Emergency housing for 426 Lakeland families displaced by Hurricane Milton will end on April 9.

Many Pinellas County business owners and workers say they are ready to welcome snowbirds and vacation-seeking visitors. Changes in tourism trends in the state’s coastal playgrounds will be revealed in the coming months and years, especially during peak tourism season.

WUSF would like to share your experience.

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.

The city manager gave detailed answers to resident questions at Tuesday’s city commission meeting.

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.

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.

The proposals would lead to customers seeing increases in their monthly bills starting in March and continuing for a year.

Experts say symptoms could be related to depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress.

They say it's necessary to maintain the nation's hurricane and extreme weather forecasting capabilities.

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.

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.