Irma Thomas, the singer long known as the Soul Queen of New Orleans, will perform the national anthem at the Allstate Sugar ...

The national anthem for this year’s College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl (January 1, 7 p.m.) will ...

Collier’s landfill, east of Great Wolf Lodge and north of Picayune Strand, receives daily loads that are spread and buried.

Don't count on flushing the toilet, hurricane insurance doesn't cover water damage and other lessons learned from a calamity.

Bonita Springs has been buying flood-prone homes since 2019 as part of a state distributed federal program following ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season concluded without any storms making landfall in Florida. Despite sparing Florida, the season included five hurricanes and caused 138 fatalities and over $10 billion ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

The Category 5 storm, which left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, stunned forecasters and meteorologists, achieving extreme rapid intensification as well as a never-before-recorded wind ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes Hurricane Melissa news for Thursday, Oct. 30. For the latest news on Hurricane Melissa, please visit USA TODAY's coverage for Friday, Oct. 31. Parts of the ...

Hurricane Melissa pulled away from Cuba on Wednesday morning, leaving a trail of devastation that stretched through Cuba’s second most populous region and Jamaica, where it was the strongest storm to ...

Hurricane Melissa roared ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, unleashing 185 mph winds, blinding rain and torrents of floodwater that rushed through cities and neighborhoods.

Hurricane Melissa appeared to have tied the all-time strongest landfall on record in the Atlantic Basin as it crashed ashore in Jamaica at Category 5 intensity. Melissa made landfall around 1 p.m. EDT ...