The Latest Breaking News from Florida

Various counties across central Florida are opening up various shelters for the general population. Here are some of the resources being made available for the homeless.

Island’s electricity grid collapses after hurricane hits, as people in Florida told to evacuate. Plus, Bowie’s Starman lyrics fly at auction

More people — and more buildings to house them, often in coastal areas — mean that a major hurricane could become more costly and destructive. That's raising concerns as Hurricane Ian approaches.

People with disabilities, people who can't afford it and people who don't want to abandon their pets are among the many who can't easily get up and leave before a hurricane.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s public slugfests with the governors of Texas and Florida over immigration and abortion is generating important national attention. But perhaps even more importantly — assuming he has further political aspirations — his more aggressive demeanor is endearing him to influential Democratic insiders.

Ian could become a catastrophic category 5 storm, warns US National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Ian battered Cuba on Tuesday and left the entire Caribbean island nation without power, but is now expected to crash ashore into Florida on Wednesday evening as a potentially deadly Category 4 hurricane

The sentencing trial of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz is postponed

Florida vs Eastern Washington game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 5 game on Sunday, October 2

Environmental groups say the polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry are at risk for leaks or other contamination triggered by Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian is bearing down on Florida as a menacing major hurricane, and many residents have heeded orders to flee from its path