down, activity has ramped up in Cedar Key on Wednesday, where residents and business owners are racing to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Helene.
After lashing the west coast of Florida all day Sunday with gusty winds, tropical downpours, and damaging storm surge, the eye of Hurricane Debby came ashore around daybreak Monday near Steinhatchee in Florida’s Big Bend, only 9 miles southeast of where Category 3 Hurricane Idalia came ashore just 341 days ago.
Almost a year after Hurricane Idalia tore through Florida, many residents of Horseshoe Beach in the north are still recovering. Those who lost homes ask themselves: Do I stay or go? Rebuild or live differently? Can I afford it?
Forecasters at Colorado State University – the group to pioneer seasonal hurricane forecasting in the early 1980s – issued its first outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season on Thursday. Their outlook calls for an “extremely active” hurricane season in 2024, with 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and five hurricanes to reach Category 3, 4, or 5 status, with winds of 111 mph or stronger.
Florida agriculture losses from Hurricane Idalia are estimated at between $78 million and $371 million, with producers also suffering widespread damage to such infrastructure as irrigation rigs and fences.
A windsurfer who went missing off Florida’s Space Coast the day that Hurricane Idalia made landfall last week has been declared the state’s second death from the Category 3 storm, officials said Wednesday.
FFor small businesses that rely on summer tourism to keep afloat, extreme weather is replacing the pandemic as the determining factor in how well a summer will go.
Two people have been charged with looting a home damaged by Hurricane Idalia in Florida’s Big Bend region.
President Joe Biden saw from the sky Hurricane Idalia’s impact across a swath of Florida before setting out on a walking tour of the city of Live Oak, which is recovering from the storm.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office says he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden when the Democrat flies to Florida this weekend to survey damage from Hurricane Idalia, suggesting that doing so could hinder disaster response because of the logistics involved.
The White House will seek another $4 billion to address natural disasters as part of its supplemental funding request, bringing the total to $16 billion.
Hurricane Idalia's fast track over a sparsely populated region means Florida's insurance industry isn't expected to take nearly the hit it has with previous storms like last year's Ian.
In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida, experts say its eye experienced a phenomenon that kept it from further intensifying.
The nation’s employers added 187,000 jobs in August, evidence of a slowing but still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed.
A plastic container with a stranger’s Christmas decorations floated into Barbara J. Gibbs’s property. There was also an abandoned red life vest on the grass right next to the muck left behind on Thursday.
Hurricane Idalia damaged Stacie Austin’s home. Its storm surge pushed a mobile home over a block away from where it once stood. Its force was so random that it spared Chip Potter nearby.
Flooding from Hurricane Idalia’s storm surge and tree damage were keeping firefighters from getting to a house that was on fire in Hernando County, also known as Florida’s “Adventure Coast.”
The White House says Congress should pass a short-term funding measure to ensure the government keeps operating after the current budget year ends Sept. 30.
Residents of Cedar Key were allowed back on the island Thursday with a pass to check on their homes, a day after Hurricane Idalia struck Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm.
Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction are picking through piles of rubble where homes once stood, throwing tarps over roofs and gingerly navigating through mazes of streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees.
Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast early Wednesday morning, with numerous rescues taking place amid heavy rains, gusty winds and flooding.
President Joe Biden says Hurricane Idalia is “still very dangerous” even though it has weakened since coming ashore in Florida on Wednesday morning.
Hurricane Idalia rapidly strengthened in the 24 hours leading up to landfall in Florida’s Big Bend – from a Category 1 to a Category 4 hurricane – with winds topping out at 130 mph just before landfall early Wednesday.
The quaint community that sits about three miles out into the Gulf of Mexico may be one of the hardest hit from Hurricane Idalia.
The Global Empowerment Mission in Doral continued its mission Wednesday by preparing vans and tractor-trailers to deliver supplies to those hit hard by Hurricane Idalia in northern Florida.
Residents in one Gulf Coast community say it was the rising waters from Hurricane Idalia that surprised them.
The Florida county sheriff where Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 storm says so far there have been no reported deaths or serious injuries.
Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s west coast Wednesday morning as a dangerous Category 3 storm and threatens to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall.
After being held in limbo – meandering for days in the northwestern Caribbean – Idalia, now a strengthening hurricane, is making a beeline for Florida’s Big Bend, with devastating impacts forecast as it comes ashore as a major hurricane tomorrow.
After being held in limbo – meandering for days in the northwestern Caribbean – Idalia, now a strengthening hurricane, is making a beeline for Florida’s Big Bend, with devastating impacts forecast as it comes ashore as a major hurricane tomorrow.
As people across the state of Florida brace for the impact of Hurricane Idalia, it could ultimately prove to be a test for the state's already volatile insurance industry.
Feeding on some of the hottest water on the planet, Hurricane Idalia is rapidly strengthening as it bears down on Florida.
The Global Empowerment Mission in Doral is sending aid by preparing two 18-wheelers filled with family supplies and headed towards Southwest Florida on Tuesday.
A rare blue supermoon could be playing a role in worsening the impact of Hurricane Idalia as the storm lashes Florida's west coast.
Fort Lauderdale residents loaded up on free sandbags Tuesday morning ahead of Hurricane Idalia, which is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane by Wednesday.
In anticipation of the impending threat posed by Hurricane Idalia, Florida is stepping up its support efforts by dispatching its Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams to the west coast and the central part of the state.
Local 10 News crews have headed north, from Tampa to downtown Gainesville to Cedar Key, where residents are preparing for Hurricane Idalia.
If you have plans to visit Central Florida's theme parks this week, there may be some changes in the air as Hurricane Idalia strengthens and makes its way to Florida's gulf coast.
Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas have been ordered to pack up and leave as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall.
