WPTV poured over hundreds of pages of storm damage assessments the state of Florida published after major hurricanes and tornado events.

Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 storm, made landfall on Sept. 26 along the Florida Gulf Coast. Two weeks later, on Oct. 9, Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s Western coast as a Category 3 ...

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. — Employees at two Gulf Boulevard hotels recently learned their wait to get back to work will continue ...

Elias explained that FEMA stops reimbursing their debris removal effort 100 percent on Feb. 10. The county is working to have all the storm debris removed by then. As far as the landfill is concerned, ...

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The temperature swing is a 180-switch from the nearly 10 inches of snow that fell in a day in north Florida in late January, ...

Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Recovery efforts from the millions of dollars worth of damage ...

Local health departments advised people to stay away from more than a dozen beaches in Southwest Florida. Respiratory ...

It's a great reminder that weather disasters can happen all year long, not just during hurricane season. Follow along ...

Even though the 2025 hurricane season doesn’t start until June, now is the right time to check the health and safety of the ...

You might be hearing about the gulf off the coast of the U.S. and Mexico. Here's what to know about the body of water the ...

A swath of red tide stretching for more than 200 miles has formed from Tampa Bay to Key West and the bloom started near Tampa ...