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  1. Florida’s population boom drives bigger hurricane losses, despite tougher building codes
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    A damaged home caused by Hurricane Ian seen along Fort Myers Beach on Oct. 3, 2022.
  2. 2 Hillsborough beaches get swim advisories after fecal bacteria found in water
    Yesterday• Environment
    Swim advisories have been issued at two Hillsborough County beaches, including the Davis Islands Beach, shown above in a 2022 photo, after fecal bacteria was found in the water.
  3. Is Peaches the flamingo lonely?
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Peaches the flamingo walks along the shallow waters on the northern tip of the east beach at Fort De Soto Park on Tuesday in Pinellas County. Peaches, who has been solo, probably came from the Yucatán peninsula or Cuba, gliding on the winds of Hurricane Idalia. Peaches was rescued, tagged and released. Her tag number is US02, only the second flamingo to be tagged in the U.S.
  5. Treasure Island mayor discusses beach dune restoration project
    Sept. 28• Environment
    Beachgoers relax along the sand while looking out at the Gulf of Mexico on Treasure Island Beach on Aug. 15 in Pinellas County.
  6. After Ian, a Florida captain wrote a tribute to wrecked boats — and a watery way of life
    Sept. 28• Hurricane
    Paul DeGaeta with the 42-foot Bachelor Pad behind him. The boat has been wedged between pilings beside Bonita Bill’s bar on Fort Myers Beach for almost a year. In his booklet, Capt. Paul put it under the headline, “Bellying up to the bar.”
  7. Tampa Bay in for a dreary, wet rest of the week
    Sept. 27• Local Weather
    The National Weather Service is expecting high rain chances for the remainder of the week in Tampa Bay. This photo showed rain and wind along the causeway Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022 in Dunedin.
  8. 6 people died by suicide in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Experts fear more.
    Sept. 27• Hurricane
    After retiring in 2012, Arthur Schnurpel moved to Florida from Indiana to live out his dream of being close to the beach.
  9. See how Hurricane Idalia shifted shorelines of Pinellas barrier islands
    Sept. 26• Environment
    A wave sweeps through a mat of mangrove roots, many of which showed signs of damage on Sept. 18 on Three Rooker Island off Pinellas County.
  10. Is hot water hurting seagrass recovery in Tampa Bay? A new study aims to find out.
    Sept. 25• Environment
    Sheila Scolaro, a community programs scientist for the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, holds a PVC pipe as she works to attach a temperature data logger in Old Tampa Bay near Safety Harbor on Aug. 25. The estuary program has launched a five-year study to determine if warmer water temperatures are hurting seagrasses’ chance to recover.
  11. What a ‘climate insurance bubble’ could mean for Florida prices
    Sept. 23• Business
    Aerial footage shows a partially submerged home in October 2022, the result of Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm.
  12. Will Tampa’s Riverwalk extend along the city’s gritty, ‘sexy’ port?
    Sept. 20• Environment
    Ships docked at Tampa's port. (Photo courtesy Port Tampa Bay)
  13. Treasure Island to close Sunset Beach for emergency dune restoration project
    Sept. 19• Hurricane
    A portion of Sunset Beach is seen before and after Hurricane Idalia.
  14. These Florida lawmakers oppose fertilizer giant Mosaic’s ‘radioactive roads’
    Sept. 19• Environment
    Mosaic's several facilities across Florida take mined phosphate, like this, and turn it into millions of tons of fertilizer a year. What's left behind is a mildly radioactive byproduct called phosphogypsum, which the company wants to use as a test ingredient in road construction. Several state lawmakers and local officials have signed a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing the plan.
  15. Wild black bear delays opening of parts of Disney World before its capture
    Sept. 18• Theme Parks
    Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, photographed Saturday, June 3, 2023.
  16. Tampa gets $1M federal grant to plant trees to reduce extreme heat
    Sept. 18• Environment
    An aerial view of West Prospect Road near South Marti Street, looking west toward Sout MacDill Avenue, shows several large shade trees creating a canopy on July 6 in Tampa.
  17. Florida pays python hunters to clear the Everglades. 10 years later, is it working?
    Sept. 15• Environment
    This Burmese python was captured during the 2022 hunt.
  18. Pinellas may be able to pay for beach renourishment by itself after all
    Sept. 14• Pinellas
    Gary Gepfrey, 67, of Seminole walks down a path between eroded sand dunes along Indian Rocks Beach after Hurricane Idalia last month. The storm worsened erosion on Pinellas County's beaches.
  19. Environmental groups sue US, seek protection for Florida’s rare ghost orchid
    Sept. 13• Environment
    In this July 8, 2013, photo, a rare ghost orchid blooms in Charleston, W.Va. The rare ghost orchid found mainly in Florida and Cuba should be immediately protected by the U.S. as an endangered species, three environmental groups claimed Wednesday in a lawsuit arguing that federal officials are unduly delaying a decision.
  20. See how Hurricane Idalia reshaped Pinellas’ beaches
    Sept. 13• Hurricane
    A portion of Pass-a-Grille Beach is seen before and after Hurricane Idalia.
  21. Open up Tampa’s Riverwalk at the port? Apparently, it’s complicated.
    Sept. 13• Environment
    A gate secures the waterside area of Tampa's cruise ship Terminal 2.
  22. An ocean drone launched from St. Petersburg into Hurricane Idalia. Here’s what it saw.
    Sept. 12• Environment
    A remote ocean drone, dubbed the Saildrone Explorer, launched from St. Petersburg before Hurricane Idalia smashed into Florida's Big Bend. It captured this dramatic footage inside the powerful Category 4 storm.
  23. Hurricane Idalia cooled the Gulf of Mexico. How long will temperature drop last?
    Sept. 12• Environment
    A drone photo of Florida's Horseshoe Beach in the Big Bend area after Hurricane Idalia. Water temperatures cooled in the Gulf of Mexico along Idalia's path in the days after landfall. Experts say this cooler water won't last long.
  24. Florida tops all US states for solar installations so far in 2023
    Sept. 10• Environment
    Solar array floats out as FPL and Miami-Dade County launched a half-acre 402-panel floating solar array generating 160 kilowatts of power into the Blue Lagoon adjacent to Miami International Airport on Jan. 28, 2020.
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