Weather

Most of the United States will be in peak fall foliage season this month. In the lower 48, communities along the Canadian border are the first to reach that status.

Most residents of Fort Myers Beach have been off the island since being evacuated when Hurricane Ian approached the area at the end of September.

Julia is not expected to threaten the US Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a catastrophic Category 4 storm with 150-mph winds.

Tropical Depression Thirteen formed in the Atlantic late Thursday evening and is forecast to become our next hurricane.

A top Florida state official warned Thursday that firefighters have battled a number of fires caused by electric vehicle (EV) batteries waterlogged from Hurricane Ian.

Not only did Hurricane Ian push in several feet of water during a catastrophic storm surge last week, but the storm dumped well over a foot of rain across a wide swath of Central and North Florida.

President Joe Biden has surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida, promising to marshal the power of the federal government to help rebuild.

A mother's account of the cataclysmic storm will haunt the Fort Myers, Florida, family forever.

"Words can't describe the amount of devastation and human impacts and economic impact to this small beachside community," said Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief Ron Martin.

More than half of the 119 schools in Lee County suffered minor damages.

Hurricane Ian battered Southwest Florida a week ago with 150 mph gusts, making some roads impassable and islands inaccessible.