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FEMA is urging Florida residents to prepare now for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1.
Read More »FEMA Urging Floridians To Prepare For Hurricane Season 2018
Thunderstorm Slams Gilchrist, Levy County Residents With Power Outages
A massive thunderstorm with winds reaching up to 60 mph ravaged counties in North Central Florida Monday morning.
Read More »What Will A Revamped Duval Community Look Like?
Residents met this week to try and figure it out, as changes are coming to Duval Park and the Clarence R. Kelly Community Center.
Read More »Before Irma, This Family’s Blues Creek Home Wasn’t In A Flood Zone. It Is Now.
A family in Gainesville's Blues Creek subdivision wants help to mitigate the flooding from the nearby stream. Although it flooded, city government says it can't do anything to help.
Read More »Three Ways MLK Speaks To Our Time
We know MLK fought against racism, but he also had much to say about issues in today's headlines.
Read More »When The Lights Go Out And Stay Out
When Hurricane Irma swept through Florida, the power was knocked out to thousands of people in the Gainesville area. WUFT News reporter Luke Sullivan found out that even more than three months after the storm, some families are still in the dark. This week, we dedicate our entire podcast episode to one family's story of life without electricity.
Read More »Alachua County Commission Takes First Step to Fixing Legacy Flood Issues
Flooding issues have persisted in certain parts of the county for years. Some residents have lost their homes to flooding multiple times.
Read More »Paynes Prairie Sees Environmental Benefits From Flooding After Irma
Paynes Prairie park officials don't have any plans to approach the mosquitoes there amid lingering Hurricane Irma flooding, which they say would be there regardless of the flooding.
Read More »City Commissioners Discuss Transferring Gainesville Power Lines Underground
Gainesville city commissioners met Thursday with a representative from Gainesville Regional Utilities to discuss the idea to transfer overhead power lines underground.
Read More »Meadowbrook Residents Form Committee To Take Action On Flooding Problems
Areas along NW 98th Street and other nearby neighborhoods dealt with flooding from Irma last month. However, this isn’t a new issue. There have been many other instances of flooding. One of the major ones was in 2004 when multiple hurricanes impacted Gainesville. After Irma hit, Meadowbrook residents spoke with the Meadowbrook Homeowner’s Association board about forming a steering committee to talk about the flooding problems in the area.
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