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. National Weather Service ...

Tampa Bay – the nation's most vulnerable metro area to storm surge – could be about to see its worst flooding in over a ...

It's a strange and rare event called reverse storm surge and is exactly what it sounds like. Here's why Tampa Bay stayed dry as Hurricane Milton made landfall just south of Tampa in Siesta Key.

Depending on where Hurricane Milton lands, the Tampa Bay area could be flooded with a huge storm surge — or it could have its bay sucked dry of water. The "reverse" storm surge phenomenon ...

The cities near the mouth of Tampa Bay saw some of the worst storm surge in memory during Helene even though the storm landed more than 100 miles (161 kilometers) to the north. Now forecasters say ...

It has been more than 100 years since Florida's Tampa Bay area – a region especially vulnerable to storm surge and flooding – faced a direct hit by a hurricane. But Hurricane Milton is now ...

Oct. 9 as a Category 3 storm and brought storm surge and floods to much of Florida's southwest coast, but not to Tampa Bay. Milton, like Hurricanes Ian and Irma before it, brought a natural phenomenon ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene “spared” the Tampa Bay region a direct hit and yet storm surge still caused catastrophic damage, flooding homes, drowning people who ...