Dave and Maria Blancett moved to Babcock Ranch, a solar-powered, “hurricane-proof” community near Fort Meyers, Florida.

Over a dozen New Smyrna Beach homes are set to either be demolished and rebuilt or raised off the ground to meet emergency standards. This initiative is part of FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, ...

More than three decades ago, residents who lived along Phillippi Creek donned matching T-shirts that read “I survived the ...

The program is designed to protect homes by decreasing the damage caused by natural disasters, such as hurricanes and flood ...

Yulee, Fla. — A group of people living in an area of Yulee that FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, says is ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — For many, downtown Punta Gorda is the heart and soul of the city. But too often, homes and businesses there are at the mercy of flood waters. The city has a plan to look at the ...

Explore Florida's changing retirement market in 2024. Understand rising insurance, climate risks, and find the best, most ...

The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen ...

Democratic lawmakers slammed President Donald Trump's administration for canceling U.S. military studies on the impact of ...

In a heart-wrenching tale of resilience you'll see only on WPTV, an Okeechobee family is teetering on the edge of ...

Coming off last year’s hurricanes, residents up and down the coast were confused and frustrated with permitting and recovery delays.

March storms are notorious in the U.S. But none may have been as impactful to a larger swath of the East than 1993's ...