Hurricane Milton’s wind speeds have slightly decreased, but it remains a Category 5 storm, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center’s most recent advisory.

The storm’s center was about 700 miles (1,126 kilometers) southwest of Tampa at midday, moving east-southeast at 9 mph (15 kph). The Tampa Bay area is still rebounding from Helene and its ...

Heavy traffic flows northbound on Interstate-75 as people evacuate the Tampa Bay area ahead of Hurricane Milton ... Milton regained strength Tuesday afternoon and became a Category 5 storm ...

Widespread evacuations are underway as the Category 5 behemoth approaches. It is expected to bring devastating winds and storm surge. Less than two weeks after the worst storm in a century ...

The Category 5 storm, with winds of 160 miles per hour, ... Tampa Bay braced for what could be its first direct hit from a major storm in more than a century as Milton barreled toward the region.

Tampa Bay hasn’t experienced a direct hit from a hurricane in over 100 years — and the incoming Category 5 Hurricane Milton is expected to bring a storm surge to the low lying city the … ...

A 2009 simulation imagined what a direct strike from a Category 5 hurricane would do to the Tampa Bay area—and the ... is expected to hit the area in the coming days as a Category 5 storm. ...

After weakening slightly, Milton regained strength Tuesday afternoon and became a Category 5 storm again, with winds of 165 mph (265 kph). It could make landfall Wednesday night in the Tampa Bay area.

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. Milton again becomes Category 5 hurricane as ...

A 2009 simulation imagined what a direct strike from a Category 5 hurricane would do to the Tampa Bay area—and the results were chilling.

After weakening slightly, Milton regained strength Tuesday afternoon and became a Category 5 storm again, with winds of 165 mph (265 kph). It could make landfall Wednesday night in the Tampa Bay area.

As of 8 p.m. EDT, the storm was 440 miles (710 kilometers) southwest of Tampa. Its maximum sustained windspeeds were 165 mph (270 kph), making it a Category 5 hurricane still.