Time to evacuate is running out as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida
Thousands of fleeing cars clogged Florida's highways ahead of the storm, but time for evacuations was running out Wednesday. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor noted that up to 15 feet (4.5 meters) of storm surge forecast for her city would be deep enough to swallow an entire house.
Hurricane Milton, which forecasters say poses an "extremely serious threat," is expected to roar into Florida tomorrow.
Tampa Bay has not been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921, and authorities fear its luck is about to run out.
Granted, Hurricane Ike, that Mills described, was 20 feet of storm surge that went in 25 miles. A hurricane that hit Tampa in ...
With reverse storm surge, especially in larger storms, the opposite happens, explained AccuWeather meteorologist Paul ...
The National Hurricane Center expects Milton will be a Category 3 storm, with wind speeds of at least 111 mph, when it ...
Because of the way storm surge can quickly inundate coastal locations and penetrate well inland, it’s typically one of the ...
Hurricane Milton could bring as much as 15 feet of storm surge to the Tampa-St. Petersburg area as it bears down on Florida’s ...
Both Duke and Tampa Electric have cautioned that Tampa Bay residents should be ready to live without power for several days.
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