Florida Panhandle

WUWF's Sandra Averhart spent some time in Santa Rosa County in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias speaking to residents about how the storm impacted them and how they're recovering thus far.

While some schools in the path of Isaias are starting to reopen, the state's top education official says others will wait until next week.

Hurricane Isaias brought the first hurricane strike to parts of Florida's central and eastern Panhandle since Michael in 2018. Eight years later, changes to North Florida's building standards are part of Michael's lasting legacy.

The remnants of Isaias have brought heavy rain and flooding risks to parts of the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic region. The storm, which hit Florida as a Category 2 hurricane, has caused at least four deaths.

Damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flood risk will continue throughout the weekend across the Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic.

Snow briefly covered the grass and rooftops in the western Florida Panhandle as just enough frigid air rushed in behind a cold front to turn the rain showers into snowflakes.

The season typically begins in early fall and can persist for months. While the southwest and central areas of the state remain free of algal blooms, the red tde is causing problems along the north Gulf coast.

If confirmed, Florida had its highest snowfall total since 1954. As many as 15,000 Duke Energy customers lost power at one point.

A storm system developing over the Plains Thursday will create a risk for strong thunderstorms over the Panhandle and the I-10 corridor in North Florida late Friday and through the day Saturday.

Rounds of thunderstorms could lead to localized flooding over Florida's Panhandle. Meanwhile, over the peninsula, the warm trend will continue until the end of the weekend.

A severe weather system tracked across the Southeast this morning, and it spawned reports of tornadoes and damaging wind gusts across Florida’s Panhandle.

A frontal boundary will slowly track through the Florida Panhandle starting late tonight. Abundant moisture will increase ahead of the system causing rounds of heavy rain and isolated severe storms Friday through Sunday.