Juliette Arcodia Tim Stelloh Nearly 10,000 people and 1,700 pets were in evacuation centers in ... remainder of the hurricane season. In Polk County, Florida, rain bands have already moved in ...

According to the Lakeland Fire Department, fire crews were called to the hotel around 5:40 a.m. They found an evacuation in progress, audible alarms, and the sprinkler system was on in a second ...

Florida Avenue. Crews arrived and found an evacuation already in progress. The alarms were going off throughout the building and water flow from the sprinkler system was activated in the second ...

In 2021, the Florida ... from Polk State professors Holly Scoggins and Juan Rivera, as well as photos by Daryl Ward, executive director of the Polk Arts and Culture Alliance, and by Polk County ...

USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at ...

The Florida ... expected growth in Polk County, FDOT said in a news release. Project benefits could include enhanced safety along the project corridor, improved emergency evacuation and improved ...

Kelly Armstrong, Florida Gov ... Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Wednesday that two evacuation zones have been lifted for the Eaton Fire but none for the Palisades Fire.

The number of people under evacuation orders dropped to ... and the Hurst Fire near Sylmar. Los Angeles County published preliminary damage maps for the Eaton and Palisades fires but warned ...

The modeling scenarios, in addition to the information that was gathered through multiple meetings with the community, aided with the development and finalization of an Emergency Evacuation Report and ...

With nearly 500 refugees in need of assistance, Polk County will provide aid to plug the gap created by Trump's order canceling resettlement the program.

Gavin Newsom is calling for looting in fire evacuation zones to be a felony after prosecutors ... So far, Los Angeles County's newly elected tough-on-crime district attorney, Nathan Hochman ...