Hurricane season 2026: AI changing future of forecasting
Forecasting hurricanes can be a big challenge, as small atmospheric changes can quickly shift a storm’s path or intensity. Predicting where a hurricane will go and how strong it may…
Officials: ‘We can’t let our guard down’ despite sunny hurricane forecast
Thanks to a Super El Nino weather pattern, hurricane experts say there may be fewer hurricanes this year. But all it takes is one catastrophic storm, emergency management officials in…
Storm coverage increases in the afternoon with high chances for rain
There is a 70 percent chance of rain for greater Orlando and and 80 percent chance nearly everywhere else in Central Florida, according to NWS Melbourne.
Lightning risk is about to ramp up in Florida. Here’s how to stay safe.
Florida leads the nation in lightning fatalities. Here's how to stay safe as lightning activity picks up this rainy season.
Rain and storm chances increase over interior, lightning and hail possible
Rain and storm chances are increasing across the interior during the afternoon.
Hurricane season 2026: Hurricane Irma changed how Florida nursing homes prepare for storms
It’s been nine years since Hurricane Irma forced mass evacuations across Florida and left millions without power. Emergency managers say the storm exposed serious problems inside some nursing homes and…
Showers expected throughout the day, small craft should exercise caution
Tuesday morning contains a few showers on the coast before scattered showers and storms focus on the interior.
Hurricane season 2026: Florida had lull before, but then the tropics lined up a decade of storms
If you’ve lived in Florida for any length of time, you know hurricanes are part of life. But there was a period not that long ago when we caught a…
Hurricane season 2026: Hurricane Matthew’s Florida sideswipe highlighted storm surge threat
Although 2016’s Hurricane Matthew technically never made landfall in Florida, the center passed about 30 miles offshore, which was enough to carve a devastating path along our east coast. It…
What’s in a name? Hurricane season starts Sunday and here are the storm names for 2026
The list of 2026 Atlantic hurricane storm names has only one new name since the list was last used six years ago.