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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

LIVE 11 P.M. UPDATE: Hurricane Milton remains a Category 5 storm, will bring ‘life-threatening’ storm surge by: Ashley Suter, ... River, including Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay; ...

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.

Life-threatening storm surges are expected to hit Florida's Gulf Coast this week with Hurricane Milton, which was upgraded Monday afternoon to a Category 5 storm over the southern Gulf of Mexico.

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.