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The Latest Breaking News from Florida Panhandle

How Trump’s disaster aid delays and FEMA cuts could galvanize the ‘movable middle’ in the 2026 elections

When Hurricane Isaias hit the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 9, 2026, it was just the latest weather disaster for Americans in a year that continues to break records.

The Conversation · Oct 14

Some in Florida and Alabama without power as Isaias moves north to Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic

Hurricane Isaias has left nearly 396,000 customers without power across the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama

The Independent UK · Oct 11

Four dead as Isaias continues to push across the Southeast US, bringing strong winds and heavy rain

Isaias made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in the city of Destin in the Florida Panhandle on Friday evening. It has since weakened into a post-tropical cyclone.

Euronews · Oct 11

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Isaias slams Gulf Coast as hurricane with powerful winds and dangerous flooding

GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Isaias crashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane, hammering communities in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with damaging winds, heavy rain, flooding and life-threatening storm surges.

The Independent UK · Oct 10

Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida as Category 2 storm, leaves 6 lakh without power

Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday as a Category 2 storm, bringing heavy rain, damaging winds and flooding to parts of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama. More than 664,000 customers in the two states were without power early Saturday as the storm weakened, the Associated Press (AP)…

The Times of India · Oct 10

Hurricane Isaias tracker latest: four dead and scores without power as storm makes landfall

Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season

The Independent UK · Oct 10

Small part of Sunshine State becomes Snowy State as Florida gets snow second year in a row

A small part of the Sunshine State became the Snowy State for a brief time as snow covers parts of the western Florida Panhandle

The Independent UK · Jan 18

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Prosecutor says ex-sheriff's deputy charged with manslaughter in shooting of an airman at his home

A Florida Panhandle sheriff’s deputy is facing a charge of manslaughter with a firearm in the fatal shooting of an airman who opened his apartment door while holding a gun

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

Federal lawsuit against Florida school district that banned books can move forward, judge rules

A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit may move forward against a Florida Panhandle school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

Execution set for man convicted of stabbing woman 37 times

A man convicted of breaking into a woman’s Florida Panhandle apartment and fatally stabbing her 37 times in 1986 is set to be executed next month

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Ex-NFL player recovers after saving his kids from drowning

A former NFL running back says he’s on the road to recovery after he nearly died while saving his two children from drowning in the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Panhandle

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Three killed in Louisiana as tornadoes tear apart family homes a week before Christmas

The storm system spawned dozens of reported tornadoes from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Families shattered by tornadoes in Louisiana and Mississippi

A storm system that spawned dozens of reported tornadoes from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle was all but done with the South on Thursday after killing at least three people and uprooting families across Louisiana, where some homes were blown into pieces

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Southern states survey tornado damage as risk lingers

One tornado watch remains in effect for parts of Alabama, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.

Axios · Nov 30, 2022

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Miami Herald · Oct 7, 2022

Voting in Southwest Florida may be difficult. Election officials look to Panhandle for answers

MIAMI — When Hurricane Michael landed in the Florida Panhandle, destroying buildings and displacing residents, it came less than a month before the 2018 general election.

Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2022

Florida Panhandle may be a lesser known part of the Sunshine State but it's one to get on your travel radar

The theme parks of Orlando and the Art Deco delights of Miami are probably Florida's best known sights but the Panhandle is well worth discovering for its wild beauty, windswept beaches, state parks, lakes and rivers, Southern hospitality and great seafood

Tribune News Service · May 23, 2022

First disturbance of the 2022 hurricane season moves over Florida Panhandle

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The first tropical disturbance of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season moved through the Gulf of Mexico and inland over the Florida Panhandle early Monday.

The Conversation · Mar 10, 2022

How a hurricane fueled wildfires in the Florida Panhandle

The wildfires that broke out in the Florida Panhandle in early March 2022 were the nightmare fire managers had feared since the day Hurricane Michael flattened millions of trees there in 2018. It might sound odd – hurricanes helping to fuel wildfires. But Michael’s 160 mph winds left tangles of…

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The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Florida wildfire: Hope for relief from light, steady rain

Fire officials are hoping that a light, steady rain in the Florida Panhandle will help ease three wildfires that have threatened homes and caused hundreds of residents to evacuate

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2022

Some residents allowed to go home as Florida wildfires grow

Hundreds of residents forced to evacuate as blazes in the Florida Panhandle threatened their homes have been allowed to return, even as three wildfires in the region have grown to more than 29,000 acres

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022

1,100 homes evacuated as firefighters battle Florida fires

Officials say veterans forced to evacuate a nursing home by a Florida Panhandle wildfire have been allowed to return home

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2022

Firefighters battle 2 massive wildfires in Florida Panhandle

Firefighters and emergency workers were battling two massive wildfires in an area of the Florida Panhandle that was still recovering from destruction caused by a Category 5 hurricane more than three years ago

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2022

Fire forces evacuation of 600 homes in Florida Panhandle

Residents in 600 homes in the Florida Panhandle have been evacuated as a wildfire destroyed two houses and damaged 12 others, in an area that has spent the past three years recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Michael

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