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The spread is heightened by the seasonal wind. For people experiencing allergy symptoms, experts recommend staying indoors, closing windows and showering after being outside.

Hurricane Irma didn’t create the substandard living conditions plaguing the rural town's poor, mostly farm-working families, but it exposed many outsiders to their plight. Now, a group has raised the money and is working to build new housing.

Florida’s wetlands have historically served as natural sponges but are now filled with explosive growth and development. Throw in climate change concerns, and many wonder whether 2022’s flooding represents a new norm.

Prosecutors claim Jorge Carballo abandoned his patients, going home after the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills lost power to its air conditioner during the 2017 storm. Nine people died.

It's ahead of a cold front that will drop temperatures to near 40.

The AM Best report focused, in part, on reinsurance, which is backup coverage that insurers buy to help pay claims for such things as hurricanes. Florida-based carriers rely heavily on reinsurance, but prices have soared and coverage has become harder to find.

In addition to home repairs, the money will address unmet needs such as transportation, food assistance, housing aid, clothing and household goods.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says Nicole may not be as "significant" as Ian, but he expressed concern it would cause flooding and further damage coastal areas that sustained erosion in the September hurricane.

The conservationist describes the effect of climate change and hurricanes on oystering and explains the far-reaching economic impact of Florida’s oyster industry,

Nicole made landfall as a hurricane today near Vero Beach, but the brunt of the damage was along the East Coast well north of there. By late morning, the storm was centered between Tampa and Orlando with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.

Instead of noon Saturday, county supervisors of elections have until noon Monday to submit the first set of unofficial returns from Tuesday’s elections.

County Comptroller Phil Diamond said tourist development tax collections for September were more than $24 million, a 48.6 percent increase over the same period in 2021.