With the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season reaching its most dangerous point, South Florida homeowners are once again preparing for the possibility of destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.

Hurricane shutters require regular maintenance. Plywood is the least expensive option for covering windows and doors. Contact numbers for shutter companies and associations are available. The Atlantic ...

Those piles of branches snapped off by the hurricane finally are disappearing from the front of homes in the Tampa Bay area, one last reminder of the bullet many dodged by not preparing properly for ...

A homeowners association board implemented a rule requiring owners to keep hurricane shutters open except for five days before a storm. The rule was enacted shortly before many residents left for the ...