Just 12 days earlier, Hurricane Helene skirted past the region, bringing record surge to low-lying waterfront neighborhoods like Shore Acres and Treasure Island, before making landfall in Florida ...

“Reverse storm surge” is a familiar, if sometimes unremarked-upon, function of how hurricane winds move seawater as the storms hit land — in fact, it has happened in Tampa Bay before.In the ...

On Thursday, the National Hurricane Center’s Storm Surge Unit released their preliminary assessment of Milton’s surge impact on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Their initial findings show a 5-to-10 ...

She said the coastal tide gauge stations at Naples and Fort Myers reached major flood stage and the peak surge did surpass levels seen during Helene: 5.08 feet at Naples (Helene peaked at 4.02 ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9 as a Category 3 storm and brought storm surge and floods to much of Florida's southwest coast, but not to Tampa Bay.

“Reverse storm surge” is a familiar ... Indeed, water levels returned to normal Thursday morning. The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as ...

Here's what they told us: Naples (Naples North Bay) Tidal Gauge reached a Mean Higher High Water (MHHW) of 5.08 feet Wednesday night (Oct. 9) during the peak of Hurricane Milton's surge.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Bay experienced a rare reverse storm surge as Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday evening, temporarily drawing water out of the bay and exposing parts of the bay ...

One of the blessings for us is that we didn't see that predicted storm surge. So that was um that saved *** lot. That was what we were really worried about was the storm surge. And so, uh ...

Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can sweep homes off their foundations, flood riverside communities miles inland, ...

The hurricane made landfall as the National Hurricane Center was warning that the storm would bring "life-threatening storm surge," extreme winds and flash flooding.The NHC said Milton was fueled ...