"It will not take much to get a brush or grass fire to flare up and rapidly spread," one meteorologist told Newsweek.

Wildfires prompted the closure of a major road linking the Florida Keys to the mainland several times this week.

According to the Florida Forest Service, as of 10:30 a.m. Friday, there are 58 wildfires burning across Florida. The number has dropped throughout the morning from a high of 66. The fires have burned ...

Many Florida cities are still booming. While populations climbed for most of the 387 US metro areas from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, a handful of Florida locations were among the places that ...