Tag: hurricanes

Preparing Palms for Hurricane Season in Central Florida

by Julia
May 15, 2026

We are officially in hurricane season! On top of the hurricane preparations we have all become accustomed to, there are some common landscaping mistakes that contribute to damage during a storm. Let’s talk about what to do and not to do when ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Horticulture, Hurricane, Hurricane Preparation, Hurricane Season, Hurricanes, Landscape, Landscape Hurricane Protection, Landscaping, Palm, Palm Pruning, Tree Safety

Hurricane Preparation for Gardens

by Julia
May 15, 2026

Florida's summer season is great for beach days, hikes, and visiting your favorite theme park. But let's not forget, we are officially in hurricane season. The weather during this time can be a challenging time for gardeners and landscapers. ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Arborist, Garden Pruning, Hurricane, Hurricane Preparation, Hurricane Season, Hurricanes, Landscape Hurricane Protection, Proper Pruning, Proper Tree Pruning, Tree Health, Tree Safety, Yard Safety

Hurricane Resistant Tree Tips

by Henry Mayer
May 15, 2026

The hurricane season ends on November 30, so it is good idea to revisit some tips that can help your landscape be more hurricane resistant when you are designing tree installation projects. Right Tree, Right Place Choose trees ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Lawn, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Hurricanes, Landscape, Tree Resilience, Tree Survivability, Trees, Trees And Wind

2024 Hurricane Season Outlook

by Henry Mayer
May 15, 2026

Recently, we held an amazing one-hour webinar about the Outlook of the 2024 Hurricane Season with Mr. Nick Carr, who is the Senior Forecaster at the National Weather Service (NWS), affiliated with NOAA. As you can guess, the intensity of the ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Florida, Hurricane Outlook, Hurricane Season, Hurricanes, NOAA, NWS, Outlook

Questions About Trees and Storms

by Duval MGV
May 15, 2026

As afternoon storms are now a regular occurrence, many thoughts turn to the trees around our home. You may be wondering if they are safe, or if they can hold up against the wind of a thunderstorm, tropical storm, or even a hurricane. Hopefully ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Duval, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Hurricanes, Landscape, Pruning, Storms, Trees

Teamwork leads to resiliency

by Rob Gilbert
May 16, 2026

Dear UF/IFAS Family, Thank you to all who prepared for and responded to Hurricane Debby last week. It wasn’t without some damage, but we have emerged from Hurricane Debby with all employees safe and with another tremendous response from ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Natural Resources
Tags: Hurricanes, IFAS, Nature Coast Biological Station, RECs

UF/IFAS is everywhere a hurricane goes

by Scott Angle
May 16, 2026

We’ve had a remarkable amount of practice helping people and places in a hurricane’s path, this time in the Big Bend and Live Oak. Jeanna Mastrodicasa again coordinated relief efforts before, during and after Idalia, this time at ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Crops, Disaster Preparation, Work & Life
Tags: Extension, Hurricanes, Idalia, Nature Coast Biological Station, UF-IFAS

Tips geared for older adults available in updated UF/IFAS disaster-planning guide

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 15, 2026

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If you’re an older person living on your own or if an older adult relies on you for help, the next few weeks are a perfect time to spend creating a disaster plan, a University of Florida researcher says. Hurricane season ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Bobroff, Disaster Planning, Elderly, Hurricanes, Older Adults, Seniors

Hurricanes can bring crop diseases, but plant clinics help farmers quickly and accurately battle pathogens spread by storms

by Brad Buck
May 15, 2026

Last fall, strawberry fields in the Tampa Bay region and at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) were riddled by colletotrichum crown rot disease, which was spread by winds and rain from Hurricane Milton. The Category ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Crops, Crown Rot, Disease Control, Diseases, Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hurricane Milton, Hurricanes, Kenneth Parker, Marcus Marin, Mathews Paret, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Natalia Peres, North Florida Research And Education Center, Pathogens, Plant Diagnostic Clinic, Plant Diseases, Plant Pathology, Rapid Diagnosis, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Soybean Rust, Strawberries, Tropical Research And Education Center

Prepare your landscape and trees for the hurricane season

by Brad Buck
May 15, 2026

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
Tags: Alyssa Vinson, Arborist, Bird Feeders, Claire Lewis, Damage, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Furniture, Gutters, Hurricane Debby, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, Hurricane Preparation, Hurricane Season, Hurricanes, Irrigation, Landscapes, Lynn Barber, Pruning, Soil, Trees

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