Las autoridades están investigando la muerte de un hombre después de un altercado nocturno con su esposa afuera de un motel en Homestead el miércoles.

Tropical Storm Sara formed Thursday afternoon just 50 miles east of Honduras, drifting slowly along the country’s northern coast on Friday, spreading torrential rainfall across not only Honduras, but through Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala, western Nicaragua, and eastern portions of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

Authorities in Miami-Dade County are investigating a shooting.

Tropical Storm Rafael formed on Monday in the Caribbean – the 17th named storm of the busy 2024 Atlantic hurricane season – and is on track to impact the Cayman Islands on Tuesday and parts of western Cuba on Wednesday as a hurricane.

As we first detailed in this newsletter last Thursday, a tropical depression or named storm could come together by this weekend or early next week as it meanders around in the central and western Caribbean.

Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified Monday morning into a dangerous major hurricane over the southern Gulf of Mexico and is on track to deliver yet another devastating blow to the Sunshine State less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene ravaged parts of Florida’s west coast and sweeping Big Bend.

Another tropical system could form later this week over the northwestern Caribbean or Gulf of Mexico – in the vicinity of where Helene formed last week – and move toward the Gulf Coast for next weekend or early next week.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Tuesday morning with Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr.

July is an important transition month for the hurricane season. It’s the month we begin to look farther out into the open Atlantic as more storms form east of the Caribbean than during June.

The tropical Atlantic is in the midst of its most significant outbreak of Saharan dust in over two years.

Although tropical storms and hurricanes can impact any state along the Gulf Coast or southeast U.S. in June, two states especially stand out. T

Police responded to reports of an apparent shooting on Tuesday night in Miami-Dade County.

A fire erupted Sunday night at a supermarket in Hialeah, destroying the store.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is now reporting at least 40 endangered smalltooth sawfish have died since January of this year. That number is up by two from last week.

Divers were seen pulling a man from the water in Broward County on Wednesday.

On Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, The Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced that WPLG-TV President and CEO Bert Medina has been named recipient of “The Board of Governors” Award.

Tool played 2 packed concerts at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Thursday, Jan. 18 and Friday, Jan. 19.

Fire crews responded to a blaze inside an apartment building in Hollywood on Monday.

Social Distortion & Bad Religion will play a live OUTDOOR show at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, Apr. 27, 2024.

The North Beach Music Festival returned to the North Beach Bandshell from Friday, Dec. 1 through Sunday, Dec. 3.

The Riptide Music Festival returned to Fort Lauderdale Beach with a double punch of The Black Keys and Jellyroll headlining on Saturday, Dec. 2 & Sunday, Dec. 3.

The 11th annual North Miami BrewFest is happening on Saturday, Nov. 18 at its new location at NOMI Village.

A man was shot and killed in an incident with Miami police officers on Wednesday.

Morrissey brought his "40 Years of Morrissey" tour to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood on Sunday, Oct. 8.

Philippe, the erratic tropical storm that first formed 13 days ago and brought widespread flooding to the eastern Caribbean – from Dominica and Guadeloupe westward to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands – for the first half of this week is transitioning into a much larger extratropical storm system and setting a weekend collision course for Maine and Atlantic Canada

WPLG-TV has moved frequencies to upgrade its signal to NEXTGEN TV.

Nas & Wu-Tang Clan brought their New York State of Mind tour to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Friday, Sept. 22.

Miami Dolphins running back Salvon Ahmed is encouraging fans to donate to a GoFundMe account to benefit the family of the New England Patriots fan who died after a fight erupted at Dolphins-Patriots game Sunday night.

WPLG, the ABC television network affiliate in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale market, is looking for an experienced HR Specialist, Payroll & Benefits professional.

Britney Spears’s little sister Jamie Lynn Spears, Ariana Madix, of “Vanderpump Rules,” and Tyson Beckford are among the new competitors of the next “Dancing With the Stars.”

Leon Bridges performed live at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood on Thursday, Aug. 24.

An area of low pressure between Cuba and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula – designated Invest 93L by the National Hurricane Center – has steadily organized since Friday and is expected to become a tropical depression or storm by later today or Sunday.

Jefferson Starship performed live at the Casino @ Dania Beach on Thursday, Aug. 3.

Authorities are searching for a bird thief in southwest Miami-Dade County.

Get into the breathtaking art of Vincent Van Gogh with the immersive new exhibit at the Olympia Theater in Miami!

People around the world protested in unity on Sunday.

Local 10 News viewer Jack Callion sent an image of a waterspout he spotted on Saturday afternoon near the Seven Mile Bridge in Florida.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a train on Sunday morning in Broward County.

An ambitious project is moving forward to make sure one of Miami's most historic neighborhoods stays that way as it approaches its 100th year anniversary.

Billy Idol performed live at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Apr. 18.

Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in West Palm Beach.

Miami-Dade police officers were on the hunt for an armed robber.

Greta Van Fleet brought their "Dreams in Gold" tour to the Hard Rock Live on Wednesday, March 9th.

REO Speedwagon played a sold-out show at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

A large police and fire rescue response was spotted in Sunrise Friday morning after a car went into a canal.

An Arctic Cold Front is on track to gift South Florida with a Christmas that may rank among the top 10 coldest for Miami.

This season has been notably void of chilly air so far in South Florida, with the coldest reading for Miami coming in at just 63 back on October 19. November went down as the second warmest on record, and December has been on a similar trajectory. But all of that looks to change just in time for Christmas.

The 2nd annual North Beach Music Festival took over the Miami Beach Bandshell from Friday, Dec. 9 though Sunday, Dec. 11.

On Dec. 5, 2019, Frank Ordonez would go to work at UPS and never return home. He'd be taken hostage by two armed robbers and end up in the midst of a police shootout in Miramar Parkway. Richard Cutshaw would be driving home from work and he'd be caught in the crossfire and shot in the head while in his car. Hear the stories of what happened that day and where things stand 3 years later.

Hurricane Lisa packed quite a punch as it came ashore about 10 miles south of Belize City shortly after 5 PM ET yesterday. Though compact, its radius of maximum winds fell squarely over Belize City, pushing a destructive storm surge into Belize’s largest city.

The Love-In Music Festival returned to Greynolds Park in North Miami Beach on Sunday, Oct. 16 for another great day of live music, great food and one-of-a-kind crafts.

Fall is not only enjoyable in South Florida as it sees the humidity begin to break, but it is also when the tropics begin shutting down and the threat from hurricanes gets lower and lower.

Date posted: October 13, 2022

Jane's Addiction & Smashing Pumpkins performed live at the Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Saturday, Oct. 7.

Two people were shot on Sunday afternoon in Lauderhill.

WPLG-TV's Bert Medina inducted into alma mater's Hall of Fame at FIU.

The disturbance we’ve been following in the Caribbean – dubbed Invest 91L – is taking a familiar track south along South America’s northern shoreline like other systems we’ve tracked this season, including the disturbance that became Bonnie back in June and more recently the tropical wave that later became Hurricane Ian.

Green Day played the Hard Rock Live on Thursday, Sept. 22.

Tropical Storm Ian – upgraded late Friday night from Tropical Depression Nine – is still in its formative stages but gradually organizing in the central Caribbean as South Florida officials ready for what they’re calling a “day for decisions” ahead of a still-erratic track forecast for a potentially significant and major hurricane threat next week.

On May 17, 1991, Queen Elizabeth II and husband Prince Philip touched down at Miami International Airport in a chartered Concorde, kicking off a visit to South Florida—and WPLG was there to cover it.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers brought their "Unlimited Love" tour to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Tuesday, Aug. 30.

The Weeknd brought

South Florida’s hot in July. Tell us something we don’t already know, especially this July, one of the warmer ones of the past 25 years.

We’re expecting another quiet week in store for the Atlantic, which begs the question: when does the hurricane season typically pick up the pace?

The Atlantic remains in a state of slumber at the moment, with no tropical depressions expected to develop through the end of the week.

So far this summer, the Gulf of Mexico has been exceptionally warm.

Looking out across the Atlantic Monday morning, things look more like late July than late June.

Hurricane season is often served to us in doses, with a helping of activity followed by a stretch of calm.

So far this hurricane season, water temperatures across the main development region – commonly called the MDR, where the majority of Category 3, 4 and 5 hurricanes form later in the season – have been running above average, though not exceptionally so, through the first half of June.

Un oso fue visto en la playa de Pensacola.

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic brought the nonstop party to the North Beach Bandshell on Friday, June 3, despite the threat of a potential tropical storm.

In the battle against strong wind shear, the broad center of Potential Tropical Cyclone One folded overnight, with convection getting quickly blown eastward as several smaller low-level cloud swirls were exposed underneath the high cloud tops.

A legendary leader in the broadcast television and business world, and a big part of our success at WPLG, has died. Tom Murphy died Wednesday at his home in New York at the age of 96.

WPLG-TV's president and CEO is recognized by the Suncoast Emmy chapter for his excellence in the television industry.

Local 10 News viewers sent in photos and video of the remnants of the SpaceX launch that were spotted Friday morning from Boca Raton to Oakland Park.

Shortly upon deciding to leave The Weather Channel as its on-air Hurricane Specialist and Storm Surge Expert at the end of 2016, I received a phone call from Bill Pohovey, the long-time vice president and news director at WPLG – Miami’s local ABC affiliate. Having been a one-time resident of Miami, I knew the station letters well. I also knew its team of meteorologists, including Chief Certified Meteorologist Betty Davis, also a Weather Channel alum, and its resident Hurricane Specialist Max Mayfield, a colleague, friend, and former National Hurricane Center Director. I don’t remember the details of our conversation – it was brief – though I do remember the impression it left. This local station knew its niche – hurricanes – and it had a plan to not only cover them best, but to cover them better than the rest. The timing for me, though, didn’t quite fit.

New Orleans-based funk band Dumpstaphunk played a free show at Young Arts Park on Saturday, March 12.

Strong storms possible to end the weekend.

Local 10 has welcomed a new member to the family. Meet Reece Ramos, the new bundle of joy for Local 10 anchor Nicole Perez and husband, Local 10 reporter Roy Ramos.

As of Oct. 18, 2021

The auto show is happening at the Miami Beach Convention Center and it runs through Sunday, Oct. 24.

As Walt Disney World celebrates its 50th anniversary, Epcot received the biggest transformation. Tour some of the attractions visitors will see.

As of Aug. 25, 2021

La policía de Opa-Locka está investigando un doble tiroteo, que ocurrió el miércoles por la noche cerca de la intersección de la Noroeste 22 Avenida y la 139 Calle.

Una adolescente que estaba desaparecida fue encontrada a salvo.

As of May 19, 2021

Un bar y hotel popular de South Beach, “The Clevelander” está demandando a la ciudad de Miami Beach.

El hombre arrestado por supuestamente ahogar a una mujer en Dania Beach regresó a la corte el sábado.

Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide detectives are investigating but they said foul play does not appear to have been a factor.

Dos hombres fueron hospitalizados después de un accidente automovilístico en el que un vehículo salió volando de la carretera estatal 84.

Un hombre del condado de Palm Beach fue arrestado por el tiroteo que dejó a dos empleados de Good Greek Moving gravemente heridos.

Una mujer dentro de una casa en Miami prendió fuego a una cubeta de metal llena de drogas y dinero después de que la policía, al ejecutar una orden de registro, le ordenó salir de la casa junto con otras tres personas.

Un hombre de Montgomery, Alabama, enfrenta un cargo de agresión sexual después de que una mujer lo acusó ante la policía de meterse en la cama con ella, en un hostal en Miami Beach, donde la agredió sexualmente.

Los abogados de Runcie esperan convencer a un juez para que deseche el cargo de perjurio.

Shannon Ryan, de 39 años, se enfrenta ahora a un cargo de asesinato de segundo grado en el caso de una madre desaparecida, anunció la policía de Hollywood el martes por la noche.

Un arresto se realizó por el caso de un atropello mortal y fuga ocurrido en la Bahía de Biscayne.

Las autoridades están buscando a la persona que conducía un bote luego de un accidente mortal en el mar.

Una persona resultó con heridas graves debido a un choque violento que ocurrió durante la noche en Miami.

Un niño fue llevado de urgencia al hospital después de un incidente en Miami Gardens el miércoles.