Polk County officials announced that debris collection will begin Monday, Oct. 14, as part of ongoing recovery efforts ...

Millions of people evacuated from regions threatened by Hurricane Milton over the last few days, and many have been returning ...

Polk County schools are open Monday, but will shut down Tuesday for three days. Sandbag locations are opening across the ...

Schools are closed today and shelters open across Polk County. The powerful storm dipped in intensity overnight but is ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - Polk County officials are urging patience as recovery efforts begin in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. At ...

There were numerous tornado warnings Wednesday afternoon across Central Florida although Polk County officials say no ...

As of 5 p.m. Saturday, the storm was expected to be a Category 3 and hit Wednesday afternoon near St. Petersburg, tracking ...

BARTOW, Fla. — As Hurricane Milton nears landfall somewhere on the western Gulf Coast of Florida, officials in Polk County ...

Duke Energy Florida reported there were at least 63,000 customer outages throughout its service area in Polk County on Thursday afternoon. In a news release covering all of Florida, Duke ...

Polk public schools will remain closed Monday and Tuesday. Duke Energy says all its Polk electric customers should be restored Sunday.

Evacuations have to be completed on Tuesday as shelters across Florida, including Polk County, were opening. "Milton poses a extremely serious threat to Florida," the National Hurricane Center said.

She urged residents to make final preparations on Monday and most of Tuesday before the storm begins to impact Polk County. Pearce said Milton is expected to make landfall along Florida’s west ...