A water pipe breaks inside a wall of your house while you are at work, and you return home hours later and find water everywhere -- warping your cabinetry, soaking your drywall, and destroying a large section of your wood floor.

At age 31, Nixon Arias cut a profile similar to many unauthorized immigrants in the United States. A native of Honduras, he had been in the country for more than a decade and had worked off and on for a landscaping company for nine years.

Now firmly in the heart of hurricane season and less than two months away from the anniversary of Hurricane Matthew’s visit to St. Johns County, property owners who need flood insurance are about to be thrown into a situation of uncertainty.

A couple transporting a barbecue grill was injured Sunday after their SUV exploded, Orlando police said. Authorities say the crash happened about 3:30 p.m. near the entrance of the Central Florida Fairgrounds near Colonial Drive and Pete Parrish Boulevard.

Almost 25 years have passed since a Category 5 hurricane struck south of Miami, and the city’s vulnerability to catastrophic storm damage has grown exponentially, according to a new insurance underwriters’ analysis.

Today NOAA issued the scheduled update for its 2017 hurricane season outlook. Forecasters are now predicting a higher likelihood of an above-normal season, and they increased the predicted number of named storms and major hurricanes. The season has the potential to be extremely active, and could be the most active since 2010.

Florida officials condemned two additional homes Sunday as a massive sinkhole in the area continues to grow. Pasco County officials said in a press release Sunday that two additional homes were being condemned.

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has found another 315 claims adjusters to deploy after the next major hurricane — hopefully reducing long waits for customers who will be eager to get paid and start making repairs.

NBC2 has obtained video showing the moment a lightning strike at Southwest Florida International Airport sent a ground worker to the hospital. The bolt hit a Sun Country plane and traveled through 21-year-old Austin Dunn’s body on Saturday July 22nd.

The cleanup continued Wednesday morning on Miami Beach after heavy downpours Tuesday night left high water on the roads and people stranded. Most of the physical work when it comes to cleaning up has been handled and the streets are cleared, thanks to restoration workers.

High winds from Tropical Storm Emily blew part of the roof off a Fort Myers Beach resort on Monday. It happened at about 4:30 a.m. at the Outrigger Beach Resort on Estero Boulevard.

A small low pressure area located about 90 miles west of Tampa, Florida, has a 40 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.

A 20-year-old West Palm Beach man was arrested Wednesday and charged with committing more than $20,000 worth of insurance fraud for claiming that injuries he already had were the result of two car crashes he staged with another man.

When 36-year-old Jesus Armando Escobar was exiting off Interstate 4 onto State Road 528, he had no idea what was about to happen on the overpass above him.

A sinkhole in Florida that swallowed two houses appears to have stopped expanding, meaning a recovery-and-repair operation can begin, authorities said. Five homes in Land O’ Lakes, a residential area about 20 miles north of Tampa, are unsafe for entry, officials said Saturday. Residents of four dwellings were allowed to return. It’s the largest sinkhole in Pasco County in at least three decades.
No injuries were reported. Officials said it will take weeks, perhaps months, for life to fully return to normal for residents in the neighborhood. The sinkhole, estimated to be 225 feet in diameter and 50 feet deep, apparently began beneath a boat, which fell into the widening depression.