A new generation of building codes, enhanced and tweaked from the destructive experience of recent storms, is one thing disaster planners and building officials are counting on to prevent that from happening. ...more

May 23, 2008

The Polk County's Emergency Management Division has released its map showing evacuation shelter locations for the hurricane season that will start June 1. ...more

April 16, 2008

In a perfect world, residents along Pasco County's vulnerable west coast would pack up their things and move inland. Their homes would be leveled, and the land would be turned into public parks. ...more

February 20, 2008

More than a dozen construction projects are under way or on the drawing board at this 67-year-old military installation. ...more

February 4, 2008

TAMPA - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown was in Tampa today to address a conference of property restoration businesses and shared his thoughts on Hurricane Katrina, Tampa's vulnerability to hurricanes, airport security and other topics. ...more

January 17, 2008

Pasco County officials are investigating about 170 cases in which coastal homeowners are suspected of violating federal flood regulations by maintaining living space on their first floors. ...more

December 24, 2007

With hurricane season winding down today, the public is letting out a collective sigh of relief. ...more

November 29, 2007

Herbert Saffir, an engineer who created the five-category system used to describe hurricane strength and warn millions of an approaching storm's danger, has died. He was 90. ...more

November 24, 2007

U.S., Honduran and Nicaraguan soldiers searched remote jungle beaches and the open sea Thursday looking for survivors and the dead from Hurricane Felix's rampage. ...more

September 7, 2007