A contentious development proposal is sparking debate in Cape Coral. Residents worry about potential environmental impacts of the Redfish Pointe project.

A contentious development proposal is sparking debate in Cape Coral. Residents worry about potential environmental impacts of ...

Drought conditions continue to impact Florida and there were Red Flag Warnings. No respite is expected Friday, March 28.

The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps, and they don’t evaluate risk, said Cal Fire. These maps are intended to “drive local planning decisions, not insurance decisions." ...

2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.

The rain is pouring down Tuesday across South Florida after the start of a dry spring season, and it came with weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service. A special marine warning and a ...

Cal Fire explains these maps function similarly to flood zone maps, "where lands are described in terms of the probability level of a particular area being inundated by floodwaters, and not ...

“Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps evaluate ‘hazard,’ not ‘risk’,” the fire marshal’s office said. “They are like flood zone maps, where lands are described in terms of the ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds NNW. The overnight low will be 68 °F (20 °C). Cloudy with a high of 81 °F (27.2 °C) and a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps, and they don’t evaluate risk, said Cal Fire. Instead, the maps evaluate hazard, or the “physical conditions that create a ...