People with disabilities, people who can't afford it and people who don't want to abandon their pets are among the many who can't easily get up and leave before a hurricane.
Helene is forecast to intensify rapidly over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Florida on Thursday. Residents are urged to make preparations — and in many counties, evacuate — before then.
Tropical Storm Helene's trajectory threatens the Florida panhandle, which forecasters say could be hit on Thursday. Meteorologists say this system will be particularly big -- with a wide wind field.
Former President Trump was the target of what the FBI said “appears to be an attempted assassination” at his West Palm Beach golf club. President Biden said he was briefed and a person has been detained.
Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as Tropical Storm Francine moved inland.
High tide floods – when water collects in streets or even seeps into buildings on days without rain – are increasingly common in coastal areas as sea levels rise, a new report warns.
This new discovery in the Florida Keys comes just weeks after the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reported 25 packages of cocaine blew onto another beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Debby.
In a news conference, attorneys representing the 23-year-old airman's family expressed concern that the investigation into his May shooting death is taking longer than expected.
The annual Florida Python Challenge invites participants to catch and kill invasive Burmese pythons, which feed on the state's native animal population.
Debby came ashore about five miles west of Steinhatchee, along the state's Big Bend region. It arrived with sustained winds of 80 mph, and is expected to cause flooding across much of the Gulf Coast.
The storm is expected to reach hurricane-strength before it makes landfall in Florida on Monday. It could drop record-breaking rainfall amounts in parts of Georgia and South Carolina.
A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby north of Cuba on Saturday and was predicted to become a hurricane as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical storm warnings and a hurricane watch were issued for the west coast of Florida and the panhandle as Debby crossed the Gulf of Mexico. Heavy rains are expected across the Southeast.
Authorities say the teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force airman who was shot and killed in his home by a Florida sheriff's deputy in May was shot to death this week near Atlanta. The killing of Senior Airman Roger Fortson made global headlines in May. Now, the family is grieving the Tuesday killing of his 16-year-old brother, Andre Fortson, in DeKalb County, near Atlanta's east side.
All Things Considered host Peter Biello speaks with Berry College's Dr. Ryan Saylor about recent shark attacks and what to do to stay safe on your beach vacation this summer.
