Press has reporters and photographers covering the latest news in Lee County as residents, businesses and officials prepare for Milton.

As Hurricane Milton roars toward Florida, storm-weary and battered residents race to evacuate ahead of landfall and once in a century storm surge.

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

The last time the eye of a major storm like Hurricane Milton directly struck Tampa Bay was 1921 when the city was a sleepy backwater. It’s now among the fastest-growing metropolises in the United ...

It’s hard to find much of a forecast cause for optimism. Milton will combine a generational surge threat to west-central ...

Hurricane Milton is churning through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida as an 'extremely dangerous' storm that could wallop ...

Milton remains a Category 5 hurricane and has one of the lowest recorded pressures of an Atlantic tropical system at 897 MB.

Hurricane Milton is on a projected path that would inflict a direct strike on Florida’s Tampa Bay, a densely populated and ...

Milton has strengthened into a powerful Category 5 storm with winds reaching 180 mph. President Biden is expected to provide an update on the federal response.

He said the state doesn't have a gas shortage as lines formed and ran out amid the large number of people evacuating.

The "once-in-a-generation" storm is forecast to bring flooding rain and a devastating storm surge to parts of Florida.