As a tropical wave meanders through the Gulf of Mexico heading into the weekend and into early next week, Florida may see some heavy rainfall.

Residents of the booming region are confronting a new reality: Even when storms make landfall far away, their impact is being felt.

The truck alarm rang into the night as Hurricane Helene’s surge waters rose, the headlights flashing frantically. When Luke Bonner and his family escaped their flooded home by skiff, they paddled past his Ford 150 now submerged in “belly-deep” water.

Hurricane Helene laid bare Tampa Bay's vulnerabilities — and its strengths. Here are four takeaways from our community's worst storm in a century. Water, not wind The 5 to 8 feet of storm surge the National Weather Service predicted played out with horrifying precision.

People across the Tampa Bay Area are hurting right now after Hurricane Helene, and Feeding Tampa Bay has stepped up to help provide for thousands of people.