Flooded electric vehicles, scooters bursting into flames after Hurricane Helene

"Water and ion batteries do not mix. They literally explode," Tampa Mayor Jane Castor warned on Friday, adding that even small electric scooters were blowing up because of Hurricane Helene's floodwaters.

Live updates: Hurricane Helene forecast to hit Florida as Category 4 storm

Helene strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday and is expected to strengthen further – potentially becoming a major hurricane – before making landfall over Florida on Thursday. Life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, torrential rain, and flooding are possible.

Live updates: Tropical Storm Helene nears hurricane strength in Caribbean on trek to Florida

Tropical Storm Helene is nearing hurricane strength just offshore of the northeastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula toward the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). It's expected to become a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) before making landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Thursday.

Watch: Florida 'manic woman' hits deputy with car outside sheriff’s office

A woman was arrested in Florida after striking Deputy Bruce Fowler with her car outside the Lee County Sheriff’s Office headquarters in Fort Myers.

Florida storm live updates: Watches expand as Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine expected to strengthen

Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine formed in the northwestern Caribbean Sea on Monday morning and is forecast to become a hurricane later this week, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

DOJ seeks attempted assassination charge against suspect accused of staking out Trump at golf course

Ryan Routh, the man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course, allegedly left behind a note saying that he intended to kill the former president.

Video shows where Trump assassination suspect lay in wait outside golf course

Video shows the area where Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh allegedly pointed a rifle through a fence as the former president was playing golf over the weekend.

Photos: Failed Trump assassin's vantage point was no secret – paparazzi have staked out tree line for years

The tree line at the Trump International Golf Club has been known for years to be a vantage point for photographers looking to catch a glimpse of the former president and other VIPs.

This Florida law allows law enforcement to release names, mug shots of juveniles

Florida Sheriff Mike Chitwood promised to release the mug shots of kids who allegedly made shooting threats against Central Florida schools – and seems to have upheld that promise.

Reactions over 2nd apparent assassination attempt on Trump: 'Unacceptable'

Almost exactly two months to the day Thomas Matthew Crooks fired off an AR-style rifle in an attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump, tension is heightened once again in a second apparent assassination attempt, this time in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Donald Trump shooting suspect in custody; brought backpack, rifle, camera to Trump golf course: officials

The Martin County Sheriff's Office said a person suspected to be connected to a shooting incident at Trump International Golf Course has been taken into custody. Former President Donald Trump was golfing Sunday at the golf course, reports say.