For the first time since 2012, a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map has been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The map, released Nov. 15, 2023, is a tool used by gardeners and growers ...

Southwest Florida's growing zones shift north as planet warms; so do half of rest of U.S. ... The USDA’s Plant Hardiness Zone Map is used by at least 80 million farmers and gardeners, ...

A beautiful Florida landscape might bring to mind visions of heart-shaped Caladium leaves, oak trees draped in Spanish moss, and colorful dahlias—all well-suited to the Sunshine State’s unique ...

Three of every five gas stations are without fuel in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area just hours before the projected landfall of Hurricane Milton. Gas Buddy, a gas station location and savings app ...

Across the country as a whole, towns and cities of all sizes recorded population increases from 2023 to 2024. Growth was smallest in places with populations below 5000, which increased by an average ...

Florida is the third most populous state in the U.S., after California and Texas. As of April 1, the Sunshine State had a population of 23 million, growing by between 350,000 and 375,000 residents ...

The new map reflects that many areas have become warmer since 1990, when the previous USDA hardiness zone map was published. Significant portions of many states have shifted a least one full zone ...

Gas Buddy maps show areas most affected Jim Sergent Three of every five gas stations are without fuel in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area just hours before the projected landfall of Hurricane Milton .

West Palm Beach-based filmmaker Katie Carpenter writes that, with all the holiday festivities, you may have missed FEMA’s new flood maps — which newly place thousands of South Florida homes i… ...

Florida power outage map. As of 1:45 p.m. ET Thursday, Florida was reporting just under 48,000 power outages across the state, according to a USA TODAY power outage tracker.That number is expected ...

The above map was created by using data from FindEnergy.com, which collects power outage data from multiple service providers in the state like Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy and Tampa Electric.

Even before Hurricane Milton's landfall, some gas stations are running dry in Florida as residents evacuate. Even before Hurricane Milton's landfall, ...