A voluntary home buyout program was started in Bonita Springs after severe flooding from Hurricane Irma in 2017. The program, funded by state and federal grants, is now out of money and on hold.

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season concluded without any storms making landfall in Florida. Despite sparing Florida, the season included five hurricanes and caused 138 fatalities and over $10 billion ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

Animal Collective‘s Deakin and Geologist have composed the score for Sam Fleischner’s new documentary Jetty. It’s out digitally today and will out physically on April 17. The film is about the ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes Hurricane Melissa news for Thursday, Oct. 30. For the latest news on Hurricane Melissa, please visit USA TODAY's coverage for Friday, Oct. 31. Parts of the ...

Hurricane Melissa pulled away from Cuba on Wednesday morning, leaving a trail of devastation that stretched through Cuba’s second most populous region and Jamaica, where it was the strongest storm to ...

Hurricane Melissa roared ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, unleashing 185 mph winds, blinding rain and torrents of floodwater that rushed through cities and neighborhoods.