We investigated three patents on the list, and they didn’t show humans can control weather features such as hurricanes.

Local television news forecast the storm up and down the coast. But after it struck, the cone of coverage felt like it narrowed.

The presidential candidates spoke by phone with the AARP in late August and answered the same questions, which were published ...

A rash of AI-generated imagery, false claims and outright disinformation is being spread in the wake of September’s devastating storm ...

One of the most dramatic scenes from Hurricane Milton plowing across the state of Florida came Wednesday night when the fabric roof of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball ...

Officials warn that spreading baseless rumors can cause confusion, hinder emergency response and put emergency management staff at risk.

Current FEMA funding for migrants does not come at disaster relief’s expense. Congress funds the migrant and disaster relief programs separately.

PolitiFact has fact-checked many claims about Israel, Gaza and the war in the Middle East. Here’s how the misleading and false narratives have changed ...

Janet Coats is the Managing Director of the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology at the University of Florida's (UF) ...

Denis Phillips, the suspenders-clad ABC Action News Tampa Bay meteorologist with a rule about staying calm (“Rule No. 7: Don’t freak out unless I’m freaking out”) posted to Facebook about Milton: ...

Poynter has more than 50 employees in the Tampa Bay region and southwest Florida, and roughly half were in the area when Milton hit ...