2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Thousands of Duke Energy power trucks are now staged at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg in advance of the storm.

Some residents plan to stick out the storm at home, but know flooding and power outages could cause problems.

Mark Freidlander, with The Insurance Information Institute, explains how Idalia will impact Florida's property insurance market and what you need to know to be prepared.

Pets can become lost or harmed during hurricane season. It's important to keep your animals safe.

Senior meteorologist Megan Borowski gives an update on what Southwest Florida can expect from Idalia.

Forecasters say Idalia will be at least a Category 3 hurricane by the time of its expected landfall on Wednesday. Officials are urging residents to get ready, and have ordered thousands to evacuate.

Based on Idalia’s current track, Idalia will strengthen into a Category 3 storm and make landfall along Florida's Big Bend. The greater Tampa Bay region will see 3-7 feet of storm surge.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said crews from the city's stormwater department has been working around the clock to get ready for the storm.

Said one man as he waited for sandbags in Tampa: “Just got to prepare for these things, hope for the best, and prepare for the worst and, you know, hunker down, as they say.”

Big Bend residents are unlikely to forget the destructiveness of Hurricane Michael in 2018. Although Michael didn’t do its worst in Tallahassee, it wrought havoc in neighboring counties.

Since 1955, 13 Atlantic storm names beginning with “I” have been retired, according to the National Weather Service. That happens when a storm’s death toll or destruction is so severe that using its name again would be insensitive.

Florida residents are evacuating from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as forecasters predict that Tropical Storm Idalia will hit the state as a major hurricane by Wednesday.