Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. It would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.
A Florida man is sharing his story after surviving a lightning strike.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement activated a “missing child alert” on Friday night and asked the public to help find a 2-year-old girl who vanished from Pinellas County nearly two months ago.
Gov. Ron DeSantis was scheduled to hold a news conference in Clearwater Monday morning.
A Florida man recently confessed to infecting an 8-year-old boy with HIV, records show.
Miami Hurricanes linebacker Adarius Hayes was involved in a crash in the Tampa Bay area Saturday that killed an adult and two children and left several others hospitalized with “serious injuries,” authorities confirmed.
A 37-year-old woman was facing charges on Sunday accused of being involved in the murder of a 16-year-old Florida girl who was a mother.
A race is underway to rescue residents after Hurricane Milton plowed into the west coast of Florida as a powerful Cat. 3 storm.
Powerful Hurricane Milton made landfall along Florida’s west coast Wednesday night as a strong Category 3 storm.
Residents of the Tampa Bay area were still cleaning up two-week-old damage from Hurricane Helene Monday as powerful Hurricane Milton again put the devastated region in the crosshairs of a major storm.