Tampa Bay itself was spared the worst of the storm surge yet again, AccuWeather hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said. Tampa's remarkable streak of avoiding a direct hit from a major hurricane ...

The Tampa Bay region is nowhere near done with recovery and cleanup from Hurricane Helene, which made landfall Sept. 30 and brought six feet of storm surge to the Tampa area's coastlines.

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.

Tampa Bay – the nation's most vulnerable metro area to storm surge – could be about to see its worst flooding in over a century if some of the more dire forecasts for the path of Hurricane ...

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 ...

Tampa Bay – the nation's most vulnerable metro area to storm surge – could be about to see its worst flooding in over a century if some of the more dire forecasts for the path of Hurricane ...

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.

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 barrier can protect against up to 15 feet of storm surge, the same height as the higher end of storm surge predicted for Hurricane Milton. [ Tampa General Hospital ] Christopher O’Donnell is ...

Prior to this, there were fears that if Milton made landfall in Pinellas County, it would bring life-threatening storm surge of up to 12 feet across Tampa and other parts of the bay. Instead ...

Tampa General Hospital put its flood barrier to the test during Hurricane Helene late last month, helping protect the facility from record storm surge. As Hurricane Milton is expected to bring ...