Polk County opened its sandbag sites Wednesday through 5 p.m. in preparation for Nicole's arrival. A maximum of 10 sandbags will be provided to each household. To do so, the county had to pull ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – As claw trucks still circulate around Polk County picking up debris from Hurricane Ian, residents in inaccessible areas are preparing for a mess from Tropical Storm ...

Darrein Brereton, right, and Mike Stancil, left, employees of Polk County Roads and Drainage Unit 1, load up sandbags into cars for residents preparing for possible flooding from Hurricane Helene ...

The eye of Tropical Storm Nicole passed through Polk County early Thursday morning but appears to have spared residents from much of the flooding and damage seen after Hurricane Ian. Nicole ...

Polk County will be pulling staff off hurricane debris removal on Tuesday to start preparing for sandbag distribution. Nicole strengthened into a tropical storm as of the 10 a.m. update from the ...

As Polk County residents braced themselves for Nicole, many of them were still recovering from Hurricane Ian. “The biggest thing was downed trees and home floods.

Polk County and cities like Winter Haven were hit hard by Hurricane Ian, now they are bracing for round two with Hurricane Nicole, a rare November hurricane to hit Florida with rain and winds.

With parts of east Central Florida still cleaning up from Hurricane Ian, some municipalities are getting a jumpstart on sandbag distribution because of Tropical Storm Nicole.

The eye of Tropical Storm Nicole passed through Polk County early Thursday morning but appears to have spared residents from much of the flooding and damage seen after Hurricane Ian. Nicole ...

Parts of Polk County received 10 to 15 inches of rain from Hurricane Ian, which passed through the area on Sept. 29 after making landfall near Fort Myers.

Polk County is under a tropical storm warning issued by the National Weather Service, meaning when sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph or higher are expected in 36 hours or less.