Press has reporters and photographers covering the latest news in Lee County as residents, businesses and officials prepare for Milton.

As Hurricane Milton roars toward Florida, storm-weary and battered residents race to evacuate ahead of landfall and once in a century storm surge.

Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene “spared” the Tampa Bay region a direct hit and yet storm surge still caused catastrophic ...

Hurricane Milton churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Tuesday as an “extremely dangerous” storm that could wallop one of the state’s major population<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" ...

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. It’s now among the fastest-growing metropolises in the United ...

It’s hard to find much of a forecast cause for optimism. Milton will combine a generational surge threat to west-central ...

Milton remains a Category 5 hurricane and has one of the lowest recorded pressures of an Atlantic tropical system at 897 MB.

Tampa Bay Police Department Chief Lee Brecaw joins Chris Jansing from Raymond James Stadium, home of the Buccaneers, to share ...

Hurricane Milton is on a projected path that would inflict a direct strike on Florida’s Tampa Bay, a densely populated and ...

Milton has strengthened into a powerful Category 5 storm with winds reaching 180 mph. President Biden is expected to provide an update on the federal response.

He said the state doesn't have a gas shortage as lines formed and ran out amid the large number of people evacuating.