Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Tampa on Wednesday night. On Tuesday, it reached Category 5 hurricane status.
All Tampa Bay forecast region rivers will experience some level of flooding from Hurricane Milton, National Weather Service meteorologist Rodney Wynn told Newsweek.Hurricane Milton was classified as a Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday evening, with maximum sustained winds of 165 miles per hour. After hitting Category 5 status on Monday, the storm weakened slightly but has intensified again.
'Wynn told Newsweek that meteorologists are 'really concerned about all of our rivers.' Even inland areas will flood as storm surge and heavy rain saturate the rivers.'Most of our rivers in west central and south Florida will be going into some stage of flood over the coming days,' Wynn said. 'Some of those reaching major flood level as Hurricane Milton moves through.
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