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Tampa, Fla. — Fearful Florida residents streamed out of the Tampa Bay region Tuesday ahead of what could be a ...

Forecasters are urging people in Florida to make preparations or leave their homes today, as the National Hurricane Center ...

Hurricane Milton has become a Category 5 storm—again—and is moving across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, where millions ...

Hurricane Milton remained a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph Wednesday as it moved closer to landfall ...

Tampa, with a metropolitan area that is home to over 3 million people, has not had a direct hit by a major hurricane in more ...

One of the biggest evacuations in state history is underway as residents in western Florida have been urged to leave before ...

The greatest danger is posed by the wall of water, known as a storm surge, that Milton will whip up. That could see up to 15 ...

As Milton tracks inland, hurricane-force winds reach east of I-75 and into Polk County by early Thursday morning. There will ...

Milton was downgraded early Tuesday to a Category 4 hurricane but remained on a path toward Florida, threatening a dangerous ...

President Joe Biden warned that Milton could be one of the worst storms to hit Florida in a century and urged residents to ...