Hurricane Michael Recovery

The latest round of funding will largely fund new storm- and waste-water infrastructure.

Democrats have supported fully funding the affordable housing trust fund, while the GOP-controlled legislature has a nearly decade-long record of spending a portion of those monies elsewhere.

More dollars are gradually becoming available to aid communities recovering from Hurricane Michael.

Hurricane Michael destroyed about 2.8 million acres of trees, and the leftover debris is creating a serious threat of wildland fire to certain panhandle communities.

Some areas in the Florida Panhandle are struggling to attract visitors as they continue to recover from Hurricane Michael.

After Hurricane Michael devastated the region, many people fled their storm-damaged homes. Now down-payment assistance loans are helping put people back into neighborhoods in communities that are still recovering.

The small town is still awaiting about half of the FEMA reimbursements they expect to receive for recovery efforts.

It’s now been two years since the Category 5 storm made landfall, bringing dangerous 155 mph winds, devastating property and people’s livelihoods. Dozens were killed by the storm.

Mexico Beach was destroyed by Hurricane Michael, but that destruction may have helped spare it from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

As the summer vacation season begins, an influx of visitors have begun arriving to Mexico Beach. Some people are renting condos and townhomes, while others are staying with family and friends who live in town.

Florida’s timber industry remains amid tons of strewn trees from Hurricane Michael as talks continue over the distribution of a $380 million…

Engineers are designing for an increasingly soggy future in a rough industrial bay west of Riviera Beach, building Erector set-style defenses to keep out…