Hurricane

Florida is nearing completion on more $180 million Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, designed to withstand powerful hurricanes. The state-of-the-art facility will replace the current overcrowded center by the start of the 2026 hurricane season.

Erin becomes the first hurricane of the 2025 season. It is expected to remain north of the Leeward Islands and bring high swells and rough seas for the eastern Seaboard.

The storm’s likely path is coming into focus, but a lot can still change. Here’s what the forecasters look at.

No Sleep Till is the debut feature by French-American director Alexandra Simpson, set in Jacksonville during the eerie calm before a looming hurricane. It follows a comic duo, a grieving storm chaser and a lonely teen as they confront personal struggles ahead of the storm.

The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to strengthen over the next several days and says it could become a hurricane by late Thursday.

The fifth named storm of the season has formed. Erin is forecast to become the first hurricane of the season by the end of the week, likely staying north of the Caribbean.

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Experts at NOAA updated their prediction for the Atlantic on Thursday. Forecasters say there could be up to nine hurricanes before the end of November.

Although the forecast decreased, it was only very slightly. There are still higher-than-average odds for this season to be active. Check your plans.

Hurricane Milton was barreling toward Florida last October when the emergency call came in about a dog that was stuck in rising waters. Nearly a year later, the dog, a bull terrier who was named Trooper after his savior, has been thriving in his new home in suburban Parkland, Florida.

Florida House Bill 7031 was signed on June 30 and eliminates state sales tax on hurricane kit essentials. The law takes effect Aug. 1.

About a month after announcing that it would stop sharing data that hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on, the Navy now says it will continue distributing it.