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Hurricane Ian's forecast track has fluctuated — but storm experts warn that people shouldn't be preoccupied with the exact location of landfall, given the wide and dangerous impacts of a large storm.

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Predicting Hurricane Ian's track has been difficult. An expert tells us why

3:05pm September 27, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The National Weather Service's Joel Cline wants residents to know when danger is coming. But he adds, "If people think of a hurricane as a dot and a city as a dot, I think they've missed the point."

Jesus Rodrigues loads wood into his vehicle Monday outside a Home Depot store in Orlando, Fla., in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Ian.

Ian is intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane before it hits Florida

1:17pm September 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ian had top winds of 125 mph and storm surge up to 14 feet as it moved over the western end of Cuba. It could head for Tampa and St. Petersburg next, the first direct hit on those cities in a century.

Hurricane Ian's center is approaching western Cuba and the storm is expected to move toward Florida, triggering a series of alerts and flood warnings. This satellite image was captured shortly after 2 p.m. ET Monday.

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Hurricane Ian will hit Florida as a major storm, forecasters say

3:06pm September 26, 2022

by Bill Chappell

A large stretch of Florida's coast is now under a hurricane watch. Ian is only the fourth hurricane of the Atlantic season, but experts warn that even one storm can upend many people's lives.

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ian over the central Caribbean on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (NOAA via AP)

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Tropical Storm Ian is tracking toward Florida and may soon hit hurricane status

2:23pm September 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian in the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane.

In this photo provided by Florida Highway Patrol, cases of Coors Light beer are strewn across a highway after two semitrailers collided on a Florida highway on Wednesday near Brooksville, Fla.

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A truck collision turns a Florida highway into a silver sea of beer cans

8:01am September 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

A highway north of Tampa, Fla., had to close temporarily Wednesday morning after a semitrailer carrying cases of Coors Light beer crashed. Minor injuries were reported.

A young girl is shown staying at a shelter on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., after she and dozens of other migrants arrived by plane unannounced Wednesday.

Migrants on Martha's Vineyard flight say they were told they were going to Boston

3:03pm September 15, 2022

The plane flight carrying dozens of migrants and paid by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the latest move by Republican officials to send migrants to Democrat-controlled cities.

The O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant in Jackson, Mississippi, shown late last month. Jackson is currently struggling with access to safe drinking water after flooding caused a disruption at a main water processing facility.

The crisis in Jackson shows how climate change is threatening water supplies

8:41am September 07, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Historic flooding and record droughts are stressing water systems across the country, and experts warn that with climate change intensifying the crisis in Jackson, Miss., may be just the beginning.

Florida's Sarasota County School District is not purchasing or accepting donations of new books until at least January as it hires new staff and awaits new guidance to best comply with a statewide education law.

A Florida district declines dictionary donations as it navigates a new book law

1:38pm August 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

A local Rotary Club and nonprofit have given dictionaries to Sarasota, Fla., schools for over a decade. The district declined this year amidst amidst a book freeze while it navigates a new state law.

People march to protest the Supreme Court's decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health case on June 24 in Miami.

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Can a teen be too immature to choose abortion? This court case shows the complexities

10:20am August 18, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

A Florida court ruled that a parentless 16-year-old seeking an abortion was not "sufficiently mature" to make that decision. The case highlights the longstanding challenges of parental consent laws.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, and Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, left, in Tampa, Fla., after DeSantis suspended Warren. Warren vowed to fight his suspension over his promise not to enforce the state's 15-week abortion ban and suppor

Suspended Florida prosecutor sues Gov. Ron DeSantis to get his job back

1:23pm August 17, 2022

by Greg Allen

Gov. DeSantis removed State Attorney Andrew Warren from office because Warren pledged not to prosecute people for violating abortion restrictions. Warren said he was ousted for political reasons.