South Florida

When the pandemic spurred people to move to Florida, they may not have changed jobs, but they brought their paychecks with them – almost $40 billion worth. And a lot of that came to South Florida.

Florida state officials agreed to replace thousands of yards of sand on Key Biscayne after a storm washed part of the beach out to sea earlier this month.

Nonprofit Feeding South Florida tells WLRN even middle-class families are asking for help during the holidays in this affordability crisis, while some kids worry about not having school meals during holiday breaks.

In the year since the 10-digit line changed to 988, one South Florida nonprofit has seen a 50% increase in calls. Lack of affordable housing and the pandemic are among the drivers.

So far, Miami has broken more than a dozen daily peak temperature records, the ocean is hotter, earlier than it’s ever been, and the combination of heat and humidity has reached new heights more than 20 times in the last 35 days.

A dramatic increase in ocean temperatures around South Florida in early July caught scientists off-guard. They're now rushing to help struggling coral on the only inshore reef in the continental U.S.

There’s never been a season where one metro area has gotten to celebrate winning both the NBA title and the NHL’s Stanley Cup. The Miami Heat and Florida Panthers can change that.

All nine victims injured from the shooting were in stable condition, authorities said, as a preliminary investigation showed that an altercation between two groups resulted in gunfire.

Fort Lauderdale's 25 inches of rain is a case of a strong thunderstorm not knowing when to say when. One factor: the atmosphere in our warming planet can hold more moisture that comes down as rain.

As coastal engineers and state and local flood management officials converged on downtown Miami for this year’s Florida Floodplain Managers Association conference at the Marriott Biscayne Bay hotel, the skies opened and unleashed a torrent of rain.

Although reported cases are trending down in Florida, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 continues to mutate. The latest subvariant, called XBB.1.5, has mutations that make it highly transmissible and somewhat resistant to vaccines and past infection.

As federal agencies and local governments reassess flood zones and incorporate new technology, data on sea-level rise and the fact that the concrete jungle doesn’t absorb as much water as the natural environment, they’ve concluded that vast swaths of South Florida — particularly inland areas — are vulnerable to crippling storm surge and flooding from rain.