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Source: National Hurricane Center
Daniel Dickert wades through water in front of his home where the Steinhatchee River remained out of its banks on Aug. 30 after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia on Florida's west coast.
The 2023 hurricane season is over but provides warnings for next year
“There are certainly flashing lights that we need to pay real close attention to for the 2024 hurricane season,” says one meteorologist.
Nov. 30• Hurricane
Hurricane Idalia caused widespread pollution in Florida’s waterways
In Horseshoe Beach, near where Idalia made landfall, aerial drone imagery from a Tampa Bay Times reporter shows a displaced vehicle spewing gasoline into a neighborhood canal.
Wastewater, fuel and chemicals spilled in several parts of the state as the massive storm caused extensive flooding.
Sept. 8• Environment
Florida’s population boom drives bigger hurricane losses, despite tougher building codes
A damaged home caused by Hurricane Ian seen along Fort Myers Beach on Oct. 3, 2022.
If Ian, the most expensive storm in Florida’s history, had struck in the ‘70s, the Swiss Re report said, it would have caused half or even a third as much damage.
Sept. 29• Hurricane
Climate change could bring stronger, earlier hurricanes, study finds. What about in Florida?
This satellite imagery from earlier this hurricane season reveals that tropical Storms Philippe and Rina are less than 500 miles from each other. A new study finds that hurricanes are strengthening earlier in the hurricane season than in previous decades.
Category 4 and 5 hurricanes are occurring about 15 days earlier across the planet than they were in the 1980s, the study found.
Oct. 10• Hurricane

HURRICANE PREPARATION GUIDE

What to know about forecast tracks as Idalia looms over Florida
May 25• Hurricane
Tropical Storm Idalia moves between Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, left, and Cuba, right, on Monday morning.
Hurricane 2023: Checklists for building all kinds of storm kits
May 26• Hurricane
A good hurricane kit is essential for Floridians during hurricane season.
How to protect your pets — and yourself — during a hurricane
May 26• Hurricane
Pet owners prepare for Hurricane Ian at Durant High in Plant City last year. All Tampa Bay area counties have hurricane shelters that are pet friendly.
Search your Tampa Bay neighborhood to see the hurricane flood risk
Feb. 3, 2022• Hurricane
rising threat interactive map preview

LATEST

  1. The 2023 hurricane season is over but provides warnings for next year
    Nov. 30• Hurricane
    Daniel Dickert wades through water in front of his home where the Steinhatchee River remained out of its banks on Aug. 30 after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia on Florida's west coast.
  2. Researchers find high counts of flesh-eating bacteria in gulf waters after Ian
    Nov. 18• Environment
    University of Florida and University of Maryland graduate students Komalpreet Singh, left, Sanneri Santiago and Kyle Brumfield process water samples taken from storm surge during Hurricane Ian in a University of Florida laboratory at the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment. Vibrio vulnificus infections peaked statewide last year, with most cases found in Southwest Florida after Ian.
  3. Biden said natural disasters in US cost $178 billion in damage last year | Fact check
    Nov. 16• Environment
    Debris from Hurricane Ian is strewn about the front yard of a Fort Myers Beach home Oct. 26, 2022, a month after the Category 4 storm hit the area.
  5. Hurricane center tracks 2 systems as South Florida gets floods, high winds
    Nov. 16• Hurricane
    A school bus makes its way through a flooded street in Oakland Park during heavy rains in South Florida on Wednesday.
  6. South Florida extreme weather causes flooding, school closings, power outages
    Nov. 16• Hurricane
    A car makes its way through a flooded street in Oakland Park during flooding in South Florida on Wednesday.
  7. Why has there been so much rain in South Florida?
    Nov. 16• Hurricane
    Bernadette Romero Eden walks her dog "Pitaya" on a flooded street in Oakland Park on Thursday.
  8. Weather system brings flood risk to South Florida, may dry out Tampa Bay
    Nov. 15• Hurricane
    The National Hurricane Center is watching two areas of disturbed weather, one off the east coast of Florida and the other in the Caribbean Sea.
  9. DeSantis wants another $1 billion for his emergency fund
    Nov. 14• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis talks on the phone with President Joe Biden as he and his wife, Casey, left, stop at the storm-damaged restaurant Shrimp Boat during a visit to Horseshoe Beach on Aug. 31, one day after Hurricane Idalia struck.
  10. Rain is in Tampa Bay’s forecast, finally. Here’s what to expect.
    Nov. 13• Hurricane
    The National Weather Service is calling for a breezy, cloudy week when rain chances reach 50% in some areas of Tampa Bay. Pictured in St. Petersburg, Palm trees blew in the wind and rain in December of last year.

Hurricane Emergency Information

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