Hurricane Milton was yet another pollution nightmare for Tampa Bay

Florida’s largest open water estuary and the millions of people who’ve come to build their lives around it barely had time to detox from the previous hurricane-fueled wave of pollution when the next one came pounding. Just as the area around Tampa Bay was finally cleaning up the mess from Hurricane Helene, along came Milton. … Read more

Hurricane Milton’s Fury 41 Tornadoes and Counting

The National Weather Service meteorologists confirmed Friday that tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton had ballooned to at least 41; even then, the final number might be even higher once damage surveys are complete. For a week and more, meteorologists of three regions of weather service in Florida have been in the field enumerating damage from … Read more