The government may house disaster victims in trailers again this hurricane season as a last resort, despite promises never to use them again because of high levels of formaldehyde found in trailers used after the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. ...more

June 3, 2008

Cleveland Stampley grinned as he locked the door to his FEMA trailer one last time. Out front, a case worker's pickup waited to take him to his new home at a nearby apartment complex. ...more

June 1, 2008

Sales tax holidays for hurricane preparation are no more this season. With money in short supply, the Legislature did not renew the tax relief on hurricane supplies that Floridians enjoyed for three years. ...more

May 29, 2008

MIAMI - Disaster victims might one day watch their homes and communities be rebuilt from the cool comfort of a front porch. ...more

May 28, 2008

The anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each labored breath her child takes, the young mother fears it has just begun. ...more

May 28, 2008

TAMPA - As another hurricane season looms, Hillsborough County needs to do more to provide shelter for people and their pets, Commissioner Rose Ferlita told a group that works to improve disaster plans for agriculture interests and animals. ...more

May 12, 2008

Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and the South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving a trail of destruction and stories of loss. ...more

May 12, 2008

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance. ...more

May 8, 2008

By not retaining the lessons of the March 13, 1993, coastal flooding emergency, West Pasco residents and officials are having to scramble to get in compliance with Federal Emergency Management Agency flood rules and qualify for bigger flood insurance discounts. ...more

February 23, 2008

A missile launched from a Navy ship struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, the Pentagon said. ...more

February 21, 2008