As someone who lived in the Tampa Bay area and rode out a fair share of hurricanes (and 1996's No Name Storm), this one looks terrifying. And there's no way all the debris made by Helene has been cleared out, which makes the possibility of a 10 feet surge all the more troubling.As someone who lived in the Tampa Bay area and rode out a fair share of hurricanes (and 1996's No Name Storm), this one looks terrifying. And there's no way all the debris made by Helene has been cleared out, which makes the possibility of a 10 feet surge all the more troubling.
Milton, an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico, is intensifying at breakneck speed as it churns toward the west coast of Florida.
The storm is expected to produce a devasting surge along Florida’s west coast, which could include the Tampa Bay area. Some decrease in strength is forecast ahead of landfall.