A study comparing evacuation patterns in response to two 2024 hurricanes, Milton and Helene, found that people in coastal areas with frequent hurricane exposure were much more likely to travel out of harm's way compared to people in inland areas who were ...

The Florida prosecutor’s office in Tampa is defending its controversial and unexpected decision to drop a felony criminal case against the man accused of tying his bull terrier dog to a fence in rising waters and abandoning it along Interstate 75 amid an evacuation ahead of a major hurricane.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office has controversially dropped the felony aggravated animal cruelty case against Giovanny Aldama Garcia, the man accused of abandoning his bull terrier,

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A spokesperson for the Hillsborough State Attorney's Office tells PEOPLE the dog was not intentionally tied to the fence and no ropes or chains were present at the scene

Criminal charges against the suspect who was accused of abandoning Troopers the dog along I-75 during Hurricane Milton evacuations were dropped by the Hillsborough State Attorney's Office.

A Florida prosecutor has dropped the case against a man accused of tying his dog to a highway fence ahead of an approaching hurricane.