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While the Tampa Bay area experienced significant rainfall and flooding, destructive storm surge was avoided due to the ...

While the Tampa Bay area experienced significant rainfall and flooding, destructive storm surge was avoided due to the ...

Hurricane Helene caused a massive storm surge near Tampa. Residents feared a repeat with Hurricane Milton, but instead it led ...

When Polk County bought the property, the main purpose was for water treatment and slowing the flow into the Peace River. “It ...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — Water levels in the Withlacoochee River continue to rise in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.

The survival strategies of the past inhabitants of Florida — the Native American tribes such as the Seminole, Timucua, Calusa ...

Fearful Florida residents streamed out of the Tampa Bay region Tuesday ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit from Hurricane Milton, as crews worked furiously to prevent furniture ...

One of the scariest things about Hurricane Helene — an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane barreling up the Gulf coast of Florida on its way to smack into the Big Bend area, according to ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida has been rocked and battered by three hurricanes in less than two months — Debby, Helene and Milton. The last two happened less than two weeks apart and both made ...

It's actually called Vibrio vulnificus, and a range of peer-reviewed academic papers are reporting the infectious and deadly ...