Tampa Bay communities will receive a significant share of nearly $500 million in additional FEMA disaster recovery funding, bringing Florida's total federal recovery package to nearly $2 billion.
Low odds of tropical development in the Gulf contrast with a growing risk of heavy rain, flash flooding and isolated severe storms across Tampa Bay through early next week.
A $2 million state grant will help St. Petersburg begin a long-planned drainage project to reduce chronic flooding in Shore Acres, one of the city's hardest-hit neighborhoods.
A $13.6 million federal grant will fund infrastructure improvements at Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport, federal officials announced Tuesday.
Tampa Bay residents continue preparing for hurricane season despite a quieter forecast, drawing a strong crowd to Indian Rocks Beach's inaugural Hurricane Preparedness Expo.
Dangerous heat will spread across much of the Lower 48 this weekend as a sprawling heat dome settles over the region, bringing temperatures expected to persist for at least a week.
Forecasters continue monitoring a broad area of disturbed weather near the Southeast coast and eastern Gulf, where tropical development remains uncertain.