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Storm surge from Milton could drive water levels up to 12 feet above ground, the hurricane center said. Milton is the third hurricane to make landfall in Florida this year.
Water in Tampa Bay was returning back to normal levels Thursday morning following the passage of Hurricane Milton, which briefly caused "reverse storm surge" in the bay.
Closer to Sarasota, the storm surge could be as high as 10 to 15 feet. OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. As Milton tracks inland, hurricane-force winds reach east of I-75 and into Polk County overnight.
A reverse storm surge occurred in Tampa, however, dropping water levels by 5 ft (1.5 m). [156] Seven people were killed in St. Lucie County, [157] four in Volusia County, two in Pinellas County, and one each in Citrus, Polk, and Orange counties. [158] [159] One person was killed in Ormond Beach due a tree falling into a roof. [160]
Milton’s storm surge is forecasted to raise water levels by eight to 12 feet in Tampa Bay, if peak surge happens during the high tide. ... The last hurricane to directly impact Tampa Bay was the ...
Hurricane Milton is expected to strike the Tampa area overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning with life-threatening storm surge of up to 15 feet, said Austen Flannery, a meteorologist with ...
Currently, Milton is expected to bring between 10 and 12 feet of storm surge to the Tampa area. Hurricane Helene brought about 6 feet of storm surge to the Tampa area, which Castor said was ...
Hurricane experts continue to maintain that Milton will strike with the impacts of a 5 on AccuWeather's RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes, which takes into account storm surge, flooding rainfall ...