The National Hurricane Center is now tracking a new zone for potential tropical development that may form near the Northwestern Bahamas and Southern Florida by Saturday. Forecasters are also continuing to follow Hurricane Imelda as it now barely hangs onto hurricane strength and continues to move away from Bermuda.

The bottom line is if the 2025 season only had one last shot to threaten land, would it seize it, or just let it slip by?

Trooper has a loving new home, and Trooper’s Law now makes it a felony to abandon a restrained animal during a natural disaster.

Criminal charges have been dropped against a Florida man who authorities said abandoned his dog in floodwaters near a highway as residents evacuated Florida’s Gulf Coast last year shortly before Hurricane Milton made landfall.

Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director Kevin Guthrie told senators Tuesday that his agency remains focused on recovery efforts from previous storms while maintaining readiness for potential new threats.