Evacuations

Flights have been canceled, and highways and bridges in some areas along the southeastern coastline are expected to close ahead of the storm's landfall.

The storm, now Category 2 strength, is still on track to strike the Carolinas Thursday night and Friday.

Just in time for hurricane season, Sarasota County is introducing a plan to help transport people who can’t drive to evacuation centers.Earlier this…

During the next major storm, Florida may turn to university faculty and even students enrolled in health-care programs to help work with some of the...

Despite widespread traffic jams that choked Florida's highways, state officials are defending the approach used during Hurricane Irma.Department of…

Governor Rick Scott wants to find better ways for the public to evacuate, in case of an emergency. He’s ordering an evaluation of the state’s roadways.

New research from the University of South Florida suggests evacuating nursing home patients before a storm increases the chance of both hospitalization...

After a painful flight across several states to escape unpredictable Hurricane Irma, Suzanne Pallot says it's unlikely she would evacuate South Florida…

Growing up in Miami, Luis Gazitúa lived through Hurricane Andrew in 1992 – one of the most destructive storms ever to hit South Florida. That’s why the...

Hurricane Irma's leading edges whipped palm trees and kicked up the surf as the storm spun toward Florida with 120 mph winds Saturday on a projected new…

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Irma has strengthened back into a Category 5 storm, as officials warned more than 5 million people that time…

Only ”mission essential” personnel are on duty at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base through Monday. All others and their families have been ordered to…