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TAMPA, Fla. — As Hurricane Ian grew into a monster storm on Wednesday, it drew troubling comparisons to Hurricane Charley, which devastated Charlotte County in 2004, and one disturbing difference.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday morning said it is no longer safe for people to evacuate Floridians’ southwest coast and urged them to “hunker down” as Hurricane Ian could make landfall as a powerful Category 5 storm this afternoon.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The gunman who shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 wasn’t nearly as mentally incapacitated as defense witnesses portrayed him, prosecutors said Tuesday.

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA made the call Monday to guard against Hurricane Ian and got the slow gears rolling before midnight to send its Artemis I mission hardware back to the garage at Kennedy Space Center.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ message on Hurricane Ian was clear on Tuesday morning: “It is now a major hurricane.”

St. Frances Academy (Md.) has a signature win as Mater Dei (Calif.) and St. John Bosco (Calif.) hold strong atop Week 5 of the rankings.

TAMPA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian intensified overnight into a hurricane and has continued to get stronger throughout the day, according to the National Hurricane Center, and forecasters expect the storm will be a major hurricane by the end of the day or early Tuesday.

TAMPA, Fla. ― Head coach Todd Bowles will meet with the Bucs’ game-day operations staff to determine whether the operators of the video board at Raymond James Stadium unintentionally revealed critical information to the Packers late in Sunday’s loss with a shot of the Tampa Bay sideline before both two-point…

TAMPA, Fla. ― The Bucs are working with the NFL on contingency plans to move Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs and/or practice in another city should Hurricane Ian make landfall near Tampa Bay, coach Todd Bowles said Monday.