As Category 3 Hurricane Milton neared Florida's west coast Wednesday, the Tampa Bay area faced two scenarios — either a colossal storm surge and historic flooding or seeing the water blown out ...

Water in Tampa Bay was returning back to normal levels Thursday morning following the passage of Hurricane Milton, which briefly caused "reverse storm surge" in the bay. National Weather Service ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9 as a Category 3 storm and brought storm surge and floods to much of Florida's southwest coast, but not to Tampa Bay.

The National Hurricane Center has increased the peak storm surge forecast from 8-12 feet to 10-15 feet of inundation for the area from Anclote River to Tampa Bay.

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, on the West Coast on Oct. 9, 2024, as a Category 3 storm. Parts of Sarasota, Fort Myers and Naples did see flooding and storm surge, but ...

Water levels were reportedly dropping along the coastline near Tampa on Wednesday, a phenomenon known as reverse storm surge. A person fishes as Hurricane Milton approaches on October 9 in ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Officials in the City of Tampa are bracing for record amounts of storm surge from Hurricane Milton. "That is something that you really only see in the movies," Tampa Mayor Jane ...

Projected storm surge of up to 15 feet would be the maximum the hospital’s flood barrier can handle. Tampa General Hospital's AquaFence flood barrier has been deployed since Hurricane Helene ...

Storm surge is the deadliest part of a tropical system and 10 Tampa Bay is here to break down what residents should know before it hits their area.

Depending on where and how Hurricane Milton hits Florida’s gulf coast on Wednesday night, Tampa Bay could be flooded with storm surge, or it could be bone-dry for a period of time.

The major storm is expected to make landfall on Wednesday night, with flooding levels in Tampa forecast to be as high as 15 feet if peak surge occurs during high tide. "Hurricane conditions are ...

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — It has been more than 100 years since Florida’s Tampa Bay area – a region especially vulnerable to storm surge and flooding – faced a direct hit ...