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Watches and warnings. As of 11 a.m. ET Wednesday, a hurricane warning is in effect for:. Florida's west coast from Bonita Beach northward to Suwannee River, including Tampa Bay. Florida's east ...
This radar image of Major Hurricane Milton was captured just before landfall on Wednesday evening, Oct. 9, 2024. Since the eye is coming south of Tampa Bay, communities will be spared the worst ...
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 ...
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.
Collectively this storm, the 1926 Miami hurricane, and the 1928 hurricane claimed over 3,280 lives in Florida—three of the state's 10 most impactful weather events in the 20th century; the 1926 storm would be the costliest of any U.S. hurricane in present monetary values.
Hurricane Andrew causes $25.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $39.2 billion 2008 USD) in south Florida and 15 direct deaths. At the time, Andrew was the costliest North Atlantic hurricane in the history of the United States, though has since dropped to eighth after Hurricanes Katrina , Ike , Irma , Maria , Sandy , Ida and Harvey .
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.” ... to rip across the Florida ...
Tracks of hurricanes over Florida from 1950 to 1974. 85 Atlantic tropical or subtropical cyclones have affected the U.S. state of Florida from 1950 to 1964. Collectively, tropical cyclones in Florida during the time period resulted in about $7.04 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from Hurricanes Donna and Dora.