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Preparing for the hurricane season--in a FLASH!

11:18 AM, May 31, 2013

The Federal Alliance for Safe Homes offers a new app to help you prepare for the hurricane season.

Hurricane Evacuation Information

10:14 AM, May 31, 2013

The storm evacuation process can be confusing, and due to the size of the Tampa Bay area, the Florida Department of Transportation encourages citizens to take personal education into their own hands.

Lessons Learned: Looking back at 2012 Hurricane Season

9:07 AM, May 31, 2013

The 2012 hurricane season was busy.  Will 2013 be just as bad?

Possible tropical development over the next week

10:50 AM, May 30, 2013

Hurricane season starts this Saturday and it could get off to a quick start.  Models have been hinting at possible development in the western Caribbean or Bay of Campeche by this upcoming Wednesday.  Here's and in depth look at what the models are showing.

Tropical Storm Barbara nears southern Mexico coast

8:41 AM, May 29, 2013

Tropical Storm Barbara in the Pacific is strengthening as it moves closer to coastal areas in the southernmost parts of Mexico, which are under a tropical storm warning.

7 years without storms, but rates keep rising

9:48 AM, May 27, 2013

Florida homeowners enduring years of insurance rate hikes may have a lot riding on this year's hurricane season.

NOAA predicts above-average hurricane season

2:00 PM, May 23, 2013

NOAA forecasters are predicting an active or extremely active 2013 hurricane season with three to six major hurricanes in the Atlantic.

Florida conducts ambitious hurricane exercise

5:16 PM, May 20, 2013

Florida's emergency management leaders are really creating a complicated and dangerous scenario for their annual hurricane drill this year.

Forecast: Expect another busy hurricane season

1:45 PM, Apr 11, 2013

Phil Klotzbach and William Gray, renowned Colorado State University climatologists, are predicting the fourth busy storm season in a row.

Hurricane Season ends today

12:03 PM, Nov 30, 2012

An uptick in tropical activity is real, but is it a precursor to the future?

Hurricane season ending, but climate change questions remain

11:55 AM, Nov 29, 2012

Depending on how you look at it, the 2012 hurricane season is either a dark harbinger of things to come or simply a continuation of the active tropical cyclone cycle that dates back almost 20 years.

Superstorm Sandy causes at least eight U.S. deaths

11:39 PM, Oct 29, 2012

New York City took the brunt of mega storm Sandy's wrath Monday night, as a wide swath of the USA's most populous city was hit by a storm surge that caused widespread flooding and power outages.

What will be Sandy's effect on economy?

9:40 PM, Oct 29, 2012

Hurricane Sandy shut down Wall Street and disrupted business activity throughout the populous Northeast but it's not expected to have a significant impact on the nation's economic growth.

Hurricane Sandy forces East Coast to brace for hit

1:18 PM, Oct 26, 2012

Utilities and governments along the East Coast are working to head off long-term power failures as forecasters predict a major storm to hit a region already skittish after foul weather in recent months that plunged residents into darkness for weeks.

Soaked Jamaica braces for Hurricane Sandy

1:18 PM, Oct 24, 2012

Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall Wednesday near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida.

Strengthening Tropical Storm Sandy nears Jamaica

2:14 PM, Oct 23, 2012

Jamaicans are bracing for sheets of rain, violent winds and a powerful storm surge as a strengthening Tropical Storm Sandy closes in.

Tropical Storm Sandy forms south of Jamaica

5:18 PM, Oct 22, 2012

Tropical Storm Sandy has formed south of Jamaica and forecasters say the storm is expected to strengthen.

Tropical Depression forms south of Jamaica

1:04 PM, Oct 22, 2012

Forecasters say Tropical Depression 18 has formed over the southwestern Caribbean Sea, south of Jamaica.

Obama declares 11 Florida counties disaster areas

10:59 AM, Oct 19, 2012

President Obama has declared 11 Florida counties a disaster area for damage sustained during Hurricane Isaac.

Tropical Storm Patty drifts near Bahamas

7:49 AM, Oct 12, 2012

Tropical Depression 16 strengthened into Tropical Storm Patty late Thursday afternoon, just hours after forming in the northeastern Carribean.

Nadine dissolves in Atlantic, short of record

12:32 PM, Oct 4, 2012

The cyclone formerly known as Tropical Storm Nadine has dissolved after meandering for more than 21 days, falling short of the all-time Atlantic Ocean longevity record.

Another storm system forming in the Atlantic

10:11 AM, Sep 10, 2012

The National Hurricane Center says another storm system is brewing in the Eastern Atlantic and may become a tropical depression on Monday.

Great Dane found decomposing inside St. Pete home

Swarms of flies and the stench of putrification- they're the telltale signs of death, and they're just what lead a neighbor to discover a horrible scene inside a St. Petersburg home.

8:42 AM, Jun 18, 2013

Funny faced photo-booth teen credit card thieves still at large

Police are still looking for these these teenagers who stole a woman's credit card, used it at a movie theater and then took these silly photo booth pics of themselves.

1:10 PM, Jun 17, 2013

Coast Guard reminds watergoers to have a plan after jet ski rescue

This comes after two men were rescued Monday morning on a jet ski, after an overnight search.

11:38 AM, Jun 17, 2013

Detectives investigate tip of potential new evidence in Jennifer Odom murder case

Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis announced Tuesday the sheriff's office is currently working on one particular lead out of hundreds in murder case of Jennifer Odom.

4:44 PM, Jun 18, 2013

41 arrested in online, underage sex sting in Polk County

The latest undercover Internet sting where Polk deputies pose as teenagers had some disturbing results.

4:59 PM, Jun 17, 2013

Kim Kardashian's baby daughter is 'beautiful'

Still, no official word on a name, or weight, or delivery details.

1:35 PM, Jun 17, 2013

Mom: Son reported teacher, Lawrence Hughes, had child porn 7 years ago, but was ignored

A Polk Co. teacher was caught with child porn on school computers last week, and one mom says the entire situation could have been stopped years ago if her son's complaint was taken seriously.

10:56 PM, Jun 17, 2013

Video captures man brutalizing, having sex with horse

A Florida woman claims a man tortured and sexually abused her miniature horses. Now, she's hoping surveillance video of the attacks will help send the suspect to prison for a long time.  

10:21 AM, Jan 2, 2013

Dan Butts, of Palm Harbor, killed after falling tree impales him

A 63-year-old Palm Harbor man was killed after a tree he was trying to cut down fell on him.

8:48 AM, Jun 18, 2013

Grieving mom says roads not safe with fugitive, Christopher Ponce, on the run

Christopher Ponce is accused of cutting off his GPS ankle bracelet while awaiting trial in a fatal DUI case.  

1:15 AM, Jun 18, 2013

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Residents retrieve belongings from a home destroyed by the tornados that tore through central Okla. on Friday May 31, 2013 in Union City Okla.  Nick Oxford, AP

Tornadoes, floods hit Oklahoma

PHOTOS: Moore, Oklahoma tornado and aftermath

PHOTOS: North Texas hit by tornado outbreak

Storm damage to Cornelius the Mystery Monkeys habitat enclosure. Photo courtesy Dade Citys Wild Things.

Home of Mystery Monkey, rare Florida panther hit by storm

PHOTOS: Florida's no-name storm of 1993

Waterspout photo in Downtown Tampa taken by Robert Siegel, a SKYWARN Spotter on vacation from Colorado. He thinks the rotation hit the Westin Harbour Island Hotel where he is staying. There was tree debris. The waterspout will be listed as a brief F0 tornado. Tampa Emergency Management reported a tree and pole down and is investigating.

February 2013 Tampa Bay storm damage photos

19 car pile-up on I-295 in Falmouth, Maine

February 2013 blizzard pounds the Northeast

 A section of the roof of Trinity Episcopal Church was torn off in the storm.  John David Mercer for USA TODAY

Holiday storms sweep through US

Weather Photos

Dashcam video: Man urinates on patrol car

Snow accumulates in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York City.  Craig Ruttle, AP

Nor'easter strikes as NY, NJ still recover from Superstorm Sandy

Superstorm Sandy Photos: Aftermath

High winds blow sea foam onto Jeanettes Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Oct. 28, 2012, as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area.

Hurricane Sandy makes landfall on U.S. east coast

Hurricane Sandy Photos: Social Media

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Tornado spotted during Tropical Storm Isaac

Hurricane Issac

PHOTOS: Tropical Storm Isaac

Spaghetti Models: Tropical Storm Isaac

@DavidDarg-Twitter: Isaac shreading tents

Twitter Photos: Isaac damage

Lolas Burrito Joint initially called their giant burrito the "Wetback Willie," but renamed it "Wet Willie" after receiving a backlash of comments online

Restaurant says menu item names not meant to be racist

Storm damage -- July 21, 2012

Boats sit on the dry, cracked bottom in a dry cove at Morse Reservoir in Noblesville, Ind. on July 16, 2012.

Massive drought strikes U.S.

Downtown Tampa, 2:54 p.m. Photo courtesy Mike Begley.

Strong afternoon storms in Tampa Bay, July 11 2012

PHOTOS: July 10th, 2012 Weather Damage

Heavy storms damage trees, roofs around Tampa Bay

Heavy weather downs trees in Hernando Co.

PHOTOS: Violent Mid-Atlantic Storms

Tropical Storm Debby: Bayshore Blvd flooding

Tyler Taylor, 14, of Falls Church, Va., walks across a large downed tree in Falls Church, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday knocked out power to approximately one million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the region.

Violent storms rock the Mid-Atlantic

Hernando County sinkholes

Colorado: Waldo Canyon Fire Photos

Tornado damages 87 homes in Polk County

Pass-A-Grille tornado damages home

Photo sent by 10 News viewer Marty Williamson in Venus, Florida.

Tornadoes spawned by Tropical Storm Debby

Storm damage in Safety Harbor. Photo courtesy Marisa Spainhoward.

Tropical Storm Debby: local flooding and damage

Tornado touches down in Naples

PHOTOS: Thresher's Phinley does the weather

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