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Tampa Bay hasn’t been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921. Milton may be the one
Florida’s Gulf Coast braced Tuesday for the impact of Hurricane Milton’s winds and expected massive storm surge, which could bring destruction to areas already reeling from Helene’s devastation 12 days ago and still recovering from Ian’s wrath two years ago. Almost the entirety of Florida’s west coast was under a hurricane warning early Tuesday as the storm and its 155 mph (250 kph) winds crept toward the state at 12 mph (19 kph), sucking energy from the Gulf of Mexico’s warm water. The strongest Atlantic hurricane on record is 1980′s Allen, which reached wind speeds of 190 mph (306 kph) as it moved ... (full story)