PLANT CITY, Fla. (WFLA) — Hundreds of flooded-out homeowners in Flood Zone “X” face denied insurance claims and financial ruin. Jeff Burnett lives on what he calls, one and a half acres of ...

The island is requiring height verification before trimming dune vegetation after multiple hurricanes and tropical storms in ...

While we were merrily distracted, tens of thousands of Florida ... maps on Dec. 20, and unsuspecting residents learned that they may now be required to buy flood insurance. In Palm Beach County ...

The harmful algal bloom called red tide has returned to Southwest Florida, impacting our local beaches. Here's where to swim ...

(WFLA) — It’s a Florida nightmare ... it was a no brainer. “No flood zones,” she said. “None.” They’re moving. Now the question is, where? “We are very heavily looking at elevation ...

In Collier County ... of those coastal, flood-prone zones. Meanwhile, he said, those residents risked sitting in "waist-deep water" had they not gone farther from the Gulf of Mexico. Otherwise, ...

This is especially huge news because not even a year ago many places in Southwest Florida were going to ... they can also add more open space in flood zone areas.

Red tide cell counts are well into the "death zone ... Florida Department of Health in Lee County issued an advisory Wednesday afternoon for places like Bonita Beach and Sanibel. DOH in Collier ...

Health alerts for red tide have been issued for several areas in Southwest Florida. Red tides can last for days, weeks or months. Red tide has waters off Southwest Florida in the "kill zone." ...