Tampa Bay hasn’t experienced a direct hit from a hurricane in over 100 years — and the incoming Category 5 Hurricane Milton is expected to bring a storm surge to the low lying city the … ...

The Category 5 storm, with winds of 160 miles per hour, ... Tampa Bay braced for what could be its first direct hit from a major storm in more than a century as Milton barreled toward the region.

A 2009 simulation imagined what a direct strike from a Category 5 hurricane would do to the Tampa Bay area ... in the coming ...

BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane Monday in the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay ...

A direct hit by a Category 5 slightly north of Tampa Bay would maximize the amount of storm surge; if—when—such a situation occurs, it is projected to be the most expensive natural disaster in ...

Federal meteorologists had much of Florida’s west coast, including the Tampa Bay area, under a tropical storm warning on Saturday and said storm surge could reach up to 4 feet if the storm’s ...

CUT FROM THE BUDGET The governor vetoed more than $13 million in Tampa Bay-area storm projects, including flood mitigation ...

Forecasters expect Milton, which is once again a Category 5 storm as it churns in the Gulf of Mexico, ... As of Monday, Milton appears to be headed straight for the Tampa Bay area, ...

Coming off of a tough 2024 season, the Tampa Bay community has been forever changed. ... Milton would make landfall on October 9th at 8:30 p.m. as a Category 3 storm with winds of 115mph.

Three named storms hit Tampa Bay in 2024. In early August, Debby blasted through before it made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida as a Category 1 Hurricane. The following month, Hurricane ...

As Tampa Bay continues to lick its wounds from last year’s devastating hurricanes, storm experts Thursday said to gear up for what could be another active season. Hurricane experts from the ...

A 2009 simulation imagined what a direct strike from a Category 5 hurricane would do to the Tampa Bay area—and the results were chilling.