hurricane evacuation

After Monroe County's hurricane re-entry sticker program was abused during the COVID-19 checkpoint last year, the county came up with a new system — stickers that have bar codes and are color-coded by area.

A plan to allow extra building units in the Keys has hit a snag. After Hurricane Irma, the state proposed allowing an extra 1,300 units for affordable workforce housing — as long as the residents agreed to evacuate early for hurricanes.

Hurricanes don’t care if there’s a global pandemic causing chaos and disorder. No virus could slow down a storm brewing in the Atlantic Ocean. Like every…

The Florida Keys has been battered by hurricanes, flooded by sea level rise and is gentrifying quickly. But one state lawmaker from Naples wants to add…

Nearly 100 nursing homes and assisted living facilities were evacuated along Florida's East Coast ahead of Hurricane Dorian.

For many people, preparing for a hurricane often means making a decision about whether to evacuate or stay and ride out the storm.This week, in the face…

Florida doesn’t plan to turn portions of highways into all one-way traffic when evacuation orders are issued for Hurricane Dorian.Gov. Ron DeSantis said…

On August 24, 1992, a monster storm howled through Homestead, buzz-sawing roofs, ripping out trees, smashing schools and scattering Homestead Air Force…

Money is one of the biggest determinants when it comes to deciding whether to evacuate during a hurricane.The results of a 1,000-person questionnaire…

Development in the Florida Keys has been limited for decades by hurricane evacuation; the state requires that everyone who lives there be able to get out…

The Florida Keys have had a crisis in affordable housing for decades — and it got worse after Hurricane Irma.Gov. Rick Scott now has a new proposal to add…

As Hurricane Irma churned through South Florida, Patrick O'Quinn felt trapped.He'd moved to Miami about three months before the storm and described…