Construction cranes on large buildings being erected in downtown Tampa, Florida, seen in aerial panoramic views. Photo and Caption: TetKabrit/Shutterstock.com The biggest homebuilder in the US, D.R. Horton, has noted the Florida housing market’s ongoing difficulties. “The dynamics of the Florida marketplaces have changed significantly. During an earnings call last week, Chief Operating Officer Michael
Downwntown Business District in Tampa, Florida, United States. Photo: Ruth Peterkin/Shutterstock.com For the first time in recorded weather history, Tampa saw temperatures reach triple digits on Sunday. Around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, the Tampa Bay office of the National Weather Service posted on X that the air temperature at Tampa International Airport was 100 degrees.
A family heads to the entrance of the Disney World Monorail — Courtesy: Shutterstock — James Kirkikis You might recall The Magic of Disney Animation if you were a visitor to Disney’s Hollywood Studios during the time when it was Disney MGM Studios. Opening alongside the park in 1989, the attraction let visitors to get
Home Insurance – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Alexander Raths In 2022, Hurricane Ian destroyed Dayna and Matt Fancher’s Fort Myers Beach, Florida, home. The couple is still paying their home insurance coverage, which is now twice as expensive, one month into this year’s hurricane season, all the while battling the company in court over
Burmese Pythons – Photo Credit: Vince Adam/Shutterstock.com From holding public hunting competitions and employing bounty hunters to equipping male “scout” snakes with tracking devices that can direct them to large, fertile females, Florida wildlife biologists are doing everything in their power to remove invasive Burmese pythons. In order to combat the devastating snakes, they have
Governor Ron DeSantis — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Julie Hansen New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo was the target of a special request from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after the former Democratic governor made a joke about moving to the Sunshine State if he lost to socialist Zohran Mamdani. Many people seemed alarmed by Cuomo’s
American Alligator swimming in the Everglades, home of Alligator Alcatraz – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Mark_Kostich On Monday, Florida’s top emergency official petitioned a federal judge to deny environmentalists’ request to close “Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration detention facility located in the middle of the Florida Everglades, on the grounds that their complaint was filed
Florida Home for Sale — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Andy Dean Photography As inventory rises and buyers are suppressed by record high mortgage rates, rising homeowners association (HOA) dues, and rising house insurance prices, the Sunshine State is seeing some of the biggest price declines in the nation. According to the most recent data given by
Researcher is holding Petri dish of Vibrio vulnificus (flesh-eating bacteria) – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Arpon Pongkasetkam According to state health officials, four people in Florida have died and over six others are ill after catching a rare “flesh-eating bacteria” this year. The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) reports that deaths in Bay, Broward,
Tropical Storm – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Triff TAMPA, FL. – Beginning Monday, a sizable region of disrupted weather off the Southeast coast will travel west over Florida, bringing with it periods of intense precipitation and the potential for flash floods. As it moves toward the Gulf this week, this storm, which is loaded