Thursday continues the trendΒ with a mild andΒ comfortable afternoon, with highs once again topping out in the mid-70s. Tomorrow morning starts off cool, with lows near 50 degrees, so you may want a light jacket early on. ThroughΒ the day expect a mix of sun and clouds. It wonβt be gloomy, but youβll notice the sky filling in more than it has the last couple of days, hinting that we are about to see a shift.
Three Sunshine State universities took steps Tuesday to salvage home football games as Hurricane Ian approached.
Damaging winds and rain lashed the stateβs heavily populated Gulf Coast, with theΒ Naples to SarasotaΒ region at βhighest riskβ of a devastating storm surge.
A strengthening Hurricane Ianβs rain and winds lashed Cubaβs western tip, where authorities have evacuated 50,000 people, as it became a major Category 3 storm early Tuesday.
Hurricane Fiona has strengthened into a Category 4 storm after lashing the Turks and Caicos Islands and devastating Puerto Rico. It's forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week.
The 7th named storm of the season has developed in the Central Atlantic.
Samaritan's Purse is once again coming to the aid of Puerto Rico.Β The disaster relief organization based in Boone is deploying teams to the area following Hurricane Fiona.Β
Hurricane Fiona barreled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew.
The U.S. lightning death toll has now climbed to 18. A middle school boy has died after being struck while on a lake near Orlando, Florida.
