Brandy Campbell

Nov 13, 2024 | foxweather.com | Emilee Speck |Brandy Campbell

WELLINGTON, Fla. – Flying into South Florida, you can see blue and green tarps still cover the roofs of many homes one month after Hurricane Milton spawned a deadly tornado outbreak hundreds of miles away from where it made landfall. In October, Milton's outer bands tapped into atmospheric conditions that became conducive for severe weather, producing tornadoes across South Florida and claiming multiple lives.

Oct 9, 2024 | aol.com | Angeli Gabriel |Brandy Campbell

October 10, 2024 at 5:28 PMBONITA SPRINGS, Fla. – Residents of Bonita Springs, Florida, are coming home to find their homes and neighborhoods buried under feet of sand – an unwanted parting gift from the Gulf of Mexico's storm surge at the hands of Hurricane Milton. A gauge along the nearby Caloosahatchee River shows the area had storm surge just over 5 feet, which brought saltwater and sand into many neighborhoods. Roads in Bonita Springs were closed off due to sand making them impassable.

Jul 28, 2024 | foxweather.com | Steven Yablonski |Brandy Campbell

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – There are only a few precious summer weekends left, and people are hopeful that the smelly sargassum seaweed that coated beaches along the Florida coast last year will stay away. The Sunshine State saw a record-breaking invasion of sargassum during the spring and summer months last year, but the amount of seaweed reported so far in 2024 has been much lower. WILL THE ANNUAL SEAWEED INVASION THREATEN FLORIDA BEACHES IN 2024?

Jul 9, 2024 | yahoo.com | Emilee Speck |Brandy Campbell

Emilee Speck, Brandy CampbellJuly 9, 2024 at 5:38 PM·2 min readNEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – As more people seek relief in the ocean from the heat, shark bites are on the rise this summer, with seven attacks in recent weeks between Florida and Texas beaches. The most recent shark attack happened on Monday in Volusia County, Florida. A 14-year-old boy was bitten in Ponce Inlet during a lifeguard training camp drill. He told FOX 35 Orlando he dove into the water and hit the shark.

Oct 7, 2023 | foxweather.com | Brandy Campbell |Angeli Gabriel

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – After flash flooding devastated Fort Lauderdale in the spring, city officials decided to accelerate work on critical infrastructure aimed at mitigating the risk of such a disaster in the future. The Florida city’s infrastructure currently handles 3 inches of rainfall within 24 hours. On April 12, however, 26 inches of rain fell in one day and caused flash flooding across the city.