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Winter storm: More than 240 million in path of dangerous ice, snow, and bitter cold air

More than 240 million people across more than 40 states, from Arizona to Maine, are in the path of a potentially historic ...
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Hurricane Helene expected to reach Cat. 4 strength ahead of Florida landfall

TAMPA, Fla. - Hurricane Helene is expected to start rapidly intensifying as it makes its approach to Florida. The storm is forecast to bring "catastrophic" winds and storm surge to the northeastern ...
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2025 Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end

TAMPA - The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has officially wrapped up, and this year Florida caught a break. 2025 brought no U.S. or Gulf Coast hurricane landfalls, marking a shift from the high-impact ...
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Hurricane Charley 20 years later: Remembering the devastating storm

TAMPA, Fla. - It's been 20 years since Hurricane Charley made landfall in the Sunshine State, wreaking havoc as it tore through Florida and jumpstarting a devastating hurricane season. On August 13, ...
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Hundreds of Bay Area residents rescued from record storm surge from Hurricane Helene

TAMPA, Fla. - Flooding caused by record-breaking storm surge from Hurricane Helene has prompted hundreds of water rescues in coastal portions of the Tampa Bay area. Helene brought significant impacts ...
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Invest 95L could become Tropical Storm Dexter as Southeast braces for flooding rain, no threat to Florida

The term "invest" is a naming convention used by the NHC to identify a system that forecasters are investigating for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next ...
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Rain, storms expected in Tampa Bay area as potential tropical disturbance moves over Florida

An area of low pressure is bringing rounds of heavy rain and storms to the Tampa Bay area this week. Several inches of rain could fall over the next week, according to FOX 13 meteorologists. The ...
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Know your zone: Florida evacuation zones, what they mean, and when to leave

TAMPA, Fla. - The main way people die when a hurricane hits Florida is storm surge, according to the state's Know Your Zone website. Storm surge is a dome of water pushed onto land by powerful ...
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Hurricane Milton tracker: Storm remains Cat. 5 as it approaches Florida’s Gulf coast

TAMPA, Fla. - Hurricane Milton remains a Category 5 storm Monday evening as the storm approaches Florida's Gulf coast. As of 11 p.m. on Monday, the major hurricane was located at 21.8N and 89.9W. The ...
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Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Big Bend area as Category 4 storm

TAMPA, Fla. - Hurricane Helene, which became a Category 4 storm on Thursday afternoon, made landfall in the Big Bend area around 11:15 p.m. just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, which is about ...
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Hurricane Ian drains water across Tampa Bay area

CLEARWATER, Fla. - With Hurricane Ian making landfall south of Tampa Bay, the eerie imagery – reminiscent of those from Hurricane Irma in 2017 – of an empty Hillsborough Bay and other local waterways ...