During next year's hurricane season most battery-powered televisions people use after storms will be the electronic equivalent of paperweights ...more

October 9, 2008 |

Drivers heading west on Interstate 275 to St. Petersburg faced bumper-to-bumper traffic about 1 p.m. today as they passed a beige sedan on fire near the hump of the Howard Frankland Bridge. ...more

October 2, 2008 |

With 70 days left in hurricane season, Pasco residents could know which way the winds blow if a new system to send alerts pans out tomorrow. The first test of the pilot system is coming Tuesday, Sept. 23, Pasco emergency officials announced. The test had been postponed from Aug. 19. ...more

September 22, 2008 |

Assailants threw two grenades into a crowd of Independence Day revelers, killing seven and injuring more than 100 in a brazen attack that escalates the war between Mexico's army and drug gangs. ...more

September 17, 2008 |

Though federal, state and local officials were rightly praised for their speedy reaction to the threat of Hurricane Gustav last week, the storm that hit southeast Louisiana also exposed weakness in the hurricane-defense system. ...more

September 12, 2008 |

Water pushed by Hurricane Ike again washed over low areas along much of the west coast today, covering some roads but staying away from homes and businesses. ...more

September 11, 2008 |

The frail and elderly were put aboard buses Wednesday and authorities warned 1 million others to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed toward a swath of the Texas coast that includes the nation's largest concentration of refineries and chemical plants. ...more

September 11, 2008 |

Tropical Storm Hanna cruised toward the Carolinas on Friday, forecast to hit land overnight and promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people. ...more

September 6, 2008 |

Steady rain that began Friday night and expectations that it would continue through today with Tropical Storm Hanna moving in forced NASCAR to postpone tonight's Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway. ...more

September 6, 2008 |

Pasco County now falls along the far eastern edge of the projected track of Tropical Storm Gustav within 3 to 5 days, local emergency officials said moments ago. The National Hurricane Center shifted the projected path of Gustav slightly east at its 2 p.m. update. ...more

August 27, 2008 |