Staff ReportsSeptember 4, 2019
77min1744
The storm continues moving northwest at 9 miles per hour.
Tag: Florida Division of Emergency ManagementJohn Labriola lost his longtime Miami-Dade County job after refusing to take part in anti-discrimination training. Image via X.
Staff ReportsSeptember 4, 2019
Ryan NicolJune 20, 2019
5min528
"My administration remains committed to assisting in recovery efforts with all available resources."
Ryan NicolJune 4, 2019
3min741
"Today, we are taking yet another significant step forward for hurricane recovery in Florida."
Drew WilsonApril 22, 2019
4min579
Damage reported by state and local government will "easily" top $2.6 billion
Ryan NicolApril 19, 2019
6min614
NOAA scientists conducted a post-storm analysis.
Scott PowersOctober 15, 2018
2min252
The numbers of homes and businesses without electricity was cut by more than half over the weekend to 168,000 with power restored to many in Leon and Bay counties but 11 central Panhandle counties still have major outages five days after Hurricane Michael, with several still more than 80 percent dark Monday morning. The latest […]
Scott PowersOctober 12, 2018
4min227
People at more than 351,000 homes and businesses smashed by Hurricane Michael Wednesday are getting up in the dark for the second morning, though the numbers without power have been trimmed by about 50,000 since the peak of the blackout Thursday morning. And Gov. Rick Scott announced he is authorizing state- and federally-backed push crews […]
Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018
2min302
The numbers of homes and businesses without power dipped only slightly overnight from a peak of 388,000 early Wednesday evening to 366,000 late Wednesday night to 359,000 early Thursday morning as the Florida Panhandle and other parts of the state awake from Hurricane Michael’s fury. Bay County, where the storm came ashore mid-afternoon Thursday with […]
Scott PowersOctober 10, 2018
3min168
More than 388,000 homes and businesses lost power in the onslaught of Michael, with Bay County taking the brunt, according to the first power-outage release issued shortly before 6 p.m. by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. In Bay County, where Michael came ashore, more than 99,000 of the 108,000 homes and businesses were without […]
Drew WilsonOctober 9, 2018
4min276
Hurricane Michael is expected to make landfall in Northwest Florida Wednesday as a category 2 or category 3 hurricane. If the current track holds, Gulf Power said its prepped for a speedy recovery. If the wind, rain and tidal surges brought about by the storm lead to major outages for the North Florida utility’s customers, […]