Four years ago, a disaster planning project called "Hurricane Phoenix" imagined what the worst-case scenario would be for a ...

It has been more than 100 years since Florida's Tampa Bay area – a region especially vulnerable to storm surge and flooding – ...

Fearful Florida residents streamed out of the Tampa Bay region Tuesday ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit ...

The National Hurricane Center expects Milton will be a Category 3 storm, with wind speeds of at least 111 mph, when it ...

Almost the entirety of Florida’s west coast is under a hurricane or tropical storm warning Tuesday as the storm and its 150 ...

Evacuation is unrealistic for many zoo and aquarium animals, so staffers are rolling out all their safety precautions as ...

After weakening slightly, Milton regained strength Tuesday afternoon and became a Category 5 storm again, with winds of 165 ...

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

Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene “spared” the Tampa Bay region a direct hit and yet storm surge still caused catastrophic ...

Evacuations already have begun in the Tampa metro area, which is home to about 3.5 million people, as the storm approached, ...

As Hurricane Milton intensified on its path toward Florida's Gulf Coast, the strength of the system increased the severity of ...

Hurricane Milton is weakening slightly but remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa ...