Photos and videos: Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall on Florida coast

The NHC also said that Elsa has strengthened, now packing maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. It is expected to become a hurricane.

Florida man allegedly ambushed officer outside police HQ, wrestled for his gun

A man in South Florida is facing several charges, including attempted premeditated murder, after allegedly flagging down an officer outside the Hollywood Police Department headquarters and following him into the lobby.

Hurricane Elsa gaining strength as it nears Florida landfall

A storm that has lashed the Caribbean and the Florida Keys with pounding rain and gusty winds and complicated the search for survivors in a deadly condominium collapse has strengthened into a hurricane.

Florida condo collapse: Death toll rises to 36 as storm threat continues

Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive.

Sisters killed in Surfside condo collapse buried in same casket

The bodies of two young sisters pulled from the rubble of a Florida condo building — so tiny that the 4 and 10-year-olds were placed in the same casket — were buried alongside their parents Tuesday, their white coffin draped with pink and purple ribbons.

Searchers at collapse site 'not seeing anything positive'

Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive.

Florida condo collapse: Death toll rises to 28 after demolition opens up new search areas

Four more victims were discovered in the new pile, Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members, raising the death toll to 28 people. Another 117 people remain unaccounted for.

Florida condo collapse: Crews 'took every action' to find missing pets

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Monday that crews took “every action that we possibly could to search for any pets, any animals, in the building."

Florida condo collapse: 16-year-old survivor was conscious after falling 'several stories'

When 16-year-old rising volleyball star Deven Gonzalez was pulled from the rubble of her Miami condo building, her initial reaction amid the shock was to tell firefighters that she was competing in a major tournament in a few days.

Explosives set off to bring down rest of collapsed Miami-area condo

Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday to bring down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step to resuming the search for victims as rescuers possibly gain access to new areas of the rubble.

Florida condo collapse: Demolition crews nearly done drilling

Demolition workers are preparing to bring down the remainder of a partially collapsed condo building in South Florida that the governor warned was “tottering” and faced a heightened risk of failure in an approaching storm.

Despite rain, Trump supporters turn out for Sarasota rally

Despite heavy downpours earlier in the day, thousands of supporters of former president Donald Trump packed the Sarasota fairgrounds for what he dubbed the "Save America" rally.

Search at collapsed condo site suspended for demolition preps

Rescuers have temporarily stopped their search at the site of the collapsed condo in Florida as crews prepare to demolish the remainder of the building.