Forest Hills was heavily impacted during Hurricane Milton despite being in flood zone X. At the time, city officials ...

The potential for up to 5-10 feet above ground somewhere within surge prone areas if the storm makes landfall in the county or north, surge will be lower if it hits south of Tampa Bay.

Wind gusts will be the highest along the Gulf coastal counties and around Tampa Bay this evening when the storm is at our latitude. Wind gusts of 60-80 mph in those areas and 40-60 mph in inland ...

The 150-mile expanse between Apalachicola and Cedar Key has no instruments. Tampa Bay, for comparison, has four.

Tampa Bay is seeing more mosquitoes than usual this summer, and hurricane debris may be to blame. Abandoned pools, vacant lots and storm-damaged properties are acting as breeding grounds. Pinellas ...

In a shallow area, the only place for a storm to push the water is inland. We saw this in August 2023 in Steinhatchee, Fla., when Category 3 Hurricane Idalia moved inland, producing storm surge up ...

Pinellas County Helene stayed 100 miles offshore but pushed almost 7 feet of storm surge ashore, causing unprecedented flooding in Pinellas. Many residents ignored evacuation orders.

The storm surge scattered the beach’s famed sugar sands and debris onto roads. Sunsets at Pier 60 could not return until the city cleared the roads, decontaminated the sand and replaced parts of ...

Tampa General Hospital discussed its preparations for the hurricane season. The plans include the AquaFence, which protected the hospital from a potentially devastating storm surge last year. This ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — With the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season underway, city and county officials in the Tampa Bay area — as well as Florida's top officials — are urging residents to take ...

The storm surge submerged many of the Sea Islands with winds estimated at 125 mph in the Beaufort area. Then on Oct. 18, 1893, the Charleston Hurricane made landfall as a Category 3 storm near ...