Hurricane Idalia intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 4 storm in less than 24 hours as it barreled toward Florida’s Big Bend in August 2023. The phenomenon has become increasingly common — ...

Storm surge is compounded by rising seas and hurricane wind speeds. Florida’s west coast is projected to see more than 1 foot of sea-level rise by 2050. That’s a best-case scenario.

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Update: Pinellas County officials have lifted the advisory for high bacterial levels at the three beaches as of Friday morning. We may have year-round beach weather here ...

NOAA has introduced a groundbreaking virtual reality simulation called “Weather the Storm,” designed to immerse people in the experience of a hurricane’s storm surge safely.

The storms followed Hurricane Idalia, which ravaged the Big Bend in 2023 with a 10-foot storm surge. In the five-year span before that, Ian, Michael and Irma forever transformed stretches of the ...

Since Hurricane Idalia, Pinellas County has been working with the Army Corps of Engineers to re-nourish beaches, but they've run into some issues as the Army Corps of Engineers now requires 100% ...

The storms followed Hurricane Idalia, which ravaged the Big Bend in 2023 with a 10-foot storm surge. In the five-year span before that, Ian, Michael and Irma forever transformed stretches of the ...

Among the looters rounded up in one Florida county in the wake of Hurricanes Milton and Helene, nearly half were illegal immigrants. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says that deputies have ...

NOAA has released its seasonal outlook for the 2024-25 winter months, which predicts the U.S. will slowly transition into a La Niña pattern.

Between both storms, this brings the total amount to 40,910 Pinellas County homes with storm damage. As of Wednesday, 307 businesses suffered damage during Milton, while 585 were damaged from Helene.

Pinellas County still has the most, with 397,740 outages (59.8% of all customers) reported as of 11:16 p.m., but Sarasota has the largest percentage dark, with 252,622 outages making up 82% of the ...