Trina Winter remembers a time when big storms happened only once every four or five years. But lately, her neighborhood is constantly on edge. “After every flood, we lose a few neighbors,” she said. Those losses mean changes for her community in Tampa’s Sunset Park neighborhood.

Hurricane Helene laid bare Tampa Bay's vulnerabilities — and its strengths. Here are four takeaways from our community's worst storm in a century. Water, not wind The 5 to 8 feet of storm surge the National Weather Service predicted played out with horrifying precision.

People across the Tampa Bay Area are hurting right now after Hurricane Helene, and Feeding Tampa Bay has stepped up to help provide for thousands of people.