Parts of Florida, Carolinas Take Beating from Tropical Storm Eta November 16, 2020 By Curt Anderson and Freida Frisaro After hanging over Florida for several days, the former Tropical Storm Eta became a post-tropical cyclone early Friday, racing off...
Miami-Dade to Fine Individuals, Businesses Not Following COVID Rules July 20, 2020 By Freida Frisaro Miami-Dade County plans to start aggressively enforcing rules designed to combat the rapidly spreading coronavirus as Florida reported more than...
As Hurricane Season Starts, Coronavirus to Impact Disaster Preparedness May 26, 2020 By Freida Frisaro With forecasters predicting another intense Atlantic hurricane season with as many as 13 to 19 named storms, disaster preparedness experts...
Visits to Florida Nursing Homes Restricted Amidst Coronavirus Spread March 13, 2020 By Bobby Caina Calvan and Freida Frisaro Gov. Ron DeSantis placed limits Wednesday on who can can visit Florida’s nursing homes and other assisted living facilities, bidding...
NOAA Upgrades Hurricane Michael to Category 5 April 22, 2019 By Freida Frisaro and David Fischer Hurricane Michael, which devastated a swath of the Florida Panhandle last fall, has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm,...
5 Children in Church Van Killed in Fiery Crash on Florida Interstate January 7, 2019 By Terry Spencer and Freida Frisaro A church van packed with children was headed to Walt Disney World when it got caught in a fiery pileup...
12th Nursing Home Resident Dies After Hurricane Irma-Related AC Outage October 2, 2017 By Freida Frisaro A 12th patient has died after being taken from an overheated Florida nursing home that lost its air conditioning during...
Drunk Driver Hits 5 Students At Florida School Bus Stop, Kills 1 May 1, 2017 By Freida Frisaro A Florida sheriff’s deputy was sleeping Thursday afternoon when his 11-year-old daughter called and asked him to pick her up...
Class Action Filed Against Royal Caribbean Over Storm-Tossed Cruise March 1, 2016 By Freida Frisaro A passenger from a cruise ship that was battered by a major storm in the Atlantic Ocean filed a proposed...
Sen. Nelson Seeks Probe of Cruise Ship That Sailed Into Storm February 11, 2016 By Freida Frisaro Federal transportation officials might soon be looking into a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that ran into high winds and rough...