Residents of the Tampa Bay area could wake up before dawn Thursday to the crash of thunder and high winds as a line of squalls moves off the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a cold front. ...more

December 1, 2009

Residents of the Tampa Bay area could wake up before dawn Thursday to the crash of thunder and high winds as a line of squalls moves off the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a cold front. ...more

November 30, 2009

Hernando County has more than 250 active volunteers on its Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) who are trained to respond to emergencies and disasters. ...more

December 28, 2008

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is lulling coastal residents into a fatally false sense of security. That's because the scale's five single-digit categories distort the danger of an approaching tropical weather system. ...more

September 25, 2008

a better reflection of the news value of the event than a description of this remarkable storm. ...more

August 21, 2008

Tropical Storm Dolly could be the year's first hurricane to strike the United States as the storm strengthens in the welcoming environment of the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

July 22, 2008

Evacuating can be the most stressful decision when a hurricane is barreling toward your area. To make the evacuation as stress-free as possible, disaster experts advise residents to decide early whether to leave. Recent studies indicate it can take 10 times longer than normal to get to a destination during an evacuation. Of course, a lot of questions arise during an evacuation. Here are some answers based on interviews with local and national disaster experts: ...more

June 1, 2008

Evacuating can be the most stressful decision when a hurricane is barreling toward your area. ...more

May 29, 2008

Evacuating can be the most stressful decision when a hurricane is barreling toward your area. To make the evacuation as stress-free as possible, disaster experts advise residents to decide early whether to leave. Recent studies indicate it can take 10 times longer than normal to get to a destination during an evacuation. Of course, a lot of questions arise during an evacuation. Here are some answers based on interviews with local and national disaster experts: ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA (AP) — The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season should be about as bad as normal or slightly busier, with a good chance of six to nine hurricanes forming, federal forecasters said Thursday in a new way of predicting how active the season could be. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials also said 12 to 16 named storms and two to five major hurricanes could form in the season that starts June 1 and ends Nov. 30. They said there is only a 60 to 70 percent chance for their predictions to come true, the first time officials gave a probability. They want people to realize the forecasts are uncertain, to avoid complacency that can occur when previous forecasts were wrong. ...more

May 22, 2008