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10 to 15 feet of storm surge forecast for Tampa Bay

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'Reverse storm surge': How Hurricane Milton could flood Tampa Bay or shockingly dry it

With reverse storm surge, especially in larger storms, the opposite happens, explained AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Pastelok in 2022, after Ian hit. “It can pull the water out because the wind flow is coming from land to ocean, and it pushes the water,” he said. “The power of the wind is incredible.”

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Why the Tampa Bay region is especially vulnerable to storm surge, flooding

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 major hurricane. But Hurricane Milton is now heading straight for Florida's Gulf Coast,

Hurricane Milton: Understanding storm surge projections for Tampa Bay area

Granted, Hurricane Ike, that Mills described, was 20 feet of storm surge that went in 25 miles. A hurricane that hit Tampa in 1848 did bring 15 feet of storm surge and all of downtown had water. The storm is forecast to make landfall in Florida Wednesday night as a "dangerous major hurricane," according to the National Hurricane Center.

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'We're just exhausted': The battered and storm-weary prepare for landfall. Again.

As Hurricane Milton roars toward Florida, storm-weary and battered residents race to evacuate ahead of landfall and once in a century storm surge.

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Hurricane Milton regains Category 5 status

Hurricane Milton has survived its eyewall replacement cycle and strengthened back into a Category 5 storm with sustained ...

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