Why the Tampa Bay region is especially vulnerable to storm surge, flooding
It has been more than 100 years since Florida's Tampa Bay area – a region especially vulnerable to storm surge and flooding – ...
'Reverse storm surge': How Hurricane Milton could flood Tampa Bay or shockingly dry it
With reverse storm surge, especially in larger storms, the opposite happens, explained AccuWeather meteorologist Paul ...
Hurricane Milton: Understanding storm surge projections for Tampa Bay area
Granted, Hurricane Ike, that Mills described, was 20 feet of storm surge that went in 25 miles. A hurricane that hit Tampa in ...
Hurricane Milton's storm surge threat is growing. Here's what Tampa Bay should watch out for.
As Hurricane Milton intensified on its path toward Florida's Gulf Coast, the strength of the system increased the severity of ...
Tampa Bay is used to storm surge. Is it ready for the wind from Milton?
The National Hurricane Center expects Milton will be a Category 3 storm, with wind speeds of at least 111 mph, when it ...
Hurricane Milton live updates: Monster storm re-intensifies to Category 5 as Florida braces for direct hit
Hurricane Milton, which forecasters say poses an "extremely serious threat," is expected to roar into Florida tomorrow.
Hurricane Milton forecast: Worst case scenario with cataclysmic storm surge beyond Helene
It’s hard to find much of a forecast cause for optimism. Milton will combine a generational surge threat to west-central ...
Milton’s storm surge is a threat that could be devastating far beyond the Tampa Bay region
Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene “spared” the Tampa Bay region a direct hit and yet storm surge still caused catastrophic ...
'Life-threatening' storm surge likely as Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida
Because of the way storm surge can quickly inundate coastal locations and penetrate well inland, it’s typically one of the ...
Hurricane Milton's storm surge could be a major problem for Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay – the nation's most vulnerable metro area to storm surge – could be about to see its worst flooding in over a ...
Tracking Hurricane Milton’s Storm Surge Risk Across Florida
As Hurricane Milton approaches landfall in Florida this week, the National Hurricane Center is releasing a series of data ...
Milton storm surge could be too much for Tampa General’s ‘AquaFence’
As a vote of confidence in its flood barrier, a video sent out by Tampa General Hospital during Hurricane Helene was hard to top. On one side, Dustin Pasteur, vice president of Facilities and ...