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MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say the first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season has formed off the coast of ...
FORT LAUDERDALE (by Larry Spilman/Fla. News Network) -- It's that time of year for the state's emergency managers to ...
WEST, Texas (AP) — Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous f...
WEST, TX (ABC News) -- A fire and chemical explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in a small town north of Waco, Texas, killed...
TAVARES, FLA. (by Alan McBride/FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK) -- The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is accepting applicatio...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday it will escalate production of nuclear weapons material, including r...
SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) — As crews entombed a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole near Tampa, the earth opened up again just...
The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for our area through 3pm today, meaning conditions are favorable for ...
By GLORIA RIVIERA and AKIKO FUJITA (ABC NEWS) -- North Korea says it has successfully tested a miniaturized nuclear device Tu...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A tornado tore through Hattiesburg on Sunday as part of a wave of severe storms that downed t...
SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful earthquake Wednesday off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami of up to 1.5 meters (about 5 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's approval of a revised route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline puts t...
MIAMI January 15, 2013 (AP) -- Florida wildlife officials say 11 Burmese pythons were killed during the first three days of a...
By STEVE OSUNSAMI (ABC NEWS) -- Florida wildlife officials are launching a snake hunting mission to help curb the growing pop...
DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. safety regulators have cleared the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee after an investigation into possible engine ...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN/ABC NewsTwo firefighters were shot and killed and two others taken to a nearby hospital after a gunman ope...
By DANIEL CLARK/ABC NEWSMosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are awaiting approval from the federal government to b...
from ABC NewsMore than one-third of all couches in the United States are thought to contain potential toxins that can be dang...
By ALAN FARNHAM/ABC NEWSNov. 13, 2012Drillers in Utah and Colorado are poking into a massive shale deposit trying to find a w...
By KEVIN DOLAK/ABC NEWSNov. 5, 2012The New York and New Jersey area, still struggling to recover from superstorm Sandy, is no...
By ALYSSA NEWCOMB (@alyssanewcomb) and SYDNEY LUPKINNov. 4, 2012Five days after Superstorm Sandy downed power lines, flooded ...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Motorists in 12 northern New Jersey counties will be allowed to buy gasoline just every other day under...
By ANTHONY CASTELLANO/ABC NEWSNov. 1, 2012The Northeast struggled to get back on its feet today following the wallop it took ...
from ABC NewsIt blasted the ocean itself over dunes, seawalls and berms and into downtowns, tunnels and subways. It killed do...
By CHRISTINA NG/ABC NEWSA surging Hurricane Sandy rushed towards the East Coast, and has strengthened today before expected l...
By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRY Associated PressSHIP BOTTOM, N.J. October 28, 2012 (AP)Forget distinctions like tropical st...
By SYDNEY LUPKINOct. 27, 2012As Hurricane Sandy loomed off the East Coast, some residents of New Jersey were warned to prepar...
Tropical Storm Sandy is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Jamaica on Wednesday, the National Hurrica...
HAMILTON, Bermuda/(AP) Hurricane Rafael is expected to unleash heavy winds and rain as it passes east of Bermuda en route to ...
Tropical Storm Rafael unleashed heavy rain and powerful gusts on the Leeward Islands on Sunday and could turn into a hurrican...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands October 13, 2012 (AP) -- Tropical Storm Rafael lashed the eastern Caribbean Saturday wi...
MIAMI (AP)-- Tropical Storm Rafael is bringing heavy rains to the lesser Antilles islands as it makes its way across the east...
from ABC NewsAs so often happens, moms are left to deal with the mess.An explosion at a Japanese chemical plant this weekend ...
from ABC NewsBacon lovers can relax. They'll find all they want on supermarket shelves in the coming months, though their...
from ABC NewsSeismologists say a strong earthquake has jolted Alaska's sparsely populated western Aleutian islands.There ...
from ABC NewsSea ice around the North Pole melted away to record-breaking levels over the summer of 2012, surpassing the prev...
from ABC NewsGas prices, as expected, seem to be hitting a plateau now that summer is over. The weekly average price of a gal...
from ABC NewsTens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isa...
from ABC NewsLike iPods and skinny jeans, organic food is trendy. Even in this cash-strapped economy, more than 70 percent of...
Top sustained winds for Tropical Storm Isaac are 70miles per hour. The center of Isaac continues a slow NW trek across Southe...
Top sustained winds for Tropical Storm Isaac are 70miles per hour. The center of Isaac continues a slow NW trek across Southe...
AP Reporting -- As Hurricane Isaac hits the Gulf Coast on the eve of the 7-year anniversary of Katrina's arrival, it'...
from ABC NewsThe remnants of Tropical Storm Isaac could bring welcome rain to some states in the Midwest this week, although ...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney will reveal new energy policy today that will hinge on states, and not the federal government, being...
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning, affecting Alachua, Gilcrhist, Bradford, Columbia, Suwannee and Union...
from ABC NewsThe biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida — 17 feet, 7 inches long and 164½ pounds — ...
The Florida Highway Patrol disagrees with conclusions in a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on January&#...
from ABC NewsA moderate earthquake gave a late-night jolt to the Los Angeles area, but no damages or injuries were reported.S...
By GABRIEL ALCOCER Associated PressCANCUN, Mexico August 7, 2012 (AP)Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane and...
(AP) -- CANCUN, Mexico — Hundreds of tourists evacuated beach resorts along Mexico's Caribbean coast as Hurricane E...
...DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO FIFTH TROPICAL STORM OF THESEASON...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE LESSERA...
from ABC NewsOne of Barack Obama's promises during the 2008 campaign involved "cap and trade," the system envir...
Due to water conditions from the recent tropical storm, the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department is advising re...
The Alachua County Health Department is warning about displaced snakes,insects and other wildlife as well as bacteria. Fish a...
Several roads in the Heart of Florida are closed off because of flooding -- keep up with the list from the Florida Highway Pa...
At 5pm on Tuesday, Tropical Storm Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee. The storm was downgraded to a Tropical Depression in...
NASA/NOAA GOES Project(MIAMI) -- Florida is in store for more rain this week as Tropical Storm Debby continues to hover near ...
Slow moving Tropical Storm Debby will dump bands of heavy rain on North Florida for another couple of days, and will likely h...
Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a State of Emergency as Debby continues to drench the Sunshine State. Tropical Storm...
(AP) — Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby's outer bands lashed Florida with rain and kicked up rough surf off Alabama...
from ABC NewsJapanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday amid widespread...
Verizon wireless customers from Gainesville to Orlando reported outages in some locations Wednesday.A fiber optic line was da...
14 people are behind bars in Bradford County and four others are being sought after a four month investigation into drug traf...
At least eight fires continue to burn in North Central Florida. They are all under control. The biggest is the "1475&quo...
Beryl is credited with dumping about six inches of rain over the 15 counties represented by the Suwannee River Water Manageme...
By ANTHONY CASTELLANOMay 28, 2012Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall near Jacksonville, Fla. shortly after midnight on Monday ...
There's been a number of fires in Alachua Counties and they may have been intentionally set. Also fires reported in Dunne...
You're being advised to avoid contact with algae bloom in the Santa Fe River near High Springs between the HIghway 27 bri...
An Interlachen man is behind bars after 151 marijuana plants were discovered outside his home. A family disturbance led autho...
About 125 citizens turned out in Citra Tuesday at a dedication of a UF conference center named after Candian billionaire Fran...
Progress Energy now says they don't expect the first of two nuclear reactors in Levy County to go online until 2024 but t...
from ABC NewsA non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny ...
from ABC NewsThree children under the age of 10 are among the five found dead in an Oklahoma town after violent storms ripped...
from ABC NewsNorth Korea state media acknowledged that the long-range test rocket that the country launched in defiance of U....
Expect smoke through at least Thursday morning from a fire in the Ocala National Forest area around S.R. 40 and C.R 314 A.The...
The Sunshine State has the most thunderstorms per square mile according to a Weather Channel study. Some of those storms prod...
from ABC NewsWhat was killing all those honeybees in recent years? New research shows a link between an increase in the death...
Operation Blue Forest was named after the Ocala National Forest and the street name for oxycodone. It's estimated almost ...
from ABC NewsAt least 12 people are dead after 15 tornadoes blew through the Midwest overnight, according to authorities, and...
Progress Energy customers should learn Wednesday whether they'll receive a refund. The utility has 1.6 million customers,...
Three men had be be rescued from their capsized catamaran in the Gulf of Mexico by the Coast Guard. The men had left Cedar Ke...
Alachua County is considering buying power from a source other than GRU's new biomass plant to save money. Commissioners ...
A female farmworker is dead and another has been taken to the hospital after an explosion at a horse farm on County Road 326 ...
From FOX NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the first new nuclear power project in more than three decades.Th...
from CNNCharleston, South Carolina (CNN) - Rick Perry is telling supporters that he will drop his bid Thursday for the Repu...
From CNBCThe holidays are over and so are the low gas prices enjoyed by drivers. The U.S. national average of $3.20 a ga...
Many people without central heat are using space heaters with our current chilly weather. An Ocala man, John Lofty, is quoted...
Deputies are using bloodhounds and helicopters to search for 25 year old Lacey Marie Buenfil who was last seen Tuesday when t...
Even though the Santa Fe and Suwannee Rivers are at historical low flows, Tuesday the Suwannee River Water Management Distric...
