The Tampa Bay region, home to more than 3.3 million people, hasn’t seen a direct hit from a major hurricane in more than a century.

Two weeks after Hurricane Helene plowed through the southeast of the United States, Floridians on Wednesday rushed to secure their homes and leave as Hurricane Milton was again upgraded to a Category…

Milton has become a Category 5 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida's west coast. Milton's growth Monday sets the stage for a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay and potential mass evacuations.

People in Florida have been told to prepare to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Milton was upgraded to a category five storm brining 160mph winds - and will arrive this week

People in Florida have been told to prepare to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Milton was upgraded to a category five storm brining 160mph winds - and will arrive this week

A hurricane warning was issued for parts of Mexico’s Yucatan state, and much of Florida’s west coast was under hurricane and storm surge watches.

Milton, lumbering eastward through the gulf of Mexico, has grown into a category 4 storm on its way to Florida—a state still in recovery after Hurricane Helene tore through it…