Disasters

Vacationers staying in central Florida awoke to crashing sounds Sunday night, as their three-story building began to collapse. A large portion of the structure at a resort in Clermont was pulled into a sinkhole. It seems the process was slow enough that everyone in the building got out safely.

An intense search for an American family sailing the rough seas between New Zealand and Australia has ended after two weeks of fruitless attempts to find their sailboat.

A man is missing after a large sinkhole opened under the bedroom of a house in Seffner, a region just northeast of Tampa. The saga started Thursday night…

The hole opened up under a home's bedroom in Tampa. Two men, brothers, were in the house. One tried to save the other, but wasn't able to keep him from being dragged down into the now 100-foot wide hole. It's feared that the man is dead.

Governor Rick Scott says part of the settlement with Transocean Deepwater should be used to restore the Florida Panhandle's beaches and economy.…

Nearly 900 Florida Power and Light crews from all over the state are among the thousands of relief workers aiding recovery efforts in states devastated by…

Hurricane Sandy slammed into the northern Atlantic Coast last night killing at least 15 people and leaving thousands without electric power in one of the…

Another attempt to impose stricter regulations on parasailing operators is in the works.It's prompted by the recent death of a second tourist in Pompano…

A young woman died earlier this week in a parasailing accident off of Pompano Beach. The 28-year-old was up in the air tandem with her husband when her…