We’re Not Prepared for What Hurricane Milton Might Do to Tampa Bay
Milton is expected to make landfall just north of Tampa Bay, its powerful wind and waves fueled by record-hot Gulf of Mexico waters. Though Milton could weaken or end up striking elsewhere, the track it’s currently on is remarkably similar to the 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane—the most recent major hurricane to make landfall in that specific region.
Milton is now a Category 5 hurricane, with Tampa Bay still within cone
Colin Wolf has been working with weekly newspapers since 2007 and has been the Digital Editor for Creative Loafing Tampa since 2019. He is also the Director of Digital Content Strategy for CL's parent company, Chava Communications.
As Hurricane Milton strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Monday, Floridians scrambled to prepare for its arrival this week ...
Hurricane Milton is now a Category 5 hurricane, topping the scale of categories with winds at 160 mph. Category 5 ...
Hurricane Milton is continuing to rapidly intensify before its expected landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast sometime ...
Hurricane Milton grew into a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph) over the southern Gulf of ...
A catastrophic storm surge is expected to inundate Florida's Gulf Coast from Hurricane Milton, raising water levels by up to ...
A quick check of past track data highlights how unusual it is for Milton to develop in the western Gulf of Mexico and ...
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