A new report finds that 83% of major power outages between 2000 and 2021 were attributed to extreme weather. The analysis authored by Climate Central finds that Florida had the tenth highest number of outages in the nation.
Read More »The Point, Sept. 15, 2022: In a surprise move, defense attorneys for confessed Parkland school shooter rest their case
The announcement frustrated the judge and prosecutors on Wednesday.
Read More »The Point, Sept. 13, 2022: Florida’s deaths from COVID-19 have surpassed 80,000
Over a million Americans have died in the past two-and-a-half years from the coronavirus.
Read More »The Point, Sept. 12, 2022: The looming impact between sea level rise and Florida’s property tax base
A new analysis shows Florida will be the most affected state nationwide when it comes to property tax loss and sea level rise.
Read More »Assessing Hurricane Irma’s impact, five years later
This week marks five years since Hurricane Irma hit Florida. Nearly the entire peninsula was under a hurricane watch or warning by the time the storm reached Florida’s southwestern shore.
Read More »Mental health and severe storms: an advocate’s perspective
Sara Newhouse is the Disaster Recovery Mental Health Coordinator for the Florida Division of Emergency Management. The position was created in 2019 by First Lady Casey DeSantis to address the damage from disasters beyond the physical.
Read More »The Point, Sept. 2, 2022: Previewing NASA’s second attempt at launching Artemis I
Tomorrow's launch window is two hours and begins shortly after 2 p.m.
Read More »Tropical Storm Danielle heading toward hurricane status
In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Danielle formed Friday morning and could become a hurricane by the end of the week. This system is intensifying over the subtropics, but its movement is very slow and not concerning. This system is far, far away from any landmass… located in the subtropical Atlantic …
Read More »The Point, Sept. 1, 2022: Charlie Crist leaves Congress ahead of general election
Crist will take on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in November.
Read More »Hurricane Andrew changed preparedness forever
On Aug. 23, on the anniversary of the storm's landfall in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis and FDEM Director Kevin Guthrie commented on how Florida became a "national leader in emergency management." But 30 years after Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Miami as a Category 5 storm, there are many lessons learned and lessons we are still learning about these powerful storms and the way their impact.
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