A path north of Tampa would mean a disastrous surge in ... before slamming the west coast of Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP ... storm-surge warnings were still posted for much of the east-central Florida coast and north into Georgia. Tropical storm warnings were in place along the coast into ...

Florida is more susceptible to hurricanes than just about any other spot in North America ... directly threaten Florida’s west coast and the Tampa area in particular. Most of the storms that ...

Parts of Florida’s west coast already saw a five- to seven-foot ... location is between New Port Richey, about 40 miles north of Tampa Bay, and North Port or Cape Coral, Fla., ...

A hurricane warning is in effect for the Florida west coast from Bonita Beach north to the Suwannee River, including Tampa Bay, and the Florida east coast from the St. Lucie/Martin County line ...

The storm first made landfall in the Big Bend region near Perry and made its way directly north to ... reported across Florida’s west coast. The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay posted ...

It is swiftly moving north-northeast in the Gulf of ... we’ve seen in many years from the Nature Coast northward. Helene will pass west of Tampa Bay Thursday as a hurricane; it will bring ...

“There is increasing confidence that a powerful hurricane with life- threatening hazards will be affecting portions of the Florida west coast ... north, perhaps near or north of Tampa.

It’s through a mixture of luck and climatology that few hurricanes directly threaten Florida’s west coast and the Tampa area in particular. Most of the storms that form in the Gulf of Mexico or enter ...