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Tampa mayor: If you stay in evacuation area, ‘you are going to die’

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor is warning residents ahead of Hurricane Milton that they will die if they remain in evacuation zones. “The No. 1 message, as has been the case for the past few days, is that you need to be prepared and do whatever you have to do to get out of the evacuation […]

Latest maps show Tampa could take direct hit

Hurricane Milton, now a powerful Category 4 storm, continues to track east Tuesday, potentially hitting the densely populated Tampa Bay area once in 100 years. Although Milton's strength has weakened slightly, the hurricane is expected to approach the Florida Gulf Coast and possibly make landfall in the Tampa Bay area by early Wednesday evening, with […]

Tampa mayor issues warning to residents before Hurricane Milton

The mayor of Tampa Bay, which has been hit hard by Hurricane Milton, has issued a dire warning to Floridians who don't heed calls to evacuate ahead of the massive storm. Mayor Jane Castor spoke candidly on CNN about the dangers of the “literally devastating” Category 5 Hurricane Milton barreling toward the Sunshine State's coast. […]

Florida man, Matt Heller, paddles kayak inside flooded Tampa Bay home

This Florida man has taken channel surfing to a whole new level. Matt Heller is seen paddling through his flooded Tampa living room in the kayak he intended to use as an “escape plan” as Hurricane Helen's historic storm surge “came out of nowhere.” It was captured in stunning footage on camera. The intrepid Floridian […]

Florida police charge man with murder after crashing semi-truck into Tampa strip club

A North Carolina man has been charged with murder and several other felonies after crashing a large tractor-trailer into a gentlemen’s club in Tampa, Florida, Tuesday morning, killing one person and injuring two others, police said. Tampa police said 25-year-old Dylan Fogle of Thomasville, North Carolina, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, […]

Tampa Bay Times Offers Employees Severance Packages to Cut Payroll 20%

of Tampa Bay Times The deadline will force the company to cut employee salaries by 20% and the company’s CEO will offer severance packages to employees. About 100 reporters and 170 other staff at the 140-year-old newspaper have been notified by CEO Conan Galaty that they have until Aug. 16 to decide whether to accept […]