"Tampa General Hospital has opened the incident command center and activated its hurricane preparedness plan in advance of Hurricane Milton," the hospital said in an emailed statement to 10 Tampa Bay.

Hurricane Milton could cause a storm surge of up to 15 feet, stretching low-lying Tampa General Hospital's AquaFence defenses to their limit. Tampa Bay's main hospital is built on a low-lying island.

"Tampa General Hospital has opened the incident command center and activated its hurricane preparedness plan in advance of Hurricane Milton," the hospital said in an emailed statement to 10 Tampa Bay.

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A plausible best-case scenario for Tampa Bay was portrayed by the 18Z (2 p.m. EDT) Sunday, Oct. 6 run of the COAMPS-TC model (Fig. 4). The model depicted Milton making landfall about 80 miles south of ...

"Tampa General Hospital has opened the incident command center and activated its hurricane preparedness plan in advance of Hurricane Milton," the hospital said in an emailed statement to 10 Tampa Bay.