Hurricane Milton is now heading straight for Florida's Gulf Coast, with landfall and a 15-foot storm surge possible in Tampa on late Wednesday night.

Officials in Tampa urged residents to move electric vehicles, including e-bikes, wheelchairs and golf carts, out of the way ...

The Tampa, Florida, metropolitan area, home to around 3.1 million people, is in the direct path of a major hurricane, Milton, ...

The gentle, shallow slope of the coastline near Tampa makes the city especially vulnerable to significant and dangerous storm ...

Hurricane Milton remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, ...

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

Hurricane Milton weakened slightly Tuesday but remained a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg.

Shelters were open in all 67 Florida counties, and authorities urged residents of evacuation zones not to attempt to ride out the storm.

Cars lined up at a gas station near Tampa, Florida, a day before Hurricane Milton was expected to hit the area. (AP Video: Haven Daley) ...

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