/weather Weather en-US WLRN Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:18:51 GMT /weather/2024-10-16/cold-front-dry-weather-florida The first significant front of the season sweeps through Florida this week, bringing stable weather that will be good for recovery efforts. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:18:51 GMT /weather/2024-10-16/cold-front-dry-weather-florida Irene Sans /2024-10-09/wed-11-a-m-milton-update-preparations-should-be-complete-weather-quickly-deteriorates-tornado-watch Wed. 11 a.m. update: Milton continues as a very powerful hurricane, track still shifting, residents along the path should be sheltered in place. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:28:21 GMT /2024-10-09/wed-11-a-m-milton-update-preparations-should-be-complete-weather-quickly-deteriorates-tornado-watch Irene Sans /weather/2024-10-08/hurricane-milton-florida-gulf-coast As powerful Hurricane Milton is charging closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast, officials are reiterating calls for residents to evacuate. Officials say time is running out and the odds of survival are bleak for holdouts determined to stay. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:00:15 GMT /weather/2024-10-08/hurricane-milton-florida-gulf-coast Associated Press /npr-breaking-news/2024-10-08/hurricane-milton-is-a-dangerous-category-5-as-it-heads-toward-floridas-coast Hurricane Milton has once again surged to Category 5 strength. Officials say residents should rush to finish preparing for the storm. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:37:51 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2024-10-08/hurricane-milton-is-a-dangerous-category-5-as-it-heads-toward-floridas-coast Ayana Archie, Bill Chappell, Alana Wise /2024-10-07/major-hurricane-milton-finetuning-floridas-track-impacts Milton has reached 175 mph maximum sustained winds as ti nears the northern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula. Florida's landfall on Wednesday Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:05:30 GMT /2024-10-07/major-hurricane-milton-finetuning-floridas-track-impacts Irene Sans /2024-10-07/dangerous-milton-getting-stronger-advisories-issued-first-initial-impacts-expected-by-tuesday Milton is a dangerous Category 5 hurricane. Floridians need to finalize preps by Wednesday. Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:54:42 GMT /2024-10-07/dangerous-milton-getting-stronger-advisories-issued-first-initial-impacts-expected-by-tuesday Leslie Hudson /2024-10-03/hurricane-season-check-in-how-are-we-doing-with-2-months-left After a relatively slow start to the hurricane season, things escalated pretty quickly. Find out what you can expect for the rest of the season. Thu, 03 Oct 2024 22:25:39 GMT /2024-10-03/hurricane-season-check-in-how-are-we-doing-with-2-months-left Leslie Hudson /weather/2024-09-30/politifact-fl-no-these-clips-dont-show-hurricane-helene-in-florida The clips are from previous storms in different states and different years, contained artificial intelligence-altered clips and were shared online before Hurricane Helene. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:30:00 GMT /weather/2024-09-30/politifact-fl-no-these-clips-dont-show-hurricane-helene-in-florida Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu | PolitiFact /weather/2024-09-30/are-hurricanes-and-tropical-storms-changing-experts-weigh-in After three years of hurricanes barreling up the Gulf of Mexico, battered North Florida residents may feel they are living in a new Florida Hurricane Alley. But experts say there have not been any real changes in hurricane geographic patterns. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:33:40 GMT /weather/2024-09-30/are-hurricanes-and-tropical-storms-changing-experts-weigh-in Scarlling Manzanarez Scott /weather/2024-09-27/storm-surge-from-a-distant-helene-creates-major-problems-around-the-tampa-bay-area And while the South Florida area was spared from such destruction, many residents in parts of the Tampa Bay area were surprised by the water whipping over seawalls and flooding coastal areas. The surge began when the center of Helene was still hundreds of miles away. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /weather/2024-09-27/storm-surge-from-a-distant-helene-creates-major-problems-around-the-tampa-bay-area