The first hurricane or tropical storm in 14 years to reach the Gulf during November should bring some rain, increased wind and a chance of tornadoes to the Tampa Bay area as it crosses Florida. ...more

November 9, 2009

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: ...more

March 14, 2009

Civic leaders join officials from the Salvador Dali Museum to break ground on a new home for the surrealist painter's works on the waterfront just south of Mahaffey Theatre. ...more

December 12, 2008

With a fearsome Hurricane Ike not far in its wake, Tropical Storm Hanna cruised ashore here early Saturday, bringing soaking rains and near-hurricane force winds to the Carolina coast but doing little immediate damage before pivoting quickly up the Eastern Seaboard. ...more

September 7, 2008

TAMPA Hanna, Ike and Josephine, the conga line of storms in the Atlantic Ocean, could keep Florida on edge into next week. ...more

September 2, 2008

Gustav slammed into Cuba's tobacco-growing western tip as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane Saturday, and Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the storm as it roared toward the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans. ...more

August 31, 2008

By the weekend, Florida could be bracketed by hurricanes as one churns through the Gulf of Mexico and another meanders in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

August 28, 2008

Forecasters Sunday extended a hurricane watch north to Tarpon Springs as Tropical Storm Fay grazed the southern coast of Cuba and headed on a path that could take the storm into the western edge of Pinellas County as a hurricane. ...more

August 18, 2008

Forecasters extended a hurricane watch north to Tarpon Springs as Tropical Storm Fay grazed the southern coast of Cuba and headed on a path that could take the storm just west of Pinellas County as a hurricane. ...more

August 17, 2008

911 is hitting the road. That's the plan anyway when the sheriff's mobile command center is updated with equipment for six dispatcher positions. The E-911 state grant program will cover the $342,843 tab required to complete the renovation. ...more

July 25, 2008