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

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

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

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

Granted, Hurricane Ike, that Mills described, was 20 feet of storm surge that went in 25 miles. A hurricane that hit Tampa in ...

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

Fearful Florida residents are streaming out of the Tampa Bay region ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit ...

Hurricane Milton remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, ...

Hurricane Milton could cause a storm surge of up to 15 feet, stretching low-lying Tampa General Hospital's AquaFence defenses ...

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 ...