Hurricane and Storm Assistance Available Now: Hurricane Helene showed us the dangers of storm surge, winds, and the devastation of so many communities across multiple states. Homes and businesses along the Gulf Coast were inundated ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Management, UF/IFAS Extension
Report Damages from Hurricanes Helene and Milton Pinellas County is documenting flood damages to apply for potential state and federal emergency assistance. They are asking individuals and businesses to report damages to ensure all damage ... READ MORE
Category: Work & Life
The UF/IFAS Economic Impact Analysis Program rapidly assesses the impacts to Florida agriculture following extreme weather events. The preliminary report for Hurricane Helene is newly released. The report estimates a credible range of ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Livestock
UF/IFAS researchers are mining Hurricane Helene data to better understand the spread of pitch canker and minimize the devastating disease’s impact on the timber industry, an important economic driver in the southeastern United States. (more…) READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
As much as Norman Hall’s red bricks and gothic arches, the massive live oak tree in the courtyard was a defining feature of the University of Florida College of Education. Hurricane Helene toppled the tree in September, but it will live ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS
Given the damaging impacts of hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton last year, you may want to prepare your landscape and trees for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season – and the sooner the better. “Best management practices include supporting ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
In September, when Hurricane Helene churned through Northwest Florida, the storm ravaged Seahorse Key, a 165-acre island located three miles off the coast of Cedar Key. A lab there that had served as a cornerstone of UF/IFAS marine research ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Water
What: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Economic Impact Analysis Program (EIAP) survey for losses and damage associated with Winter Storm Enzo. (more…) READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Livestock
The newly released UF/IFAS Economic Impact Analysis Program estimates a credible range of losses between $190.4 million and $642.7 million. This range will be narrowed in a final report released in the coming months. The estimate includes ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
What: UF/IFAS virtual press conference announcing preliminary results from Hurricane Helene agricultural impacts assessment When: Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Zoom. Registration required. About: UF/IFAS Economic Impact ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture