They waited in a long line spilling out of the tent city, snaking down the sidewalk, shouldering everything they owned.

However, much of Florida, including the Tampa Bay region, continued to be under a storm surge warning early Friday morning.

The runoff is between two first-time political candidates who received the most votes in the primary election.

In a special update from the National Hurricane Center, Helene made landfall just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River.

PM on September 26, 2024, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has closed access to all barrier islands in the county. This ...

Pinellas County prepares for storm surge ...

Pinellas County residents in mandatory evacuation zones must leave by 12 p.m. on Thursday, officials announced.

As of 9 a.m., officials were already reporting some street flooding on barrier islands and other coastal or low-lying areas.

Coastal flooding began to submerge roads in the city of Oldsmar, west of Tampa in Pinellas County, Florida, as Hurricane ...

Pinellas County in Florida enacts mandatory evacuations for Zone A and mobile home residents due to Hurricane Helene's ...

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is closed, as of just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, as outer bands from Hurricane Helene, now a ...

Hurricane Helene is expected to strengthen to a Category 4 storm ahead of landfall Thursday along Florida's Big Bend coast.