Disasters

The company that owns the Jacksonville-based cargo ship that went down near Puerto Rico during Hurricane Joaquin Oct. 1 has agreed to a settlement with...

Two Manatee County residents were killed and four children were hospitalized after a tornado swept through the rural community of Duette early Sunday...

After a circus tent collapse that killed two spectators, questions have arisen about how the Sarasota-based circus operator could have prepared for and...

With different areas of the state experiencing widespread flooding, state and local officials are warning residents to be careful of scams and ensuring...

While two residents in the flooded Port Richey neighborhood of Gulf Highlands chose to evacuate their homes, others, like Craig Caley, stayed behind....

Officials say they've found only debris and human remains in the search of the area where a helicopter crashed in Florida Tuesday night with 11 people aboard.

It’s been five years since a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island nation of Haiti in the town of Leogane just west of Port au…

U.S. Coast Guard crews scrambled to work with Bahamian forces to rescue more than 100 survivors Tuesday. The Coast Guard says the craft ran aground in the Exuma Cays.

The Florida Geological Survey is building a map to show the risk of sinkholes around the state. The project is the result of what happened last year after…

The formation of a 60 ft-wide sinkhole near Disney World in Central Florida has many residents wondering where sinkholes are most likely to happen in the…