Environment

The water treatment plant in Port Richey couldn't handle high flows from Tropical Storm Elsa.

The city has not determined what other methods it will use to disinfect water and will continue using chlorine in the meantime.

Vicki Baker, 60, of Ocala, encountered what she estimated was a 10-foot alligator that approached her in Silver Springs State Park.

An NPR investigation found that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sells a disproportionately high number of properties in flood zones, including more than 230 in South Florida.

An unprecedented 937 manatees have died in Florida in 2021, representing 10% of the animal’s population in the state.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas — including Florida, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families.

Florida saw the highest number of HUD homes sold in floodplains, according to an NPR analysis of several years of data. The 529 homes reflect 12% of all of the sales HUD made in the state over several years.

But neighborhoods 20 miles inland are starting to feel the impact, as the Atlantic Ocean’s higher elevation makes it harder for drainage canals to keep them dry.

Florida wild corals rescued from disease spent a year in Orlando gaining health and are now at a New Jersey aquarium for long-term care.

Ida's path through the Gulf of Mexico couldn't have been planned any better if it was looking to rapidly intensify, then it hit a 'brown ocean'.

So far, 250 dead fish have been confirmed in the Tuttle Basin at the bay's north end, where poor circulation means water gets flushed less often.

Red tide seems to be drifting northward toward Pasco and Hernando counties.