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See shocking numbers associated with Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (490+ words) It was one of those rare hurricane seasons Florida residents can look back on without seeing piles of debris and anticipating years of recovery. The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season had 13 named storms. No hurricane made landfall anywhere in the United States....
Seedlings of hope sprout for Ocklawaha River restoration | Opinion
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (111+ words) Seedlings of hope sprout for Ocklawaha River restoration | Opinion'The Florida Times-Union I recently had a chance to spend an instructive afternoon on the Ocklawaha River with Capt. Karen Chadwick of North Star Charters. Though I have been on the river…...
McCoys Creek restoration to revitalize the creek.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (32+ words) Groundwork Jacksonville and the city of Jacksonville held a groundbreaking ceremony for the restoration of McCoys Creek branches at the western headwaters of McCoys Creek, Wednesday February 4, 2026 in Jacksonville, Fla....
Newest stage of McCoys Creek restoration underway in Jacksonville
3+ week, 2+ day ago (12+ words) Newest stage of McCoys Creek restoration underway in Jacksonville'The Florida Times-Union...
Florida insurance company sees opportunity in disaster-prone California
3+ week, 4+ day ago (373+ words) Just three years after the Florida property insurance market was collapsing " and companies going insolvent " from the force of multiple hurricanes, one of the Sunshine State's largest property insurers is considering an expansion into another risky state: California. Florida Peninsula…...
North Florida, or North Pole? Runners battle at icy Donna Marathon
1+ mon, 7+ hour ago (111+ words) Runners braved unseasonably frigid weather and blustery winds at the Donna Marathon in Jacksonville Beach. Here's how it finished. North Florida, or North Pole? Runners battle at icy Donna Marathon On a Florida Sunday morning, when the Donna Marathon met…...
How obsessed are people with seaweed? Check a sargassum tracking website
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (540+ words) A spoiled beach vacation is possibly the most maddening result of sargassum's increasing presence in the Caribbean, Mexico and around Florida where its capricious nature can sully one coastline and leave another clean. Tracking the whereabouts of the prickly mats…...
‘Before you see it, you smell it’: Florida's seaweed crisis a tourism turn-off
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (800+ words) Florida's beaches suffer regular and random assaults from mats of malodorous sargassum and now there's a price tag on what the incursions may be costing the state. A new study from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute breaks down the estimated annual…...
Bundle up! It's iguana-dropping cold in Florida. Here's how low temps got
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (100+ words) Almost every county in Florida was under either a freeze warning or cold weather advisory Jan. 16, 2026. Bundle up! It's iguana-dropping cold in Florida. Here's how low temps got It was iguana-dropping cold in Florida Friday morning, Jan. 16. Freeze warnings were…...
HVAC Expert Jason Baehr of Grass Valley Explains Indoor Air Quality During Wildfire Smoke for HelloNation
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) How can homeowners keep their air safe when wildfire smoke fills the outdoors? The article also explains that filters clog faster during smoke events. Frequent HVAC filter maintenance is necessary to maintain airflow and efficiency. A filter that darkens quickly…...