A tropical storm watch was in effect for the Florida Keys Monday as Hurricane Milton roared off the Gulf of Mexico.

Coco Gauff's U.S. Open title defense is off to a successful start.

Legendary marine conservationist Dr. Sylvia Earle announced this week that her Mission Blue organization has designated Biscayne Bay, the Florida Keys, and the Ten Thousands Islands as “Hope Spots."

A Miami-Dade police officer who was accused of driving drunk in the Florida Keys two years ago had his charges reduced Wednesday.

Numerous residents in the Florida Keys have reported scammers/thieves posing as real Monroe County Sheriff’s Office members this week asking for money or making threats about fake arrest warrants and false accusations about missing fake jury duty.

Jessica Pegula has defeated Elina Svitolina 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, setting up a fourth-round matchup at the U.S. Open against fellow American Madison Keys.

A 32-year-old man was arrested Monday after authorities found nearly 170 pounds of cocaine on his sailboat during a search in Marathon, deputies said.

Turtles Spencer and Nacho were released in the waters off Key West after being rescued in the Keys earlier this year.

At the famous Abbey Road Studios in London to present a special selection of songs recorded in spatial audio for Apple Music, Alicia Keys revealed another upcoming project.

Monroe County is considering shelling out up to $52 million dollars to replace their 22-year-old Trauma Star Helicopters that take patients from the keys to trauma hospitals in Miami.

It’s estimated that up to 4 million people in the United States participate in recreational diving and the coast of Southeast Florida, from Palm Beach to the Keys, is the busiest diving area of the world.

American Madison Keys upset No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals.

More than 100 Cuban migrants intercepted off the Florida Keys in nine separate instances over the weekend were sent back to the island, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The first "Keys on the Key" Piano Festival is taking place on April 1-3.

U.S. Border Patrol agents detained 17 Cuban migrants who made landfall Saturday morning in the Florida Keys.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, most of the Keys were without power early Saturday morning.

The Florida Keys are a hot spot for infection and now the first place in the United States for a novel approach to eradicating these deadly insects.

WESTON, Fla. – What’s shaking, South Florida? “We got reports of people experiencing shaking in the South Florida area around 1:15 p.m.,” said Paul Caruso, a USGS geophysicist. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said it responded to an area in Weston where the shaking was reported and found nothing. The city of Weston posted a message on social media saying:“In regard to the rumbling that people in Weston felt just earlier. Steve Friedman, a boat captain out of Islamorada, said he was fishing in Florida Bay near Flamingo when he felt and heard the rumble.

Spain's Rafael Nadal, center, arrives at Adelaide Airport ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship, Adelaide, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. The Australian Open is set to start Feb. 8. To do so, they are having players undergo COVID-19 tests before they board their charter flights, again after they arrive and frequently during the quarantine period. Totally recovered!”The Australian Open has already been delayed three weeks because restrictions in place for the COVID-19 pandemic. All other tournaments will be in Melbourne, including the 12-team ATP Cup starting Feb. 1 and two WTA events in the week leading into the Australian Open.

KEY WEST, Fla. – A small group of Florida Keys residents marked the end of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season by dousing hurricane warning flags with rum and burning them during a waterfront ceremony. The event on Monday included remembering people still recovering from hurricanes that battered parts of the Caribbean, Central America and the United States. This year’s season was the most active ever recorded. It included 30 named storms, with 13 hurricanes. Speakers also gave thanks that the Keys escaped significant impacts, despite Eta crossing the Upper Keys on Nov. 9 as a tropical storm.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The U.S. National Hurricane Center’s 10 p.m. advisory reported Tropical Storm Eta was about 90 miles away from northwestern Cuba. Tropical Storm Eta 10pm advisory cone. City of Miami:City of Miami presser on Tropical Storm Eta WATCH LIVE: City of Miami officials hold press conference to discuss looming threat of Tropical Storm Eta. Latest on the storm: https://bit.ly/2GEgey7 Posted by WPLG Local 10 on Sunday, November 8, 2020Miami-Dade County:Miami-Dade County presser on Tropical Storm Eta WATCH LIVE: Miami-Dade County officials hold press conference to discuss looming threat of Tropical Storm Eta. Latest on the storm: https://bit.ly/2GEgey7 Posted by WPLG Local 10 on Sunday, November 8, 2020Broward County:Broward County presser on Tropical Storm Eta WATCH LIVE: Broward County officials hold press conference to discuss looming threat of Tropical Storm Eta.

If winds of 40 mph or higher are identified in the circulation, it would become Tropical Storm Zeta (yes, Zeta follows Epsilon in the Greek alphabet.) This tail was one of the ingredients responsible for the very rainy stretch of weather in South Florida early this week. While that plays out, the disturbance – likely as a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Zeta – is forecast to move slowly in the direction of extreme western Cuba, but stay in the Caribbean today and tomorrow. Be ready for fast-developing local flooding if the heavy rain materializes. Whether it will make it to South Florida late next week is an open question.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The Florida Keys took a beating when Tropical Storm Sally passed over the island chain. That comes as the Keys have already been dealing with extremely tough times over the past six months, as their tourist-driven economy has taken a major hit thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Monroe County makes health and safety decisions independent from neighboring South Florida counties, and will again next week as it lifts some COVID-related restrictions. Monroe County Mayor Heather Carruthers was on the opposing end of a close 3-2 commission vote that lifted those restrictions. She joined Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg on This Week in South Florida to discuss, and the conversation can be seen at the top of this page.