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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About 40 housing providers set up shop at the Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg to attend the hurricane recovery rental housing fair. The city partnered with the Bay Area Apartment Association to host the public event on Jan. 22.
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The city manager gave detailed answers to resident questions at Tuesday’s city commission meeting.
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City leaders are eyeing funds from the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) for a local hurricane relief fund. The SHIP program is backed by Florida's Sadowski Fund.
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A deadline is fast approaching to get money to pay for damages from hurricanes Helene and Milton. The Small Business Administration is offering loans to businesses and people who had losses in the storms.
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The proposals would lead to customers seeing increases in their monthly bills starting in March and continuing for a year.
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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.