The damage prompted residents to demand an outside investigation into the failures they believe made the flooding worse.

Six out of eight members of the Lakeland Police Department dive team underwent high-water recovery certification. The dive ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — For the first time in two months, and at the start of a new hurricane season, the city of Lakeland picked up debris from Hurricane Milton at The Estates at Carpenters.

The report from a third-party consultant said the pump at Lake Bonny was woefully inadequate and the drainage to Lake Parker ...

Wednesday morning, inside United Way of Central Florida’s Lakeland building, on U.S. 98, volunteers from Westlake Epoxy and United Way were passing flashlights, batteries, glow sticks and first ...

Exactly one year ago, Hurricane Debby brushed by the Tampa Bay area, flooding Gulfport and setting off what would become a relentless storm season.

We look back to 2000 to see how many hurricanes and tropical storms have threatened or impacted Florida in August.