Climate & Environment

A Sanctuary Cove resident grabbed her quivering pooch and rushed to safety seconds before the tornado covered her bedroom with shards of broken glass.

One week after historic flooding struck South Florida, progress at Port Everglades is fueling hope that the post-storm gas shortage is in the rearview mirror.

As South Florida braced for a day of spring rains, Fort Lauderdale residents had little reason to suspect they were in for a severe flood — nearly 25 inches of rain in 24 hours — the likes of which comes around every 1,000 years.

A man was seen swimming through the floodwaters around rush hour outside the federal courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

A violent collision between a Brightline train and a car carrier on rain-soaked Dixie Highway added to the chaos of a historic Broward storm.

New research shows that an alarming amount of pollutants is hidden in the endless piles of seaweed washing ashore in Florida.

Is the media over-hyping the incoming “seaweed blob”? Experts weigh in.

This time, they screwed with the wrong Buddhist.

Doral residents now have a chance to live without the stench of the Covanta-run incinerator plant, which burned millions of pounds of Miami-area garbage on a weekly basis.

More than eight miles along the Miami Canal were under a no-contact advisory after the contractor-involved spill.

Doral residents want a breath of fresh air.

Will the legislature step up to protect our first line of defense against coastal erosion and storm surge in Florida?

After the deadliest year on record, manatee fatalities decreased in 2022. But the creatures remain in dire straits.

Miami Seaquarium has a newfound interest in releasing Lolita the orca from her cramped tank.

Kendall residents convinced an appeals panel to nix a county commission vote that allowed for a 550-home development on a former golf course.

A string of sewage leaks at Miami-area construction sites left city blocks and the Intracoastal Waterway inundated with raw sewage in 2021.

Having created record high tides in Miami on Wednesday, Nicole is set to make history if she reaches hurricane status.

Nicole’s tropical-storm force winds will extend hundreds of miles out from the storm’s eye.

Subtropical Storm Nicole is slipping in just when Floridians thought they were through with hurricane season.

In the face of rampant flooding around South Florida, a former duck boat captain wants to bring amphibious buses to the city of Miami.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed in a recent court settlement to propose a critical habitat for the critically endangered Florida Bonneted Bat in Miami.

As part of a larger recovery operation, fishing guides impacted by Hurricane Ian are chartering trips to Sanibel Island to help residents survey the damage.