emergency preparedness

With the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season starting June1, the Jacksonville City Council is discussing preparation plans if a storm system heads to Northeast…

Jacksonville residents are bracing for the possibility of a Category 1 hurricane. Many are buying water and stocking up on batteries.For people living…

Atlantic Beach businessman John Stinson is running for city commissioner against incumbent Maria Mark this month.During an appearance on WJCT's “First…

Nearly 15 million Americans participated in FEMA’s National PrepareAthon Day on Tuesday. But a group of 15 million others has been quietly preparing for…

Federal forecasters are predicting a slower than usual Atlantic hurricane season this year, but officials warn that it only takes one storm to cause…

A Hurricane disaster kit is not something you should be scrambling to assemble as a hurricane makes landfall.Roads and stores could be closed or sold out…

With hurricane season here, state emergency officials are urging anyone with mobility or health problems to register with local officials for extra help…

There are only three days left for Florida residents to stock up on emergency items like batteries and generators and not have to pay sales tax on…

With the 2014 hurricane season just beginning, Jacksonville officials are asking residents to become familiar with the city's new evacuation zones.In the…

A major hurricane has not made landfall in the United States in for 3,142 days. That's the longest streak going back to 1900.