Polk County Tourism and Sports Marketing and Polk County Emergency Management have partnered with Publix Super Markets to produce and distribute the "Polk County Public Shelters" maps for 2022. The ...

New projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts an above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, so officials say now is the time to have a plan in place. Chelsy Klein ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With hurricane season beginning in just nine days, Polk County Emergency Management officials urge residents to have an evacuation plan in place ahead of a potential storm. Those ...

For months, the Florida Legislature signaled that it would create a new congressional district covering all of Polk County. Now that the Legislature has given Gov. Ron DeSantis full control of the ...