The storm is a Category 2 hurricane ... Myers, Tampa, Melbourne, Daytona Beach and Jacksonville. There have been at least three reported tornadoes in central and south Florida. Irma's heavy ...

Hurricane Irma began a dreaded march north late Saturday, erasing any hope the Tampa Bay region and Florida's Gulf Coast would be spared its devastation. At shelters where thousands waited for the ...

Hurricane Irma continues to make its northward trek toward Tampa Bay after making its second landfall Sunday afternoon. Despite the unwelcome tidings of the landfall for residents of southwest ...

Reporting from MIAMI — It has been nearly a century since the Tampa Bay area was in the bull’s-eye of a major hurricane. That changed when Hurricane Irma veered north Sunday and began ...

Winds from Hurricane Irma are so strong they sucked the water out of Tampa Bay Sunday morning. The winds from Irma pushed the water out of the harbor, leaving a mix of sludge and puddles in its ...

The Tampa Bay Area felt Irma’s worst impacts overnight. As the storm moved north, winds shifted to come from the west, bringing a dangerous and storm surge with it. • Hurricane-force winds ...

If the forecast track of Hurricane Irma verifies, and the storm's center passes just to the west of the city, then onshore winds will pile up water into Tampa Bay. SEE ALSO: Hurricane Irma ...

Tampa Bay has a normal average depth of about 12 ... phenomenon of the bay emptying out also occurred in 2017 when Hurricane Irma caused another so-called negative surge, according to experts.

Milton, like Hurricanes Ian and Irma before it ... surge and is exactly what it sounds like. Here's why Tampa Bay stayed dry as Hurricane Milton made landfall just south of Tampa in Siesta ...