Areas for tropical storm formation in August.

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Hurricane kit supply list

Melissa Preen stands by boxes filled with her belongings as she prepares to move back to Cleveland. She says she can no longer afford to live in Country Villa Estates in Riverview, due to rising lot rent and other fees. | Octavio Jones, WUSF

President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and others, tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on July 1, 2025, in Ochopee. | Evan Vucci, AP

A display of scented markers and crayons is shown in a Walmart. | Gene J. Puskar, AP

Before teens can get their driver's permit and buckle their seat belts, they'll need to complete a new six-hour course. The updated requirements start Aug. 1. | State Farm, Creative Commons

Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades on July 4, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

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Florida's chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia, speaks during his swearing-in ceremony on Monday, July 21, 2025.

This redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis eliminated the old Congressional District 5, a Black-majority district that stretched from Jacksonville to west of Tallahassee.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump visited and toured the "Alligator Alcatraz" facility in July.

Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, also known as the "flesh-eating" bacteria, is found in warm, brackish seawater and undercooked seafood. | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Planned Parenthood on University Boulevard, in east Orlando.

Workers install a sign reading "Alligator Alcatraz" at the entrance to a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility on July 3, 2025, in Ochopee. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

A water rescue boat moves in floodwaters at an apartment complex in Clearwater after Hurricane Milton on Oct. 10, 2024. | Mike Stewart, AP file

President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and others tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Florida. | Evan Vucci, AP

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks May 1, 2025, during a news conference about immigration enforcement at the South Florida office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations in Miramar. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Associates from RS&H, an architecture and engineering company, talked with students about the projects they're doing and what careers are available in the industry. | Keith Richard, courtesy

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Edmund D. Fountain, Tampa Bay Times, file pool photo