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OneBlood is calling for blood donations ahead of Hurricane Irma.

Pasco County is the first in the Tampa Bay region to open a space at a hurricane shelter for registered sex offenders.Sheriff Chris Nocco said they'll be…

Hurricane Irma's leading edges whipped palm trees and kicked up the surf as the storm spun toward Florida with 120 mph winds Saturday on a projected new…

Lake Okeechobee is currently at 13.7 feet, which is a slight increase over the course of the week, despite days of water releases into the estuaries...

Florida health officials say after major storms and natural disasters, there’s an increase of carbon monoxide poisoning cases, and they're informing...

The National Hurricane Center says it's looking more likely that the eye of powerful Hurricane Irma will strike the Keys, southwestern Florida and the…

Hurricane Irma's projected path is moving west and state leaders are urging Floridians to prepare for the worst.Evacuation orders have been issued and…

A massive but weakened Hurricane Irma zeroed in on the Tampa Bay region early Monday after hammering much of Florida with roof-ripping winds, gushing…

More than 1.4 million customers in the Tampa Bay area were still without power as of 3 p.m. Monday, according to the Florida Division of Emergency…

Many schools in the Tampa Bay area are just like residences -- no power. That means none of the schools will be open Tuesday. Some will be closed even…

Pasco County residents can now take photos of Hurricane Irma damage on their property and upload them to the free “MyPasco” app.Those photos will be…

Worried relatives, generous volunteers, frantic neighbors, even medical providers are turning to social media now that Hurricane Irma wiped out…

A grinding chorus of chain saws and generators kicked in quickly after Hurricane Irma's roar left Sweetwater, a small, mostly Spanish-speaking town west…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says the state — and particularly the Keys — faces “a long road” to recovery from Hurricane Irma. Speaking to reporters at a...

Florida’s largest private insurer is urging customers to file claims as quickly as possible in the wake of Hurricane-turned-Tropical Storm Irma.

Florida residents got a first look of the destruction Irma caused as it swept over the state, leaving virtually no area of the peninsula untouched. Some…

Port Tampa Bay reopened to vessel traffic Tuesday at 2 p.m. And 10 ships are scheduled to unload more than 10 million gallons of gasoline in the next 48…

We’ve been asking you to share your experience with Hurricane Irma, and many Tampa Bay area residents answered our call.This week on Florida Matters we…

Many Tampa Bay-area public school districts are not resuming classes until next week, as they assess damage from Hurricane Irma.Some districts say they…

River flooding is the latest consequence of Hurricane Irma blowing through Florida earlier this week.The National Weather Service in Ruskin said…

Residents and visitors of Pinellas County's barrier islands were asked to evacuate early Friday morning ahead of hurricane Irma. Monday afternoon, they…

Duke Energy Florida expects to restore power to most of its coverage area by this weekend but did not project a date for electricity to come back on in…

A fire has destroyed a Tampa elementary school that was in a neighborhood that had just had power restored after Hurricane Irma hit the state.The fire at…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Administrator was at the Lee County Emergency Operations Center Wednesday.