TAMPA - If you saw smoke billowing from an office building while crossing the Howard Frankland Bridge this morning, don't worry. It was a drill designed to test reaction to a tornado-caused electrical fire. ...more

May 8, 2008

When sirens blared near Union University on Feb. 5, sophomore Joe Mendolia assumed it was another routine warning of potentially severe weather. ...more

February 20, 2008

Booker has Sebring's number once again. ...more

February 13, 2008

Authorities surveyed two condo buildings in the Cocoa Beach area Tuesday after a possible tornado. Spokesman Orlando Dominguez said Brevard County Fire and Rescue started getting calls before 1:30 p.m. of a tornado near Patrick Air Force Base. Tampa escaped severe weather, and today there's a 70 percent chance of rain. ...more

February 13, 2008

Regarding "Blessing Amid Tragedy" (Other Views, Feb. 11) and "Flirting With Flight At TIA: Dog Survives 6-Story Fall" (front page, Feb. 8): ...more

February 13, 2008

Predators coach Barry Trotz remembered closing a door at what is now called the Sommet Center on April 16, 1998, and looking over at the Renaissance Hotel a block away. ...more

February 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Even a tornado can't keep a good jail down. Just 45 days after an EF-1 tornado tore through the central jail complex off Land O' Lakes Boulevard, the final touches were being made Thursday on the newly erected structure, replacing the one destroyed in the early morning hours of Dec. 16. ...more

February 2, 2008

There were a lot of sad little faces at Saturday's Children's Gasparilla Parade when fierce storms forced officials to halt the event a half-hour after it started. It was the right call to make. ...more

January 22, 2008

The National Weather Service said the tornado that wrecked a Pasco County jail annex Sunday morning stayed on the ground for seven minutes and had winds of 100 mph. ...more

December 17, 2007

TAMPA – El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología confirmó que un tornado de categoría EF-1, con vientos hasta de 110 millas por hora fue lo que destruyó la cárcel en el Condado de Pasco. ...more

December 17, 2007