The National Hurricane Center expects Milton will be a Category 3 storm, with wind speeds of at least 111 mph, when it ...

It has been more than 100 years since Florida's Tampa Bay area – a region especially vulnerable to storm surge and flooding – ...

With reverse storm surge, especially in larger storms, the opposite happens, explained AccuWeather meteorologist Paul ...

Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene “spared” the Tampa Bay region a direct hit and yet storm surge still caused catastrophic ...

As Hurricane Milton intensified on its path toward Florida's Gulf Coast, the strength of the system increased the severity of ...

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Sheriff Chad Chronister from Hillsborough County near Tampa joins “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” to speak about the predicted 10-15 foot storm surge. Chronister says Tampa is “at sea level; we flood when ...

StormTeam 5 meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalese explains how a powerful hurricane like Milton creates a bubble of water with low pressure and high winds, resulting in a catastrophic storm surge.

Milton's center could come ashore Wednesday in the Tampa Bay region, which has not endured a direct hit by a major hurricane ...

Hurricane Milton is weakening slightly but remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa ...

Still, his deputies did try to save residents, but the surge forced their boats and vehicles back. The Tampa Bay area has been extremely lucky over the last century. Since the last major storm ...