2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season

It has been an unusually active final month for the hurricane season, when forecasters typically see a single named storm every year or two. And the 2024 season still has two weeks to go.

Tropical Storm Sara is stalled near Honduras. It is set to cross the Yucatan Peninsula, and its remnants will be absorbed by a potent cold front that will arrive in Florida next week.

Details regarding rain intensity and timing for next week are still unknown, but Sara could produce heavy rain for parts of Florida by the middle to end of next week.

In a special call-in edition of Florida Matters, we fielded your questions about what to do if you were impacted by Debby, Helene or Milton.

The state says online pre-registration dates are Nov. 11 through Friday, Nov. 15. Telephone dates started Nov. 12 and run through Friday, Nov. 15.

Tampa Electric estimates it could seek to recover up to $55 million related to Helene and $370 for Milton.

The repair timetable likely means the Rays will have to find a temporary place to play home games in 2025.

The Biden administration has approved more than $2.3 billion for those affected by Hurricanes Milton and Helene. Studies show the system for distributing the funds deepens historical divides.

November continues active with Rafael meandering over the Gulf of Mexico and another tropical wave traveling north of the Leeward Islands.

Utilities have long been allowed to recover storm-related costs.

Rafael made landfall as a Category 3 storm in Cuba. Strong rip currents could produce more beach erosion as far north as Clearwater.

More than 10 years of catastrophic hurricanes in the United States has led to an insurance crisis of sorts, especially in hurricane prone states. Florida Storms digital meteorologist Leslie Hudson has more.