Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, bringing potentially life-threatening hazards.

Hurricane Milton is weakening slightly but remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, engulfing the populous region with towering storm surges and turning debris from Helene’s devastation 12

Tampa Bay – the nation's most vulnerable metro area to storm surge – could be about to see its worst flooding in over a century.