Hurricane

Monday was June 1. Happy New Month—and welcome to the start of another Atlantic hurricane season.

Monday was June 1. Happy New Month—and welcome to the start of another Atlantic hurricane season.

Hurricane season arrives—are you ready?

Ken Jackson
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Monday was June 1.Happy New Month—and welcome to the start of another Atlantic hurricane season.Florida, and the entire Atlantic and Gulf coasts, got a much needed reprieve in 2025.
Submitted graphic

Submitted graphic

KUA releases annual Hurricane Preparedness Guide

News Staff
Thursday, June 4, 2026
With the start of the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane season, Kissimmee Utility Authority released its 2026 Osceola Hurricane Guide, a free, bilingual, comprehensive preparedness guide offered annually to Osceola County residents.A partnership between KUA, Osceola County, the cities of Kissimmee and St.
The National Hurricane Center has refined its cone graphic with storm warnings for inland areas. Note the cone will show where the storm center could potentially go, not the size of the storm. (Graphic/NHC)

The National Hurricane Center has refined its cone graphic with storm warnings for inland areas. Note the cone will show where the storm center could potentially go, not the size of the storm. (Graphic/NHC)

NHC updates products and services for 2026 hurricane season

Ken Jackson
Thursday, June 4, 2026
The National Hurricane Center’s website (nhc.noaa.gov) is the ultimate in official sources for storm information. Its graphics have become very familiar, especially when storms threaten Florida or Osceola County.
Jamaican community leaders will gather Wednesday at Solid Rock Church (1904 Michigan Avenue) to collect supplies that will be urgently and immediately needed in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

Jamaican community leaders will gather Wednesday at Solid Rock Church (1904 Michigan Avenue) to collect supplies that will be urgently and immediately needed in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

Want to help the Hurricane Melissa victims of Jamaica? Here's how

Ken Jackson
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, tied with Hurricane Dorian in 2019 for the strongest storm to make landfall in the history on a Caribbean island, ravaged portions of Jamaica Tuesday, most especially Westmoreland Parish, St.
Subscribe to