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Experts have also noted that Tampa has not been hit directly by a hurricane in more than a century — not since the deadly 1921 hurricane that saw storm surges of 11 feet.
Tampa, with a metropolitan area that is home to over 3 million people, has not had a direct hit by a major hurricane in more than 100 years. Storm surge from Milton could drive water levels up to ...
The arena, which opened in 1990 as the Florida Suncoast Dome, is also the homefield for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team. In the days leading up to Milton’s landfall, the facility was set up as ...
October 10 — Hurricane Michael made landfall at 17:30 UTC near Mexico Beach, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (255 km/h), making it the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Florida panhandle, and the first Category 5 hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
The storm was expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday, the projected path taking it near Tampa, an area that has not had a direct hit from a major hurricane since 1921.
Games. Health. Home & Garden. Medicare. News. ... The last major hurricane to hit the Tampa Bay area was in 1921 when the city had a population of around 52,000. ... 8 shoe trends that are in ...
The National Weather Service in Tampa warned Tuesday that if Milton stays on course, it would be “the most powerful hurricane to hit Tampa Bay in over 100 years.”
Hurricane Milton, now a powerful Category 4 storm, continued tracking eastward Tuesday on a path that could make a once-in-a-century direct hit on the densely populated Tampa Bay area.