More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial attack on wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and blanketed the region in smoke. ...more

November 17, 2008

A top official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency admits that the agency was sluggish in its response to Texans affected by Hurricane Ike's devastation, according to a published report. ...more

November 2, 2008

Thirty-two plaintiffs who contend they were taken in by a nudist resort's bait-and-switch sales tactics will have their case heard this week. ...more

October 27, 2008

A months-long scrap between Pasco County officials and the owner of a mobile home park for low-income residents ended Monday night. ...more

September 17, 2008

Dale Stewart has had a busy August. Last week, the Realtor from C.S. Edwards Realty Inc. signed three contracts and knows that all C.S. Edwards agents have been busy showing homes. "Sales are picking up and prices are dropping," she said Thursday, minutes before taking a phone call from a prospective buyer interested in a brand new, four-bedroom home in Orange Blossom. ...more

September 2, 2008

A tornado touched down in Lake Wales this evening, damaging four mobile homes and a bridge, Polk County public safety officials say. ...more

August 22, 2008

a better reflection of the news value of the event than a description of this remarkable storm. ...more

August 21, 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

5:29 a.m.: Tampa Police are beginning to knock on doors at the Regency Cove mobile home park in an effort to get residents to safe shelters. ...more

August 19, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - The state-created corporation that's become Florida's largest property insurer says about 350,000 wind-only policyholders will have to reapply for coverage over a yearlong period that begins in February. ...more

August 5, 2008