Sunday's storm mostly brought light rainfall to the area but drenched Placid Lakes, a subdivision to the southwest of Lake Placid. ...more

June 23, 2008

Strong thunderstorms that swept through large swaths of the Tampa Bay area Saturday swamped Tampa Fire Rescue dispatchers with weather-related calls for 3 1/2 hours. ...more

June 22, 2008

Strong thunderstorms that swept through large swaths of the Tampa Bay area swamped Tampa fire rescue dispatchers with weather-related calls for service within 3 1/2 hours. ...more

June 21, 2008

A lightning strike is suspected of causing a gas line leak in a Lithia neighborhood today. ...more

June 21, 2008

A fire in the social hall attic of St. Patrick's Catholic Church forced the congregation outside just before 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday. ...more

June 16, 2008

TAMPA A fire in the social hall attic of St. Patrick's Catholic Church this morning forced the congregation outside just before the 9 a.m. Mass. ...more

June 15, 2008

A brilliant lightning strike that sent fire down the power lines fried a traffic signal at Powell Road and Broad Street on Tuesday afternoon and tied up traffic for more than two hours. ...more

June 11, 2008

Those who played with Geremi Gonzalez during his two seasons pitching for Tampa Bay remembered him fondly Monday, a day after he was killed by a lightning strike at age 33. ...more

May 27, 2008

INDIAN LAKES ESTATES - Firefighters are battling a pair of brush in eastern Polk County. A 3-acre brush fire is burning near Toronja Dr. and Valencia Dr. in Indian Lake Estates South, east of Lake Wales, said spokeswoman Kristin Guira. A lightning strike to a tree is thought to have caused the fire. ...more

May 24, 2008

Prescribed burns such as the one that on Tuesday sent a plume of smoke heading skyward from Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park help maintain the park's ecological balance, the park's manager says. ...more

January 11, 2008