What Florida homeowners should know before hurricane season
Homeowners in Florida are navigating a new landscape as the 2026 hurricane season approaches, facing a more competitive insurance market but also new laws.
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Most recently, Steve reported for Spectrum News in Cleveland, Ohio where he covered news and sports. He reported extensively on a train derailment in a town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that caused officials to release toxic chemicals into the air, displacing dozens of people from their homes and sparking a debate about rail industry reforms. He also covered Ohio State football and local Cleveland sports. Steve was fortunate to cover what was the longest scoreless postseason game in Major League history at the time, lasting 15 innings before a runner touched home plate. This was part of an unexpected postseason run by the Cleveland Guardians in their first season with their new name.
Before Cleveland, Steve spent four years at WRGB-TV in Albany, New York, where he covered state politics, the COVID-19 Pandemic and the resignation of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Steve's reporting focused on seismic shifts in public policy, including the legalization of recreational marijuana and the overhaul of the state's cash bail system. He was one of the first reporters on scene at a deadly limo crash that killed 20 people.
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Homeowners in Florida are navigating a new landscape as the 2026 hurricane season approaches, facing a more competitive insurance market but also new laws.
A growing number of properties are being taken to court to stop their floodwater from flowing into the street.
Residents say speeding has become a dangerous pattern and are calling for traffic calming measures before another tragedy happens.
Police said the registered owner of the BMW involved is not cooperating with law enforcement as of publication.
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report found that the state had 694 reportable boating incidents last year, an increase from the previous two years.
In February, CBS News Miami notified Miami-Dade County about potentially illegal truck parking and loud truck traffic coming from a lot on Southwest 136th St. County officials launched an investigation after receiving the inquiry.
Precious Bland was charged with second degree murder after prosecutors claimed she confessed to drowning her daughter in 2021.
The city set up several sandbag distribution sites and will have them throughout the season.
Higher fuel and food costs are causing consumers to scale back on spending at restaurants, a trend that is also pinching local businesses and commercial fishermen.
Mayor Bryan Calvo said the site could have up to 30,000 square feet available, and some startup business owners say this could be what they need to open their first in-person location.
Authorities say a South Florida woman had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit when she struck a Miami-Dade deputy with her car.
Emergency crews, including members of the U.S. Coast Guard, responded to reports of the incident near Haulover Sandbar on Saturday afternoon.
If they need some extra shade, there are tents set up, and there will be water distributed to anyone who needs it.
Several people were hurt after a possible boat explosion Saturday near the Haulover Sandbar in Miami, Florida.
The victims were rushed to a local hospital and one of them was pronounced dead a short time later, the Broward Sheriff's Office says.