Recovery Resources
EMERGENCY INFORMATION, SHELTERS AND EVACUATION ZONES:
Hillsborough | Pinellas | Polk | Sarasota | Manatee | Pasco | Hernando | Citrus
STATE/NATIONAL RESOURCES:
NOAA| Fla. Div. Of Emergency Management | FEMA | Flood Maps | Report Price Gouging
Hurricanes - Need To Know
Preparación para huracanes
What You Need To Prepare
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Experts say symptoms could be related to depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress.
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They say it's necessary to maintain the nation's hurricane and extreme weather forecasting capabilities.
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Lawmakers in 2022 and 2023 passed a series of measures aimed at stabilizing the state’s insurance market as insurance companies fled the state and policyholders saw premiums skyrocket.
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The family is using more than $6,000 in community donations to rebuild their mobile home after a tree fell during Hurricane Helene and damaged the roof.
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Fort Myers Beach loses flood insurance discounts after a problematic rebuild from Hurricane Ian.
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Hurricane forecasters got it right when they predicted that 2024 had the ingredients necessary to fuel an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, but no one could have predicted just how historic the season would turn out to be.
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The six-month season saw an above-average number of storms. Scientists say climate change is leading to more powerful and deadly hurricanes that can affect inland communities far from the coasts.
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The season, which ends Nov. 30, produced 18 named storms, including 11 turbocharged hurricanes along with Helene and Milton, which devastated the Tampa Bay area.
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Sarasota's Season of Sharing program pays some families' bills as they recover from hurricane seasonThe program is paying hurricane-impacted households' housing, utility, transportation and childcare bills to help stave off the worst economic consequences of an unprecedented hurricane season.
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A collection site in St. Petersburg shows how much wreckage has been processed. This year's hurricane season produced 1.3 million cubic yards of debris in the area alone — more than Hurricanes Irma, Idalia and Ian combined.
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Six days of lost work left a hurricane-sized hole in Michelle Cartaya’s budget. She told WUSF how she’s making it work.
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Residents and small business owners in the area have been at odds about the practicality of the proposal.