ORLANDO, Fla. — Another possible disturbance emerged Monday morning on the National Hurricane Center’s radar, leaving meteorologists to turn their attention toward the southwestern Caribbean Sea. An area of disturbed weather north of where Tropical Sto…
Tropical Storm Julia expected to become a hurricane
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Julia is expected to become a hurricane later Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 5 p.m., the system was located about 55 miles south of Isla De Providencia, Colombia, with maximum sustained winds …
What Florida learned from Hurricane Ian
ORLANDO, Fla. — While many questions still linger, Florida has learned a lot about itself, the National Hurricane Center and the future of forecasting in the 10 days since Hurricane Ian ravaged the state. The Category 4 hurricane roared ashore in south…
Flooding, power outages plague central Florida senior facilities after Hurricane Ian
ORLANDO, Fla. — When family members went to check on their loved ones at an assisted living facility called Grand Villa of Altamonte Springs last weekend, they were shocked to find their relatives’ rooms lacked power and air conditioning. Under a 2018 …
Tropical Storm Julia expected to become a hurricane
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Julia is expected to become a hurricane later Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 12 p.m., the system was located about 165 miles east south east of Isla De Providencia, Colombia, with maximum sust…
Orlando Free Fall to be torn down after 14-year-old’s death
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Free Fall, a drop tower from which 14-year-old tourist Tyre Sampson fell to his death in March, will be taken down, the attraction’s operatorssaid Thursday. But exactly when that will happen isn’t clear. The decision is a re…
NASA and SpaceX launch 4 more crew to the space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The SpaceX taxi service from the Space Coast took flight again Wednesday with NASA’s Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station. The four-person crew from NASA, Japan and Russia hitched a ride in the Crew Dragon Endurance …
Rubio leads Demings by 6 points in new Mason-Dixon poll
ORLANDO, Fla. — Marco Rubio has maintained his lead over Val Demings in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, a poll released Tuesday finds. The Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy survey showed Republican U.S. Sen. Rubio with 47% of the vote and Democratic U.S. Rep….
Publix, Walmart open after Ian, but it might be hard to find eggs
With milk and bottled water on store shelves, grocers are open in Orlando after Hurricane Ian. But shoppers might have some trouble finding eggs. Shelves of chicken eggs were cleared out Monday morning at a Casselberry Publix, but fresh quail eggs were…
Orlando fuel prices fall as gas tax holiday takes effect
A one-month gas tax holiday that kicked in Saturday helped to push Orlando-area gas prices to their lowest average since January. A gallon of regular unleaded averaged $3.19 per gallon on Monday, down 15 cents from a week ago, according to the travel c…