Florida News (Page 578)

The day starts dry with showers and thunderstorms developing this afternoon and evening primarily south of I-10. Rain chance is 30% with some soakers into the evening. Drier air over Georgia will limit rain chances north of Jacksonville. Highs reach the low 90s with evening temps backing down into theContinue Reading

A scary video in Columbia County showed a family crawling under a tree that fell in the middle of their house as Hurricane Idalia hit the area Wednesday afternoon. The house was destroyed, but luckily no one was hurt. The wind from the storm was so strong the tree wasContinue Reading

In Jacksonville’s Springfield area just north of downtown, part of an abandoned building collapsed amid strong winds Wednesday afternoon and sent bricks and debris into Walnut Street. Part of the roadway was blocked as a crew cleaned up the mess. Neighbors said the storm wasn’t too bad in that areaContinue Reading

A quiet night with a beautiful Super Blue Moon.  Florida fall is coming!  That’s right, highs in the 80s.  Honey, grab my flip-flop socks… Now:  A light breeze at around 5 – 15 mph.  A few light showers near and along I-10 and SE GA. Tonight:  Showers are possible throughContinue Reading

Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida at the speed of a fast-moving train Wednesday, splitting trees in half, ripping roofs off hotels and turning small cars into boats before sweeping into Georgia as a still-powerful storm that flooded roadways and sent residents running for higher ground. “All hell broke loose,” saidContinue Reading

In her final media briefing on the impacts of Hurricane Idalia, which was downgraded to a tropical storm Wednesday evening, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan acknowledged that Duval County was lucky that it was spared the worst of the powerful storm’s impacts. “Thank goodness. We have really been very, very fortunate,Continue Reading

Idalia continues to produce significant winds across parts of the area, but the system will quickly move out this evening. A few light rain bands will still be possible, with temps in the upper 70s. The winds will slowly die down later tonight, with mostly cloudy skies. Expect morning tempsContinue Reading

A Georgia school sustained major damage on Wednesday as strong winds from Hurricane Idalia blew through the area. Photos sent to News4JAX show a large section of the roof of Hoboken Elementary School in Brantley County has been peeled away, exposing the classrooms inside. All Brantley Schools were closed onContinue Reading

Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend as a category 3 storm. Winds over 100 mph forced a gas station awning in Perry to topple over. It also ruined the gas pumps underneath. Perry is in Taylor County, about 30 minutes from the Gulf Coast. Doug Everett, with WareContinue Reading