The Minnicks returned to their North East Park home to find their gray floors covered in inches of water, tinged yellow. The smell was undeniable. “No question, that’s sewage water,” said Craig Minnick,

Days after Hurricane Helene pummeled Tampa Bay's coastal communities with record-breaking storm surge, the region is in recovery mode. The big picture: It's safe to say Helene was the worst storm our region has experienced in a century,

Just days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, Tampa Bay residents continue to see the storm's impact throughout the area.

On Pass-A-Grille Beach, forecasters projected 6 feet or greater of water above ground just hours before Hurricane Helene's storm surge peaked on Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service flew over the Tampa Bay area on Sunday to help document the storm damage from above. [ National Ocean Service ]

FOX 13's Charley Belcher interviews Feeding Tampa Bay's JC Peters on the organizations recover efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

TAMPA, Fla. ( WFLA) — Millions of Floridians are waking up to no power and serious damage after Hurricane Helene struck the state as a powerful Category 4 storm. #HeyJB takes a live look at aerial footage of the aftermath, plus the jaw-dropping damage photos and videos sent in by Floridians on WFLA.com/reportit.

From Treasure Island to Tampa’s Channel District, bars and restaurants stayed open into Thursday evening. Here’s why, business owners said.

Meteorologists warned Tampa Bay residents that Helene's storm surge could reach 5 to 8 feet in flood-prone areas.

Hurricane Helene, the worst storm to hit Tampa Bay in a century, walloped barrier island communities like Madeira Beach and Treasure Island. Folks on the mainland experienced unprecedented flooding th

Monday morning, roughly three days after the Tampa Bay region felt the historic punch of Hurricane Helene as it charged up the Gulf Coast, tens of thousands of local residents still had no electricity.

With every passing hour since Hurricane Helene swiped Tampa Bay, a stark reality sharpens:We're at the beginning of a long road to recovery.State of play: Governments, organizations and industrious neighbors are working to provide immediate relief to storm survivors,