StormTeam 5 meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalese explains how a powerful hurricane like Milton creates a bubble of water with low pressure and high winds, resulting in a catastrophic storm surge.

The last major hurricane to hit the Tampa Bay area was in 1921 when the city had a population of around 52,000. Eight people ...

Tampa Bay has not been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921, and authorities fear Milton may be the one.

Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management announced that the state sent additional resources to support North Carolina and Florida with impacts from hurricanes Helene and ...

Milton is expected to make landfall on Florida’s west coast late Wednesday. Forecasters said Tuesday that although it will ...

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is back at Category 5 intensity as of Tuesday afternoon and less than 500 miles from Tampa, Florida.

Those near "major polluters in Milton's trajectory might face the true disaster in the aftermath of the storm," a researcher said.

Milton is forecast to make landfall late Wednesday. It's expected to be a Category 3 storm, which have winds of 111-129 mph.

As Hurricane Milton continued its march toward Florida, droves of evacuees were arriving in Georgia on Tuesday as officials warned time was running out to escape the storm.

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

Another picturesque day across central Indiana with temps climbing into the lower 70’s for highs. We opened our Tuesday on a ...

Milton's center could come ashore Wednesday in the Tampa Bay region. The area has not endured a direct hit by a major ...