What is reverse storm surge? DeSantis comments on how Tampa Bay was spared from flooding during Milton Reverse storm surge happens when the wind from the storm pushes the excess water away from ...

It happened in Florida during Hurricanes Irma and Ian ... according to the National Weather Service office in the Tampa Bay area. Storm surge can happen near and to the right of where a storm ...

In 2024, Tampa Bay witnessed something that hadn’t happened in generations—a historic storm surge, not from a direct hurricane strike, but from a storm that stayed nearly 100 miles offshore. ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — 10 Tampa Bay's Weather Impact team is reporting record-breaking levels of storm surge across the Tampa Bay area during Hurricane Helene. Below is a comparison of previous ...

Courtesy of University of South Florida College of Marine Science ] Storm surge is predicted to be higher than during Hurricane Idalia last year, which brought 3 to 5 feet to the Tampa Bay area ...

“Well, this is gonna be potentially a once-in-a-lifetime storm for us here in the Tampa Bay area.” The WMNF special Storm Surge: Impacts of the 2024 hurricane season on the Tampa Bay community tells ...

Bayshore Boulevard flooded ahead of and during Hurricane Helene, when the storm surge was less than is currently forecast for Hurricane Milton. The Tampa Bay region is nowhere near done with ...

Peak storm surge in the Tampa Bay area topped six feet during Helene, which set a new record. The flood barrier "worked effectively to prevent the storm surge from flooding" the main campus ...