Jennifer Collins hopes her scale will save lives by encouraging people to evacuate ahead of dangerous storms.

Wednesday and Thursday will be busy, with a flash flood risk in place, as some areas could receive over 6 inches of rain.

This year, meteorologists have begun tapping into AI tools to construct their forecasts. Experts stress there are lots of cautions.

Florida is nearing completion on more $180 million Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, designed to withstand powerful hurricanes. The state-of-the-art facility will replace the current overcrowded center by the start of the 2026 hurricane season.

The amendment was steered into the House funding bill, led by Reps. Debbie Wasserman, D-Weston, Mario Diaz-Balart R-Miami, and Lois Frankel, D-Boca Raton.

Flood advisories have been reissued for parts of South Florida on Thursday, and the wet, stormy pattern is expected to persist as a front remains draped over the region.

It's September — usually a busy month for tropical systems. The African monsoon is the factory of tropical waves, and the Atlantic Basin is all fair game.

Dry air and stable atmospheric conditions are limiting storm formation. Forecasters warn that late-season activity could still produce a hurricane threat for the U.S.

The highest tides of the year are here for much of the week, and sagging fronts will continue to bring rounds of intense storms. Flash floods are possible.

Dry and dusty conditions attacked the tropical disturbance, which was on the verge of becoming a tropical system on Friday.

Flash flood risk across parts of Florida will continue through the beginning of next week.

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