Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm, weakening as it dumps heavy rains over Nicaragua. ...more

November 5, 2009

The area's best-known roadside tourist attraction is known for its mermaids and their grace and elegance underwater. ...more

December 8, 2008

Being a pack rat likely saved Kris Geidel's life. Now he's hoping to keep his fishing business from sinking. ...more

October 11, 2008

Though Hurricane Ike appears heading into the central Gulf of Mexico next week and away from the Tampa Bay area, local residents can't really relax until the storm gets well past the Keys. ...more

September 7, 2008

The new-moon lunar phase provides two more days of great ideal fishing conditions for the Florida summertime angler. ...more

August 31, 2008

After spending most of Tuesday and early this morning flogging Haiti, Hurricane Gustav has started a slow movement away from the island and across the Windward Passage toward Cuba. ...more

August 27, 2008

TAMPA - A strong tropical wave moving through the southern Atlantic Ocean could become the season's next tropical depression today or Tuesday. ...more

July 14, 2008

TAMPA - The National Hurricane Center is watching two disturbances, one just off the South Carolina coast and one in the Atlantic Ocean, both with the potential to develop. ...more

July 13, 2008

Hurricane Bertha bulked up slightly overnight and by a day or so may be back to hurricane strength. But it continues to appear unlikely that Bertha, as a hurricane or at its current tropical storm strength, will have much impact on the U.S. coast. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA - Hurricane Bertha weakened significantly today, dropping from a Category 3 storm to a Category 1 hurricane between morning and afternoon. ...more

July 8, 2008