February 15 – Odysseus, the first US lunar lander since the unsuccessful Peregrine Mission One, is launched at the Kennedy Space Center.[7]
April 6 – Two people, including the perpetrator, are killed and seven others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Doral.[8]
May 3 – An Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy shoots Robert Fortson after he opens his apartment door holding a gun to his side. The deputy is later fired from the sheriff's office and charged with manslaughter.[9]
May 14 – Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collides with a truck and overturns in Marion County.[10]
A man in Hudson fatally shoots a family of four with a 9 mm gun before burning their bodies in a fire pit. The perpetrator was identified as 25-year-old Rory John Graeme Atwood.[13]
June 13 – A Russian warship and a nuclear-powered submarine conduct military drills in the Caribbean Sea simulating a missile strike on enemy ships after passing near the coast of Florida in order to reach Havana, Cuba.[14]
Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida, as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140mph (230km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 938 millibars.[21]
Tropical storm conditions occur across western Florida, with an automated weather station recording sustained winds of 54mph (87km/h) with gusts up to 68mph (109km/h) near Tampa Bay.[22]
October 8 – 12 Counties in Western-Central Florida issue evacuation orders due to the threat of Hurricane Milton.[23]
October 9 –
Several tornadoes are reported in Florida, including along Interstate 75, ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall.[24]
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