When Melinda French Gates first announced her $1 billion commitment in May, she detailed $200 million in new grants to groups ...

Hurricane Helene caused between $8 billion and $14 billion in losses within the private insurance market after wreaking havoc on the Southeast, according to an estimate by Moody's RMS.

Tuesday marked the last chance for millions of people in the Tampa metro area to prepare for a possible head-on blow from a ...

NOAA's Hurricane Hunters currently uses three aircraft, two made by Lockheed Martin and one by Gulfstream, for traversing through, around and above hurricanes, the agency says.

This is the place for the latest news and developments for Hurricane Milton as it approaches Collier County and the Southwest Florida coast.

Henderson and his wife, Laura, a teacher, raised their daughter in Gulfport, where he became a bartender and waited tables at Pia’s. At 38, he enrolled at USF’s St. Petersburg campus — and attended ...

Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld will close their theme parks and respective entertainment facilities on ...

High winds, torrential rain: All dangerous, but there's a silent killer lurking in the aftermath of hurricanes like ...

The head of FEMA has called false claims spread by former President Donald Trump and others "ridiculous and just plain false.

The latest news in US politics, with coverage of President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democrats, Donald Trump and the ...

Hurricanes Milton and Helene are exposing holes in the home insurance coverage that many Americans have leaned on for a sense ...

The WPTV First Alert Weather team and WPTV News team are spread out across South Florida and the Treasure Coast, monitoring ...