• Heavy rain and an increasing risk of flash flooding is expected this weekend over the Southeastern U.S. as a slowly-organizing tropical system in the southern Gulf heads toward the coast.
Read More »
• Last year left little doubt climate change is spawning more and stronger hurricanes – and left aid agencies feeling more challenged as a new season starts.
Read More »
• Some Central Floridians are fearing steepening flood insurance prices as FEMA begins later this year rolling out its most significant update of the program in a half-century.
Read More »
• Governor Ron DeSantis was in western Miami Dade County today to highlight the progress of a project designed to help restore the flow of water through the Everglades.
Read More »
• The miles of canals and levees that make up the old flood system Congress authorized in the 1940s was designed to protect about 2 million people. We now have 11 million, from Orlando to Miami.
Read More »
• The National Weather Service issued Coastal Flood Warnings and Advisories today along the length of the Florida Atlantic Coast.
Read More »
• With hurricane season comes an increased risk for a bacterial infection that can be contracted from contaminated floodwater. Leptospirosis is endemic to Florida and the disease can be fatal unless it’s treated.
Read More »
