WUFT News News and Public Media for North Central Florida from the University of Florida in Gainesville
A steady stream of cars queues at the Take 5 Car Wash this month on Archer Road in Gainesville. Their drivers’ pursuit? Get clean from the pervasive yellow pollen dust. Randy Robinson was one of them on a recent afternoon. Robinson said that he was washing his car due to …
Read More »Above-average temperatures in Florida could break daily records
While much of the country is experiencing snow storms and ice, above-average temperatures are arriving in the Sunshine State this week. Pensacola, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Lakeland, Tampa, Fort Myers and Key West are all forecasted to break their daily records for high temperature. Several more cities such as Gainesville, …
Read More »Severe weather awareness series: lightning
The Florida Public Radio Emergency Network recently compiled a series on the dangers of severe weather in the state and the value of residents being aware of weather safety best practices. Stay informed by following Florida Storms, the Florida Division of Emergency Management and your local National Weather Service office on …
Read More »Community members speak up about new “forever chemicals” study
A new study by the Environmental Working Group compared its findings to data from the FDA that measured PFAS levels in seafood from grocery stores and found that the supermarket samples had a drastically lower concentration of PFAS compounds than freshwater fish.
Read More »End of week severe threat to last several days over the Panhandle, North Florida
Severe thunderstorms could impact Florida’s Panhandle and northern peninsula over the next few days. In addition to excessive lighting and heavy rain rates, damaging winds and weak tornadoes will be possible from the strongest storm cells.
Read More »Gainesville man seeks compensation for home destroyed by flooding
Mark Dake has notified the city of Gainesville and Alachua County in December that he is seeking compensation for the destruction of his home, which was flooded during Hurricane Elsa. Dake said he hopes the city or county will take over the property, destroy the home and refrain from building a new home on the land.
Read More »Levy County couple gives abused animals another chance at life
Cindy Frazier and her husband, Errand, run the Throw Away Rescue from their two-bedroom home in Chiefland. The overflow of animals at local shelters have prompted animal-loving people like the Fraziers to take in abandoned or abused animals.
Read More »Wind chill, freeze alerts expand ahead of bitterly cold holiday weekend
Cold weather alerts are in place across much of Florida ahead of the arrival of plunging temperatures in time for the holiday weekend. A powerful cold front is sending much of the nation into a deep freeze Thursday afternoon and that front has the Sunshine State in its path. While …
Read More »Late-week blast of cold air plunges some areas into the teens ahead of the holiday weekend
A hard freeze is likely across the Panhandle and portions of North Florida Friday night as lows fall into the 20s. (Meteorologist Justin Ballard/Florida Public Radio Emergency Network) A widespread hard freeze is likely in portions of the Panhandle and North Florida Friday night as an Arctic chill arrives before …
Read More »Florida gets several rounds of rain this week and a holiday weekend cold blast
Two storm systems will bring a lot of wet weather to Florida this week and some very chilly temperatures this weekend. The first weather system brings widespread rain to the Panhandle tonight and tomorrow morning. That large wave of showers spreads into north Florida and the Peninsula during the afternoon …
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