State of Emergency

A mayoral proclamation lengthened the State of Local Emergency for Sanibel.

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on Wednesday.The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m.

Hurricane watches and tropical storm watches have been issued for much of the east coast of Florida ahead of Nicole's midweek arrival.

Governor Ron DeSantis isues itate of emergency for 34 counties to prepare for potential impacts from the storm

The continuing toll of dead fish piling up on the city's shorelines has prompted St. Petersburg officials to ask the governor for help in combating red tide. That comes on top of of a similar request by one of the top Democratic contenders for governor.

Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order over the weekend declaring a state of emergency for 15 Florida counties including all of Southwest Florida ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa.Officials in Charlotte, Manatee and Sarasota Counties have enacted local state of emergency declarations.

Tourists and hotel guests are being told to stay indoors during the curfew hours.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday granted limited flexibility under state law to elections supervisors who for months have warned that the...

The City of Sarasota has declared a state of emergency over the toxic red tide bloom that began in November. Todd Kerkering is the emergency manager for...

Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday afternoon as Hurricane Irma strengthened into a Category 4 storm.