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Need to restock your hurricane supplies? Here's when you can get some of them tax free in Florida
Florida's new, permanent sales tax exemptions on specific hurricane supplies won't go into effect until Aug. 1, 2025.
Tropical Storm Chantal makes landfall in South Carolina, the first system of hurricane season to impact the US
Tropical Storm Chantal became the first named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season to hit the United States after it made landfall in South Carolina in the earliest hours of Sunday morning.
Republican donors, Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ quickly
The first detainees arrived July 3 at the facility, which will cost $450 million to operate and consists of tents and ...
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Hurricane forecasters still tracking disturbance near Florida with low chance of forming
Forecasters are continuing to track a disturbance off the Southeast U.S, which has low chance of formation in the next seven ...
Hurricane forecasters warn of stormy weather near Florida as tropical cyclone brews
A slow-developing weather system is trying to get its act together over the Southeast U.S. this Fourth of July.
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Hurricane supplies will now be tax-free in Florida
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New to Florida and hurricanes? Here are answers to basic questions before a storm develops
Here are answers to some of the most common hurricane questions. How much time you have to prepare for a hurricane depends on ...
Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly
Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator ...
This Florida teen made a portable energy storage unit for hurricane season — are you prepped for a disaster?
The unit, called the OffGrid Pro, is “completely odorless, fumeless [and] silent,” Bild told Fox 13. He says it can power a ...