The first full week of February is Florida’s Severe Weather Awareness Week. Every day this week the CBS 12 StormTrac Team ...

No other state in the country has more hurricane landfalls per year on average than Florida does. Nearly 40% of all ...

“Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida," according to a Tuesday update from National Hurricane Center specialist John Cangialosi. All ...

Live coverage has ended, for updates follow here. Rebecca Cohen DeSantis said "now is the time to shelter in place" as Hurricane Milton inches toward Sarasota. "First responders are staged and ...

Florida Severe Weather Awareness Week is Feb. 3-7, 2025, to increase awareness of and preparedness for severe weather hazards ...

Treasure Island Fire Rescue and Police Department have been operating out of portable buildings in City Hall’s parking lot ...

“Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida," according to a Tuesday update from National Hurricane Center specialist John Cangialos ...

As a hurricane approaches a coast, the churning winds force ocean water up onto land. Atmospheric pressure from the storm also helps squeeze the water ashore. The shallower the continental shelf, the ...

but Florida's "hurricane hunters" are staying busy. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) runs its operation center out of Lakeland. During hurricane season, that's where ...