With less than a week before the Atlantic hurricane season begins, there are concerns about whether enough federal money is reserved for disaster relief. That prompted U.S. Sen. Rick Scott to say Wednesday that he will personally do “everything I can” to make sure that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is equipped to help […]
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Hurricanes potentially spread more than a hundred invasive species to Florida
Species of concern include Cuban treefrogs, alligatorweed, giant applesnail and the Asian swamp eel.
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‘Nowhere else to go’: Florida seniors struggle to recover from back-to-back hurricanes
Gov. Ron DeSantis once joked that Florida was “God’s waiting room.”
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NOAA meteorologists predict 2024 hurricane season will have ‘highest-ever’ number of named storms
Notably, last week Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill scrubbing any mention of “climate change” from state law.
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Hurricane Ian will be one of Florida’s ‘indelible’ storms, Gov. DeSantis says
“This is going to be one of these historic storms…”
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National Hurricane Center tracks first tropical wave of 2022 season
Most years since 2015 have seen at least one named storm form before the official start of storm season on June 1.
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Another agency predicts an ‘above-normal’ Atlantic hurricane season
Four of the hurricanes could have winds topping 111 mph, according to the experts.