Hurricane names 2024: Here’s why the list may look familiar

The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be one of the most active on record, with a predicted 23 names that may look familiar.

How the fading El Nino pattern will impact hurricane season activity in 2024

Historically, La Niñas have produced busy tropical seasons, while the opposite is known to be true during El Niños - when conditions are typically hostile for cyclones in the Atlantic basin.

Category 6 needed on hurricane wind scale due to warming climate, study says

Since 1980, half of the 197 tropical cyclones rated a Category 5 happened within the past 17 years. Five of the storms would have met the hypothetical Category 6, according to the study.

New forecast cone to be tested by National Hurricane Center during 2024 season

Studies and hurricane experts have warned since the early 2000s that the hurricane forecast cone is not doing its job as people often misinterpret the graphic.

185,000 tons of sand placed on Pinellas County beaches since Hurricane Idalia

Crews with Pinellas County’s emergency beach restoration project have placed 185,000 tons of sand across beaches in the county since September after Hurricane Idalia.

FEMA extends deadline for assistance to Tampa Bay area residents after Hurricane Idalia

Two months after Hurricane Idalia battered the Tampa Bay area, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is extending the deadline to apply for assistance. 

Sunset Beach moves one step closer to reopening

Sunset Beach is one step closer to reopening as crews work to restore the dunes that Hurricane Idalia decimated.

Hurricane Ian recovery continues one year later

Thursday marks one year since Hurricane Ian, the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the U.S., slammed into Florida’s southwest coast. 

Salvation Army of Sarasota continues helping Hurricane Ian storm victims one year later

The Salvation Army of Sarasota County has been a part of the community for 100 years. As Hurricane Ian passed through North Port, they activated and prepared for the unknown.