Recent heavy rains bring a respite from Florida’s months-long drought and wildfires, the state legislature approves new sales tax breaks on home-hardening efforts and new funding for wind mitigation, plus Florida …
Despite scattered rain this past weekend, the extensive drought across Florida that we’ve reported in recent newsletters is showing no sign of easing, bringing more wildfires in parts of Northern Florida, Southern Georgia, …
Florida’s drought prompts new water use restrictions and calls for conservation, new research quantifies the value of coral reefs in protecting against coastal flooding, and a federal dredging project threatens Florida’s last …
Wildfire season arrives early in Florida kindled by the statewide drought, the My Safe Florida Home program is pushing free inspections before hurricane season, and FEMA launches its Archived Flood Data website to provide faster …
Saharan air dampens the early hurricane season, an AI hurricane model earns its place on the forecasting map, a new checklist for the Florida storm season, plus pressure from Congress halts …
We begin the new week with forecasters watching an area of showers and thunderstorms over northeastern Mexico that could re-form later this week in the Gulf as a potential tropical cyclone. Please keep an eye on https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/.
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Florida’s extensive fires and droughts see a slight downtick from recent rains, hurricane season may still pack a punch even with an El Niño in effect, and a survey finds that 1-in-4 …
With the Atlantic hurricane season officially beginning two weeks from now, there’s a couple of quick items to share before we take a deeper dive into the FEMA Review Council’s report and its expected impact on Florida, especially with federal …
With last week’s special session on congressional redistricting completed, the Florida Legislature is set to re-convene again a week from tomorrow (May 12) to spend a couple of weeks finishing its work crafting a new state budget for the fiscal …
Florida farmers can now tap into $600 million in new hurricane relief, the My Safe Florida Home Program is reportedly slated to get no new money in the next year, and the …
