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Insurers are increasingly retreating from high-risk areas, attributing their actions to climate change, even though they have long possessed the tools and expertise to forecast and manage these risks.

Realtors said California fire refugees moving to Florida small compared to Covid-motivated migration, but follows a trend that began during COVID.

According to industry leaders, California is now dealing with its own insurance crisis as Florida is coming out of theirs.

One week after record snowfall, places like Tallahassee and Jacksonville will see temperatures in the 70s and low 80s.

A group of 10 South Floridians volunteering for the Red Cross deployed to Los Angeles, California to help with the wildfires. Watch this to hear what they saw on the ground.

The University of Florida has cleared men’s basketball coach Todd Golden following a four-month Title IX investigation into allegations of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and stalking.

USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at “relatively high” risk.

Climate-related losses in California and Florida have risen in lockstep over the last decade. Last year was particularly costly for reinsurers. The fires will add to billions of dollars in reinsurance payouts for Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which caused $41 billion in combined insured losses.

A win for California would push their record over .500, and after one quarter of play they've put themselves in a good position to make it happen. They have jumped out to a quick 37-33 lead against Florida State.

Losses from the historic fires are a major blow for property insurers still recuperating from an active hurricane season last fall.

The American Red Cross South Florida Region sends six volunteers from our area to California to help fire victims pick up the pieces.