As Hurricane Milton intensified on its path toward Florida's Gulf Coast, the strength of the system increased the severity of the storm surge forecast.

As Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm, heads toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, Tampa’s mayor went on CNN Monday with an urgent warning for those who end up staying in evacuation areas: “You are going to die.

The last time the eye of a major storm like Hurricane Milton directly struck Tampa Bay was 1921 when the city was a sleepy backwater.