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Smoke from Canada’s still-burning wildfires once again drifted across the border into the northern United States this week.

Smoke from Canada’s still-burning wildfires once again drifted across the border into the northern United States this week.

A cloud of Canadian wildfire smoke smothered most of the Sunshine State in haze Tuesday, adding Florida to a list of U.S. states affected by a historic season.

A 12-year-old child and her mother are expected to survive after being hit by lightning on Monday afternoon. The young girl took the brunt of the strike, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, but the mother was knocked to the ground because of the power coming from the bolt.

Temperatures are reaching new heights. Last July was the hottest on record, according to new NASA data. Researchers across the globe are worried the warming will only get worse, and coastal communities are ground zero when it comes to climate change.

Temperatures are reaching new heights. Last July was the hottest on record, according to new NASA data. Researchers across the globe are worried the warming will only get worse, and coastal communities are ground zero when it comes to climate change.

Heat indexes in Orlando have surpassed 100 degrees 32 times so far this year, making this year especially dangerous for unhoused residents. There has been a 75 percent increase in unsheltered people in Central Florida since 2019.

Michele Davis knows all about the oppressive July heat, on record as the hottest in Central Florida’s history. Davis sleeps on the streets of Parramore, amid a growing population of unsheltered people. She’s been unhoused for four months for the first time in her life. She came to Orlando with her fiancé to be near his mother who has health issues. “It’s miserable,” said Davis, 50. “When that ...

The Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA), in partnership with the American Public Power Association (APPA), is hosting a first-ever Florida public power statewide hurricane tabletop exercise

Thursdays late-night squall line originated along Florida’s Gulf Coast and pushed through Brevard County, flipping the planes about 11:15 p.m.