Hurricane preparedness items like batteries, portable generators and tarps are permanently exempt from state sales tax.

But that is also its downfall. 🌀 2025 Hurricane Season Guide: Storm preparedness tips, supply list, evacuation zones ...

In the past, Florida residents have been able to take advantage of a tax break on essential household items needed to prepare ...

Here's a list of sandbag locations open in St. Pete, New Port Richey, North Port, Venice and Sarasota, Florida, as potential tropical development threatens July 4th.

Everything you need to know before Hurricane season hits, as well as the supplies you need to keep you safe at home.

WESH 2's Jason Guy and registered dietitian, Jennifer Beery, discuss wholesome emergency foods to keep store in storm supply ...

Instead, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in to law a new, permanent, year-round tax exempt rule for many items that families would ...

Fox 4's Austin Schargorodski reports on Florida's new law making disaster prep supplies tax free year-round and how a local ...

At least one hurricane will likely hit the United States in the next few months. Now is the time for your trucking company to revisit your hurricane preparation and recovery plans.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. By Erin McCann Erin McCann is a senior editor on The Times’s weather team. June 1 was the first day of hurricane season in the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — If you missed the first two-week hurricane supply sales tax holiday at the beginning of June, now is the time to stock up on supplies. A second sales tax holiday started Saturday ...

As FEMA prepares for hurricane season starting on Jun 1, the agency is ill-prepared, according to an internal document obtained by ABC News.