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The last time Tampa Bay was hit by a major hurricane was 1921, when just a few hundred people lived in sparsely developed backwater towns -- and the community was still devastated.
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
The Gulf Coast of Florida from Tampa Bay down to Naples and Bonita Beach are being forecasted by the National Hurricane Center to see 10-15 feet of storm surge.
Storms that make landfall to the south of Tampa usually mean less storm surge for Tampa. Because M ilt on roared ashore with its center of circulation just a little over 20 miles to the south, ...
The National Hurricane Center’s peak storm surge forecast map released on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall somewhere along the state’s west coast.
Storm surge near Cedar Key reached up to 8.9 feet (2.7 m), [202] while locations further south near Tampa Bay and Clearwater experienced over 3 ft (0.91 m) of storm surge. [203] Four people were killed in the state, with two of the fatalities occurring from traffic accidents as a result of the hazardous conditions. [204] [205] [206] [207]
Milton slammed into Florida's already storm-blasted coast Wednesday evening as a Category 3 hurricane threatening huge swaths of Tampa Bay, Sarasota and regions still reeling from the destruction ...
[29] [30] Charley was forecast to make a direct hit on Tampa Bay from the south-southwest, which would have been the worst-case scenario for local storm surge flooding. [31] But the storm made a sudden and unexpected turn to the northeast and brought only tropical storm force winds to the region, devastating the Ft. Myers/Port Charlotte area ...