A tropical wave in the central Atlantic and another in the Caribbean are moving west as we approach the start of hurricane ...

NOAA changed its naming convention for the Gulf of Mexico after the U.S. Geological Survey changed the name on U.S. maps per President ... to the question "When is Florida hurricane season?" ...

Dave Schmitt, an engineer and authorized agent for the owners, requested approval of a future land use map ... Florida company FLLWCC bought the property for $700,000, according to Polk County ...

Florida's Polk County, though, had the highest total lightning density: about 852,000 last year. What should you do during a lightning storm? Check to see whether any thunderstorms have been ...

The sheriff's increase for the year was a little more than 12%, county documents show. In central Florida’s Polk County, which has a similar population to Lee County, longtime Sheriff Grady Judd ...

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FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued a burn ban, joining most of the rest of Central Florida. The ban includes campfires, bonfires, yard and trash fires, construction debris, unpermitted ...

Polk County’s land development director, said about taking action on the text amendments. SB 180, which recently passed both chambers of the Florida Legislature, is a bill similar to one ...

The proposed routes for a toll road in eastern Polk County have shifted north. Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise has narrowed the corridors under consideration for the Central Polk Parkway East from ...