For Southwest Florida, 2025 was a relatively calm year in terms of severe weather, with few high-impact events making ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season concluded without any storms making landfall in Florida. Despite sparing Florida, the season included five hurricanes and caused 138 fatalities and over $10 billion ...

It’s hard to compare tornado-prone Oklahoma with hurricane-heavy Florida — but one thing is clear: Oklahoma has dethroned Florida in at least one weather stat. The state is now the nation’s lightning ...

Tampa Bay residents are no stranger to the fickle whims of weather. Sudden summer rainstorms often lead to cursing a ...

Should another weather system develop into a tropical storm, the system would be named Nestor. The USA TODAY Network in Florida provides daily tropics watch reports during hurricane season (June 1-Nov ...

Florida is no longer No. 1. But when it comes to lightning, maybe that's not such a bad thing. Oklahoma is now the lightning ...

2025 was one bizarre year of weather for Florida. In some ways, we got very lucky. In other ways, unlucky.

A new study has revealed that nature-based shoreline restorations improved coastal resilience and habitat conditions along Daughtry Bayou.

HEARD THE GUNFIRE. LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO BEFORE THE OFFICIAL END OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON FOR 2025. AND IT’S BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET FOR US HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. BUT THERE ARE RUMBLINGS NOW ...

Federal forecasters predict a La Niña winter for Florida, which typically brings warmer and drier conditions. While La Niña can increase Atlantic hurricane activity, it is not expected to impact this ...

Signs are growing stronger that El Niño may develop this summer as warmer-than-normal ocean waters form near the coast of ...