Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 hurricane, threatens disastrous winds and storm surge to the Tampa Bay area and the west coast ...

With reverse storm surge, especially in larger storms, the opposite happens, explained AccuWeather meteorologist Paul ...

The event, called a reverse storm surge, also occurred during Hurricane Ian in 2022 and Hurricane Irma in 2017. As heavy ...

Tampa Bay was spared from deadly storm surge during Milton due to a strange phenomenon called reverse storm surge. Here's why ...

Hospitals and other health care facilities on Florida’s Gulf Coast — still reeling from Hurricane Helene — are now revving up ...

Water in Tampa Bay was returning to normal levels Thursday. The area experienced 'reverse storm surge' that drove water away from the shoreline.

Mayor Jane Castor urged residents to heed mandatory evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida as a Category 4 ...

Forecasters were worried Hurricane Milton could send as much as 15 feet of water rushing onto the heavily populated shores of Tampa Bay. Instead, several feet of water temporarily drained away.

Residents trying to escape Hurricane Milton’s path are feeling the impact of fuel supply shortages at some gas stations with ...

Videos showed water had inundated the facility and surrounding streets, with cars flooded and first responders traveling by ...

Meanwhile, the water level abruptly dropped about 5 feet at a National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration gauge near Tampa late Wednesday night. Hurricane Irma caused a similar effect in 2017.

Water receded from the Tampa Bay shoreline as Hurricane Milton approached Florida’s Gulf Coast because of a phenomenon called ...