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Less than two weeks later, on October 9, Category 3 Hurricane Milton directly targeted the Sarasota area, just south of Tampa ...

Florida Sportsman managing editor Ed Killer joins "The *State* of Florida Sports Podcast" to discuss Hurricanes Helene and ...

Fearful Florida residents are streaming out of the Tampa Bay region ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit ...

Hurricane Milton is on a projected path that would inflict a direct strike on Florida’s Tampa Bay, a densely populated and fast-growing area that is one of the most vulnerable in the U.S. to ...

Some areas of central Florida will get up to 18 inches of rain with a "high risk of life-threatening flash and urban flooding" in metro areas of Tampa, Orlando and Daytona Beach, according to the ...

The animals of Tampa Bay's zoos and aquariums are hunkering down ahead of Hurricane Helene's impact. The zoo at Busch Gardens, ZooTampa at Lowry Park and The Florida Aquarium downtown all ...

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Evacuation is unrealistic for many zoo and aquarium animals, so staffers are rolling out all their safety precautions as ...

Hurricane Milton hurled rain, tornadoes and tropical storm-force winds at the U.S. coast Wednesday as time began to run out for residents to evacuate from the potentially catastrophic path the ...

By Isabelle TaftElisabeth ParkerValerie Boey Ramsey and Patricia Mazzei Isabelle Taft reported from Tampa, St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach ... of Tampa Bay in Florida used to require a certain ...