Mississippi Emergency Management Director Mike Womack wants to remind residents in the lower Mississippi counties that it is not too late to evacuate. ...more

August 31, 2008

Neighboring Okeechobee was one of four counties declared major disaster areas Sunday by President George W. Bush in the wake of Tropical Storm Fay, but it's unlikely that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will help any homeowners in Highlands County. ...more

August 26, 2008

Two emergency response officials called Tropical Storm Fay a "rehearsal" for Highlands County's efforts. The storm's winds were relatively mild, even though the rain was heavy enough to flood the southern and eastern areas of the county. ...more

August 24, 2008

The tentacles of rain and gusty winds from sprawling Tropical Storm Fay finally reached into Pasco County, causing widely scattered power outages here Friday morning. ...more

August 22, 2008

In the end, Tropical Storm Fay never made it to Pasco County. But the county's emergency management director said Tuesday the storm offered a good chance to go over emergency routines again. ...more

August 20, 2008

County officials decided to shut down most of its government while Tropical Storm Fay makes its way across the Florida peninsula. ...more

August 19, 2008

SEBRING - As Tropical Storm Fay tracks further to the east, the National Weather Service predicted 11:15 a.m. Tuesday that six to 10 inches of rain could be dumped on the county before Fay leaves the area, with even more in some spots. The gauge at the Highlands County Emergency Operations Center south of Sebring measured 2.87 inches of rain fell since the storm's outer bands reached the county. ...more

August 19, 2008

Traffic lights were swinging and palm trees bent under sustained 25 mph winds that gusted to 42 mph while rain pounded on area roofs thanks to Tropical Storm Fay, according to Highlands County Emergency Management Director Bill Nichols. ...more

August 19, 2008

With Tropical Storm Fay having shifted its course to the east, Pinellas County has cancelled its earlier evacuation order. ...more

August 19, 2008

County administrator Pat Bean says the state of emergency in Hillsborough has been lifted and the mandatory evacuations for mobile homes and voluntary evacuations of low-lying areas has been cancelled. "We've been blessed again," she says. "We are just as pleased as we can be." ...more

August 19, 2008