With reverse storm surge, especially in larger storms, the opposite happens, explained AccuWeather meteorologist Paul ...

Granted, Hurricane Ike, that Mills described, was 20 feet of storm surge that went in 25 miles. A hurricane that hit Tampa in ...

Because of the way storm surge can quickly inundate coastal locations and penetrate well inland, it’s typically one of the ...

It has been more than 100 years since Florida's Tampa Bay area – a region especially vulnerable to storm surge and flooding – ...

Tampa Bay has not been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921, and authorities fear its luck is about to run out.

Fearful Florida residents are streaming out of the Tampa Bay region ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit ...

Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene “spared” the Tampa Bay region a direct hit and yet storm surge still caused catastrophic ...

The National Hurricane Center expects Milton will be a Category 3 storm, with wind speeds of at least 111 mph, when it ...

Fearful Florida residents streamed out of the Tampa Bay region Tuesday ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit ...

Four years ago, a disaster planning project called "Hurricane Phoenix" imagined what the worst-case scenario would be for a ...

As Hurricane Milton intensified on its path toward Florida's Gulf Coast, the strength of the system increased the severity of ...