The money’s going toward three previously awarded projects and to 71 new ones, with four located in Central Florida.

Like Hurricanes Matthew and Irma five and six years ago, Brevard County officials said Ian is eroding beaches too.

What's left of a home after Hurricane Irma passed through Big Pine Key on Sept. 13, 2017. ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma. Records show 49-year-old Steven Rembert was sentenced Monday in Orlando federal court. An indictment says Rembert falsified records concerning his primary residence in September 2017 when submitting an application for assistance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hurricane Irma struck Florida in September 2017, causing about $50 billion in damage throughout the state.

Sharon Landry says she “freaked out” when she opened her statement and saw the premium for her homeowner’s insurance policy surge.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The 2020 hurricane season rages on with no signs of slowing down as we approach the official end in 11 days. Iota slammed into Nicaragua as a strong category 4 hurricane just two weeks after Eta, also a category 4 hurricane devastated the country. Iota continued the already record-breaking streak of consecutive seasons with at least one category 5 hurricane. With Iota becoming a category 5 hurricane, the record has been extended to five straight seasons with a category 5 storm. Hurricane season officially runs through Nov. 30, but the season could linger into December much like it did in 2005.

The president of the Hispanic Federation, Frankie Miranda, said Latino voter turnout shattered the numbers from the 2016 general election with just the early voting numbers alone. Miranda said he flew down from the nonprofit organization’s headquarters in New York to visit their office in Central Florida. Miranda said in looking at the numbers prior to Election Day, from early voting alone this election, 1.4 million Latinos have voted. He said when you compare that number to the 1.2 million Latinos total that voted in the 2016 general election, you can see the enthusiasm among Latino voters. He said many of the Latino early voters, about 400,000, were first-time voters.