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Counties in Florida have started calling evacuation orders and opening shelters as Nicole approaches.

South Seas Island resort would like to rebuild higher than is currently allowed. It would also like an exception to the county's density rules. These ideas are not sitting well with some residents.

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Several Pasco County neighborhoods at risk of serious flooding should soon be safer due to funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Lee County’s Matlacha Community Park, which has been closed since Hurricane Ian due to damage, will reopen to the public with limited amenities at 7 a.m. Saturday.

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to accept the ResilientLee Recovery and Resilience Plan, a product of the Long-Term Recovery Task Force, which included more than 200 community members.In December 2022 – just months after devastating Hurricane Ian made landfall in Lee County – the Board approved the formation of Long-Term Task Force. Teams of community members organized in Branches synthesized months of community input, feedback, and analysis to create the ResilientLee Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday cautioned about potentially record snow and dangerous road conditions as freezing temperatures were expected to sweep across northern Florida later Tuesday and Wednesday morning. By mid-day, snow was falling across the northwestern tier of the state with roadways in some areas such as Escambia County and Santa Rosa County becoming slick with the wet, white and freezing precipitation.

A student at the Charlotte Harbor Center was arrested Monday evening after a written threat to commit violence at the school was found on his desk.It was the second such arrest in under a week in Charlotte County.

Dozens of concessions, security and other contracted workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport protested on Thursday for Broward County...