Topic: Southwest Florida

The United States experienced 18 billion-dollar weather-related disasters in 2022, as climate change continues to cause severe weather events, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.

Babcock Ranch, Fla., the first town in the United States to run solely on solar power, didn't lose electricity or Internet when Hurricane Ian blew through.

The death toll from Hurricane Ian has risen to 58 people in Florida, which was hit by a near Category 5 storm on Wednesday, with four dead in North Carolina when it was a tropical storm on Friday.

NASA is shifting the launch date of its Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station in the wake of Hurricane Ian, the space agency confirmed on Thursday.

At least 13 people in Florida have been reported dead from Hurricane Ian, and President Joe Biden said Thursday that he fears a "substantial loss of life."

Residents are trapped by water in homes and streets are unrecognizable, underwater as Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida on, Wednesday afternoon, crashing into the coast with sustained wind of 155 mph.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Florida residents the "time to evacuate is coming to an end," as Hurricane Ian closes in on the southwest coast of the state.

Post-tropical cyclone Ian dissipated across southern Virginia late Saturday night after causing destruction in Cuba, Florida and the Carolinas.

Red tide is a scourge of Southwest Florida, often littering beaches with dead fish and marine life and disrupting plans for boating and bathing. But Mother Nature isn't entirely to blame for this blight.

Frequent occurrences of red tides have created a national concern because they affect not only the health of the ecosystems and the people near them but also local economies.