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 ...

On Thursday morning, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said the city was fortunate not to see storm surge as severe as was expected."One of the blessings for us is that we didn't see that predicted storm ...

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. Milton, like Hurricanes Ian and Irma before it, brought a natural ...

But Milton surprised everyone, mostly sparing Tampa and drying up the bay instead of flooding the area. It's a strange and rare event called reverse storm surge and is exactly what it sounds like.

Tampa General Hospital has assembled its flood barrier, among other measures. Tampa General Hospital put its flood barrier to the test during Hurricane Helene late last month, helping protect the ...

The region hasn't been directly hit by a major hurricane in over 100 years. It has been more than 100 years since Florida's Tampa Bay area – a region especially vulnerable to storm surge and ...

Tampa is the most vulnerable city in the US for hurricane storm surges — thanks to a mix of fatal factors colliding to create catastrophic conditions should it take a direct hit from a major ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As the Tampa Bay area still reels from Hurricane Helene's record-breaking storm surge, some residents may be wondering what it is and what they should know before ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.