Efforts continue to refill the regional reservoir that provides water to the Tampa Bay area and one measure being taken is keeping some counties on a once-per-week watering schedule. The governing ...

affecting all Tampa Bay area counties and portions of southwest Florida. According to a release from the district, the region experienced dry conditions and a 9.2-inch deficit this year ...

Tampa Bay is the largest ... square miles and bordering three counties _ Hillsborough, Manatee and Pinellas. The bay's sprawling watershed covers a land area nearly five times as large, at 2,200 ...

It’s that time of the year again, Hurricane Season! Coming off of a tough 2024 season that had 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes ...

TAMPA, Fla. — With Hurricane Helene expected to form this week, Tampa Bay-area counties have begun issuing local states of emergency to prepare for potential tropical weather. All local states ...

a Hillsborough County early voter. The 2024 Presidential Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 5th. Early voting began for many Floridians on Monday morning including most Tampa Bay area residents.

All seven Tampa Bay area counties have uninsured rates significantly above the national level. While the rate of uninsured, both statewide and locally, has dropped significantly over the last ...

Shallower water makes an area more vulnerable and Tampa Bay and Florida’s Gulf Coast are relatively shallow. Pinellas County suffered the region’s worst damage from Helene and would also face ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Several counties across the Tampa Bay area issued mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders as much of the area braced for high winds and storm surge as a result of now ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Some Tampa Bay-area counties have issued evacuation orders ahead of impacts from Hurricane Idalia. Forecasters expect the storm to become at least a major, Category 3 ...

Counties that line the Gulf Coast ordered ... but there was increasing alarm that the storm will strike the Tampa Bay area, which has not suffered a direct hit from a major hurricane since 1921.